Core Facilities

The responsibility to develop and maintain laboratory facilities falls primarily on the Departments and Colleges. Staffing and equipment support for these facilities is always a challenge, and it has not been possible in the regular university budgeting process, which is constrained by tights state budgets, to commit new recurring central funds. One strategy adopted over the past decade has been to leverage faculty startup packages and/or major grant submissions with commitments for recurring central funds, often from budgeted increases in Indirect Cost revenues. This has been quite successful and critical in recruiting faculty, who do make their labs available for others' use. However, beyond these opportunistic actions, there are a number of research facilities that are supported by central funds and configured to be generally-accessible to the broad community.

Electron Microprobe Laboratory - This facility is available to students, faculty, and industry professionals for research that requires rapid, non-destructive....
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Samuel Roberts Noble Electron Microscopy Laboratory - The core imaging facility of the University of Oklahoma houses the most sophisticated collection of electron and confocal microscopes in the State, with a combined capitalized value of nearly $4.5 million....
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Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station - Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station is a 350 acre tract of mixed grass prairie donated to the University of Oklahoma for research and teaching....Read More

Stephenson Research and Technology Center (SRTC) - This facility is a major component of a multi-phase project supporting interdisciplinary programs in biosciences and ....Read More