Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State or OSU, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States. Ohio State is currently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the best public university in Ohio, among the top 130 universities in the world, among the top 60 universities in the United States, and among the top 20 public universities in the United States. Ohio State has been officially designated as the flagship institution of Ohio's public universities by the newly centralized University System of Ohio. It also includes regional campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion, Newark, and Wooster.

Source: Wikipedia

Campaign Finance

$1,345,177 Given
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Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

covers through Q3 2012
  • Top Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.
  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars
  • Top PAC Recipients

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    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Ohio State University Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$3,047,101 Spent
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Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers roughly through Q3, 2012

Lobbying on Behalf of Ohio State University

View all lobbying data for Ohio State University Sources: OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

Mentioned in 985 dockets; Submitted to 64 dockets
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All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated daily from Regulations.gov by way of Docket Wrench

The tables show occurrences of "Ohio State University" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

Earmarks

$7,872,000 Received
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Figures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill.

For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.

Top Earmarks

Fiscal Year Amount Description
2010 $2,000,000 Ohio State University: Distributed Power from Wastewater
2008 $2,000,000 Ohio State University: Power Projection Applied Research -- Multifunctional Oxide Materials, Their Application and Devices (MFMA)
2010 $1,600,000 Ohio State University: Multifunctional Materials, Devices, and Applications
2008 $1,000,000 Indiana University Ohio State University: Medical Advanced Technology -- Indiana-Ohio Traumatic Amputation Rehabilitation Research
2010 $550,000 Ohio State University: Emerald Ash Borer, OH
2010 $450,000 Ohio State University: Agriculture Science, OH
2010 $160,000 Ohio State University: Farmland Preservation, OH
2008 $112,000 Ohio State University: Farmland Preservation
View all earmarks data for Ohio State University

Federal Spending

104 grants
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Federal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.

Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.

Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.

covers through USASpending.gov's Sept. 15, 2012 release for contracts and Oct. 19, 2012 for grants.

Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.

Type Recipient Name Year Agency Description Amount
grant
Ohio State University 2004 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - PELL JUST-IN-TIME $8,599,036
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Ohio State University 2004 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - PELL JUST-IN-TIME $8,541,861
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Ohio State University 2004 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - GRANT PROGRAM $8,051,315
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Ohio State University 2010 National Institutes Of Health PAR04-122 EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT P* $8,000,000
grant
Ohio State University 2010 National Institutes Of Health PAR04-122 EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT P* $8,000,000
grant
Ohio State University 2003 Education, Department Of CONVERTED RECORD - DIRECT LOAN BASE RECORD 2002-2003 $7,479,583
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Ohio State University 2004 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - PELL JUST-IN-TIME $6,341,327
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Ohio State University 2002 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - PELL JUST-IN-TIME $6,263,364
grant
Ohio State University 2001 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - PELL JUST-IN-TIME $6,081,295
grant
Ohio State University 2003 Student Financial Assistance Programs PELL - PELL JUST-IN-TIME $6,064,982
View all grant & loan data for Ohio State University View all contract data for Ohio State University Sources: USASpending.gov

Advisory Committees

910 people on 204 committees
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Data is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.

The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.

covers through 2011

Table shows employees of "Ohio State University" that sat on federal advisory committees.

  • Agency
  • Representation
  • Toggle National Science Foundation 619 people on 99 committees
  • Toggle Department of Health and Human Services 203 people on 68 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Humanities 51 people on 1 committee
  • Toggle Environmental Protection Agency 10 people on 7 committees
  • Toggle Department of Defense 8 people on 6 committees
  • Toggle Department of Energy 6 people on 4 committees
  • Toggle National Endowment for the Arts 5 people on 3 committees
  • Toggle Department of Transportation 4 people on 2 committees
  • Toggle National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4 people on 3 committees
  • Toggle Department of State 3 people on 2 committees
View all advisory committee data for Ohio State University