MIPT was founded by the survivors and family members of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 . It was their intention to establish an institute dedicated to terrorism prevention . The first Board of Directors was appointed in 2000 by then Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating . The institute soon began operations conducting research and funding a wide array of projects , both hard and soft science , developing advanced tools such as explosive detection devices , and new work on the biology of anthrax
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism