Save the Date: Research Day at the Capitol * March 15, 2012
Research Day at the Capitol will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2012, in the 4th floor rotunda area of the State Capitol of Oklahoma. Posters will be on display from 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. An awards ceremony is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. that day in the Governor's Blue Room.
Research Day at the Capitol is an annual event that is held at the State Capitol during the 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.
Students who have been nominated by their institutions to present posters at the competition must attend a mandatory training session on Saturday, January 14, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of the State Capitol in Oklahoma City.
Pictured above: Courtney Garcia, 2011 Research Day at the Capitol Grand Prize winner, receives her award from (L-R) Rep. Harold Wright (R-District 57) and Chancellor Glen D. Johnson. Garcia, a student at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, presented a scientific poster on an HIV/cancer drug at the event.
Approved institutional representatives may access pertinent Research Day at the Capitol 2012 forms, including the formal nomination form, via the links below.
Research Day at the Capitol 2012 Letter to University Presidents from Chancellor Johnson
Research Day at the Capitol 2012 Guidelines
Research Day at the Capitol 2012 Nomination Form
Research Day at the Capitol 2012 Financial Responsibility Form
Research Day at the Capitol 2012 Abstract Form