The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has announced the most recent figures for its “For the Future of Medical Research Campaign.” As of January 1, over $46 million has been received or pledged to the fundraising campaign, with $26 million dedicated to Endowment Needs and $20 committed to Capital Project Needs.The campaign, which was launched on […]
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Research Foundation’s NIH Grant Funding Makes Unprecedented Leap Growth Linked to High Quality of Research
Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have garnered an unprecedented $12.1 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants in 1999, Foundation officials announced today. In a typical year, OMRF receives $7.7 to $8.0 million in competitive grants from NIH. This year, however, the figure shot up by more than 50 percent. While the […]
OMRF Kicks Off $100 Million Fundraising Campaign
The largest and most ambitious capital and endowment fundraising campaign in the history of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation kicked off today at a luncheon at Gaillardia Country Club in Oklahoma City. The five-year “For the Future of Medical Research” campaign for $100 million will push the 54-year-old private, non-profit biomedical research institute into the […]
Students Pledge to Raise $1 Million For Cancer Research
One of the most successful student fundraising efforts in the U.S. has moved up a considerable notch with a pledge that will further the fight against cancer. Since 1975, students in the Putnam City School System have raised nearly $1.5 million for cancer research — a dollar, five dollars and ten dollars at a time […]
OMRF Receives $1 Million Construction Grant from NIH
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently made a grant of $1 million to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for renovation of the Foundation’s main building, built in 1949. This grant is one of only 17 such grants awarded a biomedical research institution for construction purposes this year. The grant, noted OMRF president J. […]
OMRF Receives $1 Million Construction Grant from NIH
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently made a grant of $1 million to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for renovation of the Foundation’s main building, built in 1949. This grant is one of only 17 such grants awarded a biomedical research institution for construction purposes this year. The grant, noted OMRF president J. […]
