OTF Signs Historic Partnership with The Ohio State University

The Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) is proud to announce it has signed an historic agreement with The Ohio State University (OSU) to strengthen the future of Ohio’s turfgrass industry indefinitely. Under the agreement, OTF agrees to contribute $100,000 over a five-year period into a fund managed by the University. OSU will then match OTF’s contribution to the fund. The result will provide students at Ohio State campuses studying turfgrass science nearly $10,000 in scholarships on an annual basis, perpetually, in addition to the traditional scholarships that OTF provides.

“This partnership will provide students studying turfgrass sciences with even more resources to be successful,” said Ryan DeMay, OTF’s 2022 President. “This program will increase and enhance OTF’s annual contributions to the OSU Turfgrass Program. We appreciate Ohio State working with OTF to make this happen.”

This past fiscal year, OTF contributions to OSU’s Turfgrass Program and student scholarships topped more than $60,000. That raises the grand total OTF and the Ohio Turfgrass Research Trust have historically contributed in donations and scholarships to nearly $4 million!

Help us reach that $4 million mark with a personal donation to the Ohio Turfgrass Research Trust (OTRT) today online at https://ohioturfgrass.org/donations/donate.asp?id=18700