Press Releases

OCAST board approves $2 million in applied research funds for 10 projects
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Ten of 33 applications have been approved for more than $2 million in OCAST funding from the Oklahoma Applied Research Support (OARS) program. The research will be conducted for the next three years. Eight other projects were favorably qualified by the peer review process but were victims of budget limits.

OCAST board funds six R&D Intern Partnerships
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Six new R&D Intern Partnership awards have been approved for funding by the governing board of OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. Each R&D Intern Partnership will operate two years in collaboration with universities and private-sector companies in Tulsa, Claremore and Stillwater.

OCAST, Air Logistics Center sign memorandum
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
A cooperative agreement between the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center and OCAST was signed today as part of a concerted effort to support research and development needs at Tinker Air Force Base with Oklahoma-grown research capability.

OCAST board approves $42 million budget request
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
OCAST’s governing board Tuesday approved a $42 million budget request the science agency will present to state lawmakers in the upcoming 2009 session. The request of some $19 million over the current budget reflects two new programs and increases in traditional programs to fund pent-up research demand that attracts private and federal dollars.

OCAST board approves 30 health research projects for nearly $4.2 million
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Thirty Oklahoma health research projects were chosen by a peer review team from a total of 135 applicants and have been approved for funding by the OCAST governing board. The top-ranked research applications represent a one year investment by OCAST in excess of $1.4 million with a three year total of more than $4.2 million. OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, is Oklahoma’s technology-based economic development agency.

OCAST applied research program funds 15 projects totaling $2.5 million
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Fifteen of 33 funding applications qualified by peer review have been approved for more than $2.5 million in OCAST funding from the Oklahoma Applied Research Support (OARS) program. The research will be conducted for the next three years.

OCAST announces state’s second round of nanotechnology application award winners
Wednesday, April 22, 2008
Eight Oklahoma small businesses that will apply nanotechnology to their business models are successful competitors for the state’s second round of nanotechnology application awards totaling $1.5 million over the next three years.

OCAST funds seven plant research projects in program’s second year
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A $540,000 second round of funding for the Oklahoma Plant Science Research program was approved Tuesday by the governing board of OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. Two applied research projects and five basic research projects were approved.