2025 Research Day at the Capitol

About the Event

The 2025 Research Day at the Capitol will be held on Tuesday, April 15, at the State Capitol of Oklahoma. The event was established 30 years ago to showcase the outstanding undergraduate research being conducted at Oklahoma’s colleges and universities in the areas of science (including social science), technology, engineering, and mathematics. Students are nominated by their institutions’ leadership to participate in the prestigious event, which is sponsored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (OK EPSCoR), and the National Science Foundation.

Nominated students present their research to State Legislators and the public in the State Capitol’s rotunda during the legislative session. In addition, students’ posters and oral presentations are competitively judged by an independent panel; winners are announced at the conclusion of Research Day, during an awards ceremony at the Capitol.

Abstract
Scientific presentation
(Purpose, hypothesis, background information, results, impact, suggested further study)
Visual appearance
Clarity for general audiences
Relevance of the study
The top student researchers will be awarded the following:

Grand Prize is a $500 award plus $4,000 summer research internship; $2,500 award to the sponsoring Oklahoma college/university lab to offset expenses of hosting the internship
First ($500), second ($250), and third ($250) place prizes will be awarded in each of the following two categories: 1) Research Intensive Institutions and 2) Regional, Community and Tribal Colleges

For more information contact Honey Bryan, Outreach Coordinator, at hbryan@okepscor.org or 405.744.7645