Press Releases

OCAST Board approves 10 Applied Research projects totaling $1.8 million
Friday, November 20, 2009
OCAST board members have approved $1.8 million for the Oklahoma Applied Research Support program to fund 10 projects chosen on the basis of quality science and expectations for commercialization. They also were advised that OCAST is expecting to eliminate the $1.9 million spring competition for the applied research program as a budget-cutting measure.

Tulsans prove to be competitive for OCAST research funds
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tulsa small businesses and researchers are increasingly more competitive resulting in more than $3 million being placed in the Tulsa area the last 18 months through OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.

New Online Searches Provide Useful Tools for the Science & Technology Industries
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) recently launched a new Web site, Service Provider Network and Online Intern Database available at http://ocast.ok.gov. The site features audio broadcasts, online registration for workshops, service providers, solicitation listings and internship opportunities in technology. Other resources for researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs also are available.

OCAST schedules small business workshops at OU
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
OCAST is issuing a reminder there is still time to register for the SBIR/STTR Phase I Boot Camp and the Cost Accounting Workshop scheduled July 28 and 29 at the Stephenson Research and Technology Center, 101 David L. Boren Blvd., Norman.

OCAST names four nanotechnology application award winners
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Four Oklahoma research projects that will apply nanotechnology to business models have been approved for funding by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. The award winners competed in the program’s third round of nanotechnology application awards totaling nearly $1.2 million over the next three years.

OCAST board approves 23 health projects for more than $3 million
Tuesday, May 7, 2009
Twenty-three Oklahoma health research projects were chosen by a peer review team from a total of 152 applicants and have been approved for funding by the OCAST governing board. The top-ranked research applications represent a three year investment by OCAST in excess of $3 million. OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, is Oklahoma’s technology-based economic development agency.

OCAST approves 10 projects totaling $1.7 million
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Ten peer-reviewed applied research projects are in various stages of start-up after receiving approval for funding by the governing board of OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. A one-to-one match is required for the Oklahoma Applied Research Support awards which total $1,734,687 for the next three years.

OCAST funds three R&D Intern Partnerships
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Professors from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma State University and the OSU-University Multispectral Laboratory will oversee student interns in projects funded Tuesday by OCAST in the agency’s R&D Intern Partnerships program.

OCAST funds seven research projects through Oklahoma Plant Science program
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Tuesday awarded more than one-half million dollars to seven individual research projects – the third round of plant science applications to receive funding under the Oklahoma Plant Science Research (OPSR) program signed into law in 2007.

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 7, 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 1, 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.

Last Modified on 11/20/2009