Ohio State Pays $2.1 Million to Settle China Grant Disclosure Case
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 4
Ohio State Pays $2.1 Million to Settle China Grant Disclosure Case
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 4
Summary
$2.1 million will be paid by Ohio State University to resolve Justice Department allegations that it hid researchers’ China ties while seeking and managing NASA and NSF grants.
Federal investigators said the university failed from 2012 to 2023 to disclose affiliations and funding linked to Chinese universities and state-run research groups, including one principal investigator’s role in China’s Thousand Talents Program.
The DOJ said Ohio State learned in 2019 that researcher C.K. Shum was tied to the NASA-funded work and the talent program, but did not notify NASA and NSF until 2023.
Ohio State said it uncovered and self-reported Shum’s affiliations, suspended his principal-investigator privileges, halted spending on the affected awards, repaid grant funds, and that Shum no longer works there.
The settlement underscores a broader federal push to force universities receiving taxpayer research money to fully disclose foreign funding and affiliations tied to research security risks.