2015 Research Day at the Capitol
Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 7:45am - 1:45pm
Research Day at the Capitol 2015 will be held on Tuesday, March 31. Posters will be on display from 7:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the 4th floor rotunda area of the Oklahoma State Capitol building. An award ceremony will be held in the Capitol's Blue Room at 12:45 p.m. that day to announce winners of the oral poster competition. View the agenda.
Research Day at the Capitol is an annual event that is held in the State Capitol rotunda during each legislative session. The event was created to inform the legislature and the public about the high-quality research being conducted at Oklahoma colleges and universities.
Outstanding undergraduate students from Oklahoma's comprehensive and regional colleges and universities are selected by their institutions to participate in the prestigious program.
The event is sponsored by OK EPSCoR, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the National Science Foundation.
Benefits of Research Day at the Capitol include:
- Student participants are provided with training in the proper preparation and presentation of a scientific poster for general public audiences.
- Students’ posters and oral presentations are judged in a competition for cash prizes, as well as a grand-prize summer research internship at an Oklahoma college or university of the winner’s choice.
- Oklahoma colleges and universities gain recognition for outstanding research displayed to the legislature, media and the general public at the State Capitol.
- Government policy-makers gain an understanding of the outstanding research being conducted by young people on Oklahoma college and university campuses.
Student Information/Training Session
A mandatory training session for the 2015 Research Day at the Capitol event will be held for student nominees on Saturday, November 15, 2014, from noon-2:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of the State Capitol of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City (committee room 412C).
The mandatory training session will provide students with instruction in the proper preparation and presentation of a scientific poster for general public audiences. A former Research Day at the Capitol winner will share insights and information regarding how to prepare and present a successful research poster.
Faculty advisors are not required to attend the student training/information session.
Message to Faculty Advisors of Student Nominees
Faculty advisors are highly encouraged to attend Research Day at the Capitol on March 31st to support their student researchers. However, please note that the judges will require advisors to step away from their student’s booth space when the student is presenting their poster to the judges.
To offset travel expenses for advisors’ participation, OK EPSCoR will, upon request, file a travel claim on the faculty mentor's behalf for mileage to and from the event. Advisors will need to pay for lodging at point-of-service and then be reimbursed on a state travel claim that EPSCoR will file for you on request. Please contact Becky McIntire, OK EPSCoR administrative assistant, at bmcintire@okepscor.org if you are in need of travel reimbursement.
Designated Event Hotel:
Hilton Garden Inn Oklahoma City Bricktown
328 East Sheridan Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Conference Hotel Registration Information for Faculty Mentors & Guests Only
(This hotel registration is NOT to be used by student researchers. Students' hotel reservations will be made on the students' behalves by the EPSCoR office.)
Hotel Registration Link for Advisors and Guests Only
Room Rate: $87/Night
Group Name: EPSCoR Research Day at the Capitol
Group Code: OSU
Check-in: March 30, 2015/Check-out: March 31, 2015
Phone: 405.270.0588
Online Registration Deadline: March 1, 2015
Student nominees, advisors and friends/family members of student participants who will be attending Research Day at the Capitol on March 31 must register below via the orange registration link. Please note: The registration link below does not give a student the right to register to present a poster at this event. Students must be nominated by their institutions for the honor of presenting posters at Research Day at the Capitol.
Questions? Contact Gina Miller, outreach coordinator, at gmiller@okepscor.org or 405.744.7645.
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