$20 Million Donation for Space Research

The Ohio State University received an anonymous donation of $20M to address "Research in Space Exploration". The exceptional gift will fund student fellowships and two talented chairs, the John Glenn Chair and the Thomas Jefferson Chair.

The John Glenn Chair will support a faculty member in Ohio State's College of Engineering working on propulsion technologies for orbital payload delivery, interplanetary transport, and power systems for space travel or for moon or planetary bases. The John Glenn Chair will be located in the Aerospace Engineering Department. The Thomas Jefferson Chair will support a professor in Ohio State's College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences studying grand-scale space exploration within the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Physics or within the Planetary Studies Initiative.

Additional faculty and fellowships are anticipated. You can find more information on the space initiative in the University News.