Oklahoma City — A large gift to the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center will increase its research funding by about a quarter for the next decade, with some of that money going toward “outside the box” ideas.

The Harold Hamm Foundation will donate $34 million over 10 years to the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at OU Medicine. It will be the largest gift ever made to the center, which has facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

The center's researchers usually receive about $12 million in grants from federal agencies and nonprofit groups, so an extra $3 million annually will allow it to fund significantly more projects.

The University of Oklahoma announced the gift Saturday during its football game against Oklahoma State University.