Research Day at the Capitol

About the Event

The 2026 Research Day at the Capitol will be held on Tuesday, April 28, at the State Capitol of Oklahoma. The event was established 31 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.

• Student Participant List Coming Soon
• Agenda Coming Soon
• Abstract Booklet Coming Soon

Timeline & Activities

To be announced

Poster Competition and Awards

To be announced

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

GUEST AND GENERAL PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION

To be announced