The Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) is Oklahoma's engine for technology-based economic development. Innovation, collaboration and job creation are the core of what we do at OCAST and together with our strategic partners – the Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance, i2E Inc., the New Product Development Center at Oklahoma State University and the Tom Love Innovation Hub at the University Oklahoma – we branded this partnership the Oklahoma Innovation Model (OIM). The OIM is a public-private partnership with a common mission and strategy to work collaboratively to expand Oklahoma’s pipeline of technology development activity, inventions, investment capital and advanced manufacturing. Our coordinated efforts ensure that as new ideas or technologies emerge anywhere across Oklahoma, inventors, scientists, entrepreneurs and manufacturers can easily access the resources and expertise from any of our partners to effectively move innovation to the marketplace. We are keenly aware of market dynamics and through our partners, we can develop new and innovative solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of specific Oklahoma industry sectors such as aerospace and defense, bioscience and biotechnology, agricultural science, and energy diversification.OCAST programs have generated a cumulative return on investment (ROI) of 24:1 which means that for every state taxpayer dollar appropriated to OCAST, $24 was returned to the state as the result of follow-on grants and investments, sales revenue and jobs.We are proud of OCAST’s accomplishments and proud of Oklahoma’s history of innovation as we continue to build innovation capacity for future growth and prosperity.