My hope in establishing the Harold Hamm International Prize — the largest of its kind in the world — is to ignite global scientific momentum by recognizing bold innovation, accelerating progress toward a cure, and attracting the world’s brightest minds to end diabetes in this generation.
Harold Hamm, Founder and Chairman
Continental Resources, Inc.
GALA
An evening celebrating progress toward a cure for diabetes
BENEFITING
OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center
October 22, 2025 • National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
About the Gala
The Connect+Cure Gala benefiting Harold Hamm Diabetes Center supports progress toward a cure for diabetes.
As one of the few places worldwide that leads a comprehensive approach to diabetes research, treatment and prevention, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center is profoundly transforming how diabetes patients are cared for in Oklahoma and around the world.
Please join us for the biennial Connect+Cure Gala benefiting Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and honoring the 2025 laureate of the Harold Hamm International Prize for Biomedical Research in Diabetes, the largest award advancing diabetes research in the world.
Your support of the Connect+Cure Gala is used to advance Harold Hamm Diabetes Center’s research efforts to make a real difference in the fight to end the diabetes epidemic.
Gala Details
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
1700 NE 63rd St, OKC, OK 73111
5:30 p.m. VIP Experience
6:00 p.m. Pre-Dinner Cocktails
7:00 p.m. Dinner Program
Cocktail attire with a western flair
Featuring a private performance with Carrie Underwood
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Sponsorship Opportunities
All sponsors receive an invitation to the pre-dinner reception and recognition during the event and in the post-event newsletter and digital impact reports. Sponsors with a lifetime giving of $20,000 or more receive special recognition in the Kelly West Society.
To secure a sponsorship, or for questions, please reach out to:
Kerry Morris, Director of Advancement
Harold Hamm Diabetes Center
405.271.2824
Sponsorship Levels
$1,000,000
Exclusive recognition as the Founding Research Supporter of the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center through 2026.
Exclusive Benefits
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Exclusive listing as presenting sponsor
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Additional recognition as reception sponsor
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60-second company video featured during Gala (to be provided by the sponsor)
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Company spotlight from stage by emcee
Benefits
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3 tables of 10 guests each (30 guests total)
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Group VIP Photo Experience with Carrie Underwood*
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Table wine service during event
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Premium table favor for each guest
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Commemorative sponsor keepsake
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Verbal on-stage recognition during program
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2 full-page ads in event program
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Logo listed on event website and event screens
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Regular research progress reports
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Private guided experience at the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, culminating in an exclusive dinner with Harold Hamm for sponsor leadership
*Limited availability for VIP photo experience
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$500,000
Exclusive recognition as the Distinguished Research Supporter of a Harold Hamm Diabetes Research Initiative through 2026.
Exclusive Benefits
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Additional recognition as bar sponsor
Benefits
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2 tables of 10 guests each (20 guests total)
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Group VIP Photo Experience with Carrie Underwood*
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Table wine service during event
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Premium table favor for each guest
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Commemorative sponsor keepsake
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Verbal on-stage recognition during program
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Full-page ad in event program
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Logo listed on event website and event screens
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Regular research progress reports
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Private guided experience at the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, culminating in an exclusive dinner with Harold Hamm for sponsor leadership
*Limited availability for VIP photo experience
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$250,000
Recognition as a Visionary Research Investor at the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center through 2026.
Exclusive Benefits
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Additional recognition as valet sponsor
Benefits
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2 tables of 10 guests each (20 guests total)
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Group VIP Photo Experience with Carrie Underwood*
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Table wine service during event
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Premium Table favor for each guest
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Commemorative sponsor keepsake
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Verbal on-stage recognition during program
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Full-page ad in event program
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Logo listed on event website and event screens
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Regular research progress reports
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Behind-the-scenes lab tour with HHDC Director, Dr. Jed Friedman
*Limited availability for VIP photo experience
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$100,000
Strategic Philanthropic Supporter
Benefits
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2 tables of 10 guests each (20 guests total)
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Group VIP Photo Experience with Carrie Underwood*
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Table wine service during event
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Table favor for each guest
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Commemorative sponsor keepsake
-
Verbal on-stage recognition during program
-
Full-page ad in event program
-
Logo listed on event website and event screens
-
Regular research progress reports
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Behind-the-scenes lab tour with HHDC Director, Dr. Jed Friedman
*Limited availability for VIP photo experience
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Exclusive Benefits
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Opportunity to introduce the evening’s entertainment
Benefits
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2 tables of 10 guests each (20 guests total)
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Table wine service during event
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VIP Photo Experience with Carrie Underwood
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Table favor for each guest (VIP)
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Commemorative sponsor keepsake
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Verbal on-stage recognition during program
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Full-page ad in event program
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Logo listed on event website and event screens
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Logo listed on event screens
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Periodic research update reports
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Private tour of Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and dinner with Harold Hamm for sponsor leadership
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Thank You to our Sponsors
Thank you to our Sponsors
Harold Hamm International Prize
The Harold Hamm International Prize recognizes and encourages lasting advances in research related to Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. It is awarded to an individual who has either demonstrated lifelong contributions to the field or realized a singular advance, especially one that promotes curative potential. The honor includes a $250,000 award, the largest of its kind in the world. It was established to recognize and promote lasting achievements in diabetes research focused on progress toward a cure.
The prize, established in 2012, is named for Harold Hamm, chairman and chief executive officer of Oklahoma-based Continental Resources Inc., who provided an endowment to fund the prize in perpetuity. The Hamm Prize laureate is selected by a rotating jury of national and international leaders in the diabetes research community and is awarded every two years.
Hamm Prize Recipient
The 2025 Hamm Prize will be awarded to Professor Dr. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Director of the Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health. She is also Chair in Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes at Technische Universität München, School of Medicine. She is being honored for her research to understand the pathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes and efforts toward its prediction, early diagnosis and prevention. Ziegler’s research has been at the forefront of translating important research questions into longitudinal studies, including more than 20 clinical trials, as well as implementing findings into public health.
Diabetes is a diagnosis that gives you no days off. Our personal experience with diabetes is what led us to become involved with Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and the Connect+Cure Gala. We hope you’ll join us for the Connect+Cure Gala as we support the effort to find a cure for diabetes.
Gayle and Bob Wagner, Gala Chairs
About the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center
Harold Hamm Diabetes Center is committed to curing diabetes and ending the diabetes pandemic in the 21st century. Through facilities in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and affiliate sites across the state, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center is among the world’s largest and most comprehensive institutions of its kind, integrating leading academic research with clinical care and disease prevention.
Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, LLC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Oklahoma Foundation. The University of Oklahoma Foundation is an independent charitable organization that facilitates and manages philanthropic gifts to support the University of Oklahoma.
