OSU researcher: $700K grant canceled when DOGE misunderstood use of 'climate'

OSU researcher: $700K grant canceled when DOGE misunderstood use of ‘climate’

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio State University researcher is left without funding after DOGE canceled it over what she said is a misinterpreted word. In November 2022, OSU Engineering Education Research Assistant Professor Julie Aldridge was awarded $713,155 in funding from the National Science Foundation to be paid over four years. Less than three years later, her grant was canceled because it was titled "The Organizational Climate Challenge…

OSU researcher: $700K grant canceled when DOGE misunderstood use of 'climate'

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- An Ohio State University researcher is left without funding after DOGE canceled it over what she said is a misinterpreted word. In November 2022, OSU Engineering Education Research Assistant Professor Julie Aldridge was awarded $713,155 in funding from the National Science Foundation to be paid over four years. Less than three years later, her grant was canceled because it was titled "The Organizational Climate Challenge…

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