Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology
Sheri Stickley
Interim Executive Director
755 Research Parkway, Suite 110
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3612
Phone: 405/524-1357
Fax: 405/319-8426
Toll Free: 866/265-2215
www.ocast.state.ok.us

The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology is the state's only agency focusing solely on technology - its development, transfer, commercialization and impact on our state's economy.

The Oklahoma Institute of Technology is designed to increase the economic well being of rural and urban Oklahoma by building bridges between companies and companies and education.

OCAST’s Mission:

• TO FOSTER INNOVATION IN EXISTING AND DEVELOPING BUSINESSES
  
• By supporting basic and applied research
  
• By facilitating technology transfer between research laboratories and firms and farms
  
• By providing seed-capital for new innovative firms and their products, and
  
• By fostering enhanced competitiveness in the national and international markets by small and medium-sized manufacturing firms in Oklahoma by stimulating productivity and modernization of such firms. O.S. 74 §5060.3
  

OIT will focus on:
Rural and urban development by building bridges between business and education
Consistent with its statutory missions, OCAST/OIT will strategically implement program initiatives such that it impacts the entire "technology development pipeline" from basic research through commercialization and application.

OCAST and OIT offer services including:

• Seed funds for human health research
  
• Matching funds for research with commercial potential
  
• Assistance with the cost of preparing SBIR proposals
  
• Modernization assistance for small and medium-sized Oklahoma manufacturers
  
• Instruction in preparing applications for OCAST peer reviewed funding competitions
  
• Written expert commentary on all proposals submitted to OCAST funding competitions
  
• Development of state proposals and management of grants to the state of federal funds
  
• supporting manufacturing extension, technology transfer, and commercialization.
  
• Information on federal research and technology transfer opportunities for businesses
  
• Assistance for small Oklahoma firms with accessing and using federal and state technology resources

OCAST currently has funding to operate the following programs:

• Oklahoma Health Research Program (OHRP)
  
• Oklahoma Applied Research Support Program (OARS)
  
• Small Business Research Assistance (SBRA - SBIR/STTR)
  
• OARS R&D Faculty and Student Intern Partnerships (FSIP)
  
• Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence, Inc. (OAME)
  
• Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center (OTCC)
  
• OCAST Technology Business Finance Program (OTBF)
  
• Oklahoma Inventors Assistance Service (OAIS)