The Ohio State University acknowledged that a former researcher had “inappropriate foreign affiliations” after agreeing to pay $2.1 million to resolve federal allegations that the university failed to share researchers’ ties to China while seeking and receiving taxpayer-funded research grants.

The Justice Department alleged Ohio State failed to properly disclose affiliations and financial support involving Chinese universities and state-run research organizations in applications and reports submitted to NASA and the National Science Foundation from 2012 to 2023.

The allegations included a principal investigator’s participation in China’s…

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