Strategic Vision for OU-Tulsa Research

Our agenda for basic research in Tulsa is informed by local, state and national needs. Our strategic goal is to nurture research specializations in Tulsa in areas where solving fundamental scholarly problems will also advance progress in solving debilitating social or economic problems.

To this end, our programs fall into five broadly defined and inter-related academic clusters: human services, organizational and information services, education, engineering and undergraduate degree completion programs. While individual researchers will continue to play a significant role in our research strategies, we expect that interdisciplinary research teams will be the primary means by which we achieve our strategic goals.