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• About OCAST Programs
• Partners

ABOUT OCAST PROGRAMS

OCAST encourages and assists Oklahoma's entrepreneurs, researchers and small businesses to create and apply innovation to create jobs and grow and diversify Oklahoma’s economy.

Whether we're funding research projects, facilitating partnerships and collaborations, or assisting small businesses in obtaining federal funding, we're here to help.

• Funding to support basic health research
• Funding to support basic plant science
• Funding for student and faculty internships
• Funding to support applied research
• Small business research assistance
• Assistance for inventors through the New Product Development Center at Oklahoma State University
• Help with technology development, business development and investment capital through i2E Inc.
• Advances in manufacturing through the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance

Researchers: OCAST funds basic research, applied research and student internships.

Industry: OCAST works with industry and research institutions in Oklahoma to help build collaborations to support technology needs for industry, R&D resources, technology development and researchers desire to work with industry.

Manufacturers: Working with manufacturers to create wealth and grow Oklahoma’s economy. The OCAST supported Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance offers technical assistance and business advice, helping companies become more innovative and successful. Through their statewide network of manufacturing extension agents and applications engineers, services focus on improving the bottom line while growing the entire business. We live and work in communities across Oklahoma, taking our support to your workplace on your schedule.

Inventors: Through a partnership with Oklahoma State University’s New Product Development Center OCAST offers the Inventor's Assistance Service (IAS) which provides guidance and resources to Oklahoma's inventors. IAS provides services in the area of preliminary patent searches, market analyses, manufacturing referrals, engineering analyses, prototyping, and drawing/model design.

High-Technology Business Startups and Entrepreneurs: OCAST partners with i2E Inc. to support their mission of working directly with entrepreneurs, researchers and companies to help them commercialize their technologies, launch and grow new businesses and access needed capital. Clients like the fact that i2E staff consists of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who have walked in their shoes.

To get started, contact your local OCAST representative and visit the OCAST site at www.ocast.ok.gov for more information and to sign up for notifications.

   

Cornell Cross Tulsa and northern OK area 918-576-7650 cornell.cross@ocast.ok.gov	Casey Harness Assistance in pursuing federal SBIR/STTR funding 405-319-8404 casey.harness@ocast.ok.gov	Connor Cox Oklahoma City and southern Oklahoma area 405-319-8428 connor.cox@ocast.ok.gov

PARTNERS

OCAST is a state agency which is funded solely through state appropriations and is uniquely positioned to serve as the bridge between research activities and business needs. Through its network of strategic partnerships, OCAST creates a continuum of services that enables and accelerates the transition of ideas from the laboratory to the market. It is through this continuum of services that OCAST is able to carry out its mission of fostering innovation throughout Oklahoma’s economy and generating a significant economic impact that is resultant of such an endeavor.

The Oklahoma Innovation Model is a public private partnership which in addition to the four strategic partners also works closely with Higher Education, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical Education, regional manufacturing associations, Oklahoma’s Department of Defense installations, private industry, Oklahoma economic development organizations and economic development organization in other states.

The Strategic Partners:

The OCAST supported Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, Oklahoma’s NIST MEP Center, offers technical assistance and business advice, helping companies become more innovative and successful. Through their statewide network of manufacturing extension agents and applications engineers, services focus on improving the bottom line while growing the entire business.

Through a partnership with Oklahoma State University’s New Product Development Center (NPDC) OCAST offers the Inventor's Assistance Service (IAS) which provides guidance and resources to Oklahoma's inventors. IAS provides services in the area of preliminary patent searches, market analyses, manufacturing referrals, engineering analyses, prototyping, and drawing/model design. The NPDC also links the innovative ideas and capabilities of Oklahoma's small-and medium-sized manufacturers with the knowledge and technical expertise of the land grant university faculty, staff and students. This collaboration allows for the development and commercialization of economically competitive new products and improves manufacturing practices that strengthen economies, create new and enhanced jobs, improve capital investment and increase tax base.

OCAST partners with the non-profit i2E Inc. to support its mission of working directly with entrepreneurs, researchers and companies to help them commercialize their technologies, launch and grow new businesses and access needed capital. Clients like the fact that i2E staff consists of experienced entrepreneurs and investors who have walked in their shoes.