REPORTS

Fiscal Year 2019 Business Plan
OCAST continually strives to increase the impact of its programs in assisting industry and the research community to grow Oklahoma’s economy through science and technology. Ongoing efforts to achieve this goal include pursuing additional funding through grants, cooperative agreements and other opportunities to realize its mission and enhance its core programs; working to achieve an OCAST appropriation sufficient to meet market demand for technology-based economic development programs and support, as defined by OCAST’s advisory committees, affiliate organizations, clients, stakeholders and board; reviewing OCAST programs for potential updates, modifications and opportunities to further streamline program operations.

OCAST Impact Reports
OCAST each year conducts an extensive data search of its research projects dating back to 1987, and combines the latest numbers with previous experience to develop a cumulative impact. That impact number to date is $22 returned to the state for every dollar Oklahoma has invested through OCAST since its beginnings in 1987. The current and previous years' Impact Reports are below.

2019 OCAST Impact Report
2018 OCAST Impact Report / FY2017 Impact Flyer
2017 OCAST Impact Report
2016 OCAST Impact Report
2015 OCAST Impact Report

FY2014-2020 Strategic Plan
OCAST's Strategic Plan, along with OneOklahoma: A Strategic Plan for Science and Technology - 2016, is a path to innovation, job growth and increasing the state’s ability to compete in the global knowledge economy.

OneOklahoma: A Strategic Plan for Science and Technology - 2016 Building Oklahoma's Science and Technology Enterprise
Report of the Governor’s Oklahoma Unmanned Aerial Systems Council A Strategic Plan for the Development of an Unmanned Aerial Systems Enterprise in the State of Oklahoma
SRI Report: Invest / Evaluate / Communicate 2012 assessment of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology’s role in Oklahoma’s technology-based economic development ecosystem
2018 OARS Projects Fiscal Year 2018 Oklahoma Applied Research Support Projects
2018 Plant Projects Fiscal Year 2018 Plant Science Research Projects