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From storm-chasing drones to disease-fighting medicines, OSU connects you to a world of cutting-edge research with top-rated faculty and resources.

Knowledge that improves lives and strengthens communities

Science, engineering and humanities research takes place in every college on our campuses, and our Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa. Oklahoma State research is in lock-step with its land-grant legacy. Whether exploring basic scientific questions or applied concepts that directly impact lives, OSU research is relevant, accessible and beneficial.

Interested in research?

What does a scientist really do?

The OSU research community is broad and tight-knit. Our faculty members have the opportunity to explain why their research matters in a casual, face-to-face setting with the local community each month at OSU Research On Tap. This event allows people to learn about research happening at OSU.
Research on tap

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who conduct research and provide incredible, hands-on research experience to graduate and undergraduate students.

30Research centers and institutions

provide world-class facilities packed with the latest and best technology. The newest is the undergraduate engineering building, ENDEAVOR.

Home to respected faculty, impactful research

Our researchers create treatments for disease, develop technologies to improve lives, explore natural ecosystems and microscopic organisms, and advance many other areas. At the same time, their talents include teaching the next generation of scientists, engineers and scholars.
Take a look at OSU research

Guidance in a world of research administration

The Office of the Vice President for Research helps faculty focus on their work with assistance complying with rules and regulations and provides resources for success.
University Research Services
Student researchers use a Bunsen burner in a lab.

There's help along the way

Undergraduate research at OSU is a priority because it begins a student’s road to success. Student researchers are never alone and every step of the way mentors are there to point you in the right direction.

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Undergraduate research opportunities

Niblack Research ScholarsFreshman Research ScholarsWentz Research GrantsLife Sciences Freshman Research Scholars ProgramMcNair Scholars

Challenging graduate students

A graduate student speaks during one of the three-minute competitions.

The OSU Graduate College three-minute competitions challenge students to describe their research in language for a lay audience, an important skill needed to educate the public about their work.

Respectable Research

University Research Compliance
The Office of University Research Compliance is dedicated to helping researchers comply with all regulations and policies governing the conduct of research.

NEWS

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OSU Veterinary College Embarks on Landmark Study of Skeletal Muscle Function OSU Veterinary College Embarks on Landmark Study of Skeletal Muscle Function Mar 8

Thanks to an award from the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, Dr. Michael Davis will lead a study of the most extensive examination of skeletal muscle mitochondrial function ever accomplished in any athletic species.

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Oklahoma is known for beautiful, shady oak trees. Springtime brings new leaves, buds and blooms while fall brings acorns that cover the ground in grazing areas.

EVENTS

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Opening mindsExperiences that lead to success

Students perform research with a drone.
Students perform research with a drone.
OSU has developed a national reputation as a top location for a graduate-level education in unmanned aerial systems.
Students gather data in an engineering lab.
Students gather data in an engineering lab.
OSU engineering students work with many of country’s most respected engineers in a wide variety of fields from geology to chemical engineering.
A student looks into a microscope.
A student looks into a microscope.
Without world-class facilities, undergraduate and graduate students hands-on research would be impossible, including at the Bert Cooper engineering lab.
A student evaluates samples by looking into a microscope.
A student evaluates samples by looking into a microscope.
Once a male-dominated world, scientific and engineering research and programs at OSU are attracting more young female students to the sciences.
A student fills a pipette in a lab.
A student fills a pipette in a lab.
OSU is creating research opportunities for Native Americans including Amber Anderson, who is interested in Indian health issues.
A student inputs data into a computer in a lab.
A student inputs data into a computer in a lab.
Research isn’t limited to the sciences and engineering. Students in the Spears School of Business learn about investment trading on the school’s trading floor.
A student discusses their research findings with a faculty member.
A student discusses their research findings with a faculty member.
Student scientists are challenged at OSU including learning to explain their research to audiences not familiar with their field. That’s often done in poster presentations.
A student collects research samples from a stalk of wheat.
A student collects research samples from a stalk of wheat.
One of the most successful programs at OSU is the Wheat Improvement Team, which has introduced genetically improved wheat wide used across the Great Plains.
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