Research Day at the Capitol Student Information/Training Session
Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 12:00am - 2:30pm
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.
