New Section Head for NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Dr. Sandra Richardson has been appointed Section Head for the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) section within the Office of Integrative Activities (OIA), effective February 13. Richardson comes to the OIA from the Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), where she currently serves as the Acting Deputy Division Director in DUE and is the former Program Lead for the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. In 2020, Richardson also served as Acting Director of the Science & Engineering Indicators Program in the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. Richardson has held several other leadership positions during her time at NSF, including serving as Executive Secretary for the EHR Advisory Committee’s Subcommittee on Broadening Participation, a member of the Federal Coordination in STEM Education Interagency Working Group on Strategic Partnerships, and a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute.