The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has scheduled a vote on the nomination of James O’Neill to head the National Science Foundation (NSF) for November 18. O’Neill was nominated for the top post at NSF after the resignation of the last director “Panch” Panchanathan.
O’Neill has previously served at the Department of Health and Human Services. He was nominated for the NSF post earlier this year and there were questions about whether the leadership of the HELP Committee would move his nomination forward before the end of this Congress.
The announcement about the vote was released earlier today.