Ohio State to pay $2.1 million settlement for unreported research funding from China

Ohio State University will pay the federal government $2.1 million for failing to report Chinese funding for a climate scientist who was working under Beijing's Thousand Talents foreign expert recruitment program, the Justice Department announced Monday.

Ohio State to pay $2.1 million settlement for unreported research funding from China

TL;DR

  • Ohio State University will pay the federal government $2.1 million.
  • The settlement is for failing to report Chinese funding.
  • The funding was for a climate scientist.
  • The scientist participated in Beijing's Thousand Talents foreign expert recruitment program.