Organizational chart

Organigrama CSIC

Governing bodies: Governing Board and Presidency.

Executive bodies: Vice-Presidency for Scientific and Technical Research, Vice-Presidency for Institutional Affairs and Organisation, Vice-Presidency for International Affairs and Secretary General and, depending on them, the Deputy Vice-Presidencies and the Deputy Secretary-Generals respectively. In addition, the President’s Office is also considered an executive body.

Advisory and support bodies: Scientific Advisory Committee, Ethics Committee, Women and Science Committee, and institutional delegations.

Governing Board

The Governing Board is the CSIC highest governance body. It has competence for general management and planning of the Agency's research activity. It is a collegiate body and is chaired by the CSIC Presidency. Among its functions are to approve the annual and multi-annual CSIC action plans ; the proposal of the management contract,  the preliminary draft of the yearly budget and the annual accounts; the rules of organization and operation, both at a general level and at the level of CSIC centers, institutes and units; the participation of CSIC in public or private entities; the agreements  concerning  the creation and ending of CSIC research institutes, centers and units and, finaly, to perform the monitoring, supervision and control of the Agency.

COMPOSITION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CSIC)

(R.D. 51/2018, 2nd February , BOE 07.02.18)

PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNING BOARD (artº 12.1)

Rosa MENÉNDEZ LÓPEZ

CSIC President

ADVISORS FROM (art. 12.1.a):

MINISTRY OF HEALTH:

Silvia CALZÓN FERNÁNDEZ

Secretary of State for Health


MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION:

Carmen CASTRESANA FERNÁNDEZ

Director General for Research Planning

MINISTRY OF THE PRESIDENCY, PARLIAMENT WITH THE CORTES AND DEMOCRATIC MEMORY:


Gemma CASTILLO RAMOS

Deputy Director of the Vice-President Office

MINISTRY OF FINANCE:

Juan José HERRERA CAMPA

Director General for Personnel Costs and Public Pensions


MINISTRY FOR THE ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE:

Jorge Luis MARQUÍNEZ GARCÍA

Director General of Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD:

Miguel ORDOZGOITI DE LA RICA

Director General for Services

ADVISORS DESIGNATED BY THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION AMONG PROFFESIONALS OF RENOWNED PRESTIGE IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (artº 12.1.b)

Montserrat TORNÉ ESCASANY

Geosciences Barcelona - CSIC

Amparo MORALEDA MARTÍNEZ

Independent Advisor of Airbus Group SE, Caixabank, S.A., Sovay, S.A. y Vodafone Plc

Margarita DEL VAL LATORRE

Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ocha - CSIC-UAM

Daniel RAMÓN VIDAL

Biópolis, S.L.

ADVISOR DESIGNATED BY THE UNIVERSITIES BOARD (artº 12.1.e)

José Carlos GÓMEZ VILLAMANDOS

Rector - Universidad de Córdoba

ADVISORS DESIGNATED BY THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE UNIONS (artº 12.1.c)

U G T

Francisca VILCHES DE FRUTOS

Institute of Language, Literature and Anthropology – CSIC

CC OO

Alicia DURÁN CARRERA

Institute of Ceramics and Glass - CSIC

C S I F

Ricardo Pedro MARTÍNEZ MURILLO

Cajal Institute- CSIC

SECRETARY OF THE GOVERNING BOARD (artº 12.3)

Alberto SERENO ÁLVAREZ

CSIC Secretary General

President's Office

Steering body supporting and advising the Presidency. Responsible for internal and external institutional communication; protocol and support to the governing bodies.

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Vice-Presidency for scientific and technical research

Executive body appointed by the Governing Board on the proposal of the Presidency. It depends on the Presidency. This Vice-Presidency holds the activity on strategic planning direction, research coordination and monitoring, knowledge transfer and the recruitment and training of scientific and technical personnel. In addition, the management of both the CSIC scientific and technical infrastructures and the evaluation of the research activity is under its responsability.



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Vice-Presidency for organization and institutional relations

Executive body appointed by the Governing Board on the proposal of the Presidency. It depends on the Presidency. This Vice-Presidency directs and coordinates the institutional relations; the organization of institutes, centers and units; the editorial policy and the scientific-technical information system. In addition, under irs direction, the activities to promote scientific culture are carried out.


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Vice-Presidency for international affairs

Executive body appointed by the Governing Board on the proposal of the Presidency. It depends on the Presidency. This Vice-Presidency is responsible for the planning and promotion of international relations linked to the research activity. It coordinates the participation of CSIC in European Science committees and organizations, and programmes, coordinates and monitors the participation of the organism in European and international programs.

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General secretariat

Executive body appointed by the Governing Board on the proposal of the Presidency. It is the responsibility of the General Secretariat, without prejudice to the superior leadership exercised by the President, to perform the following functions: 

  • CSIC staff management
  • Direction of the management of the administrative organization
  • Direction of economic-financial and budgetary management and internal control
  • Direction of wealth management, contracting, construction jobs and infrastructures
  • Direction of planning, promotion and management of CSIC IT development

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Scientific advisory board

The Scientific advisory board is entrusted with informing and advising the CSIC Presicency and the Governing Board about scientific-technological issues. Specifically, it should prescriptively inform the management contract, the Multi-Annual Action Plans and the creation, modification or ending of CSIC institutes and research units.

It is a permanent body and is chaired by the Presidency. The vice-presidencies and a number of renewed scientists and technologists from the public and private sector, representing different scientific areas sit on the board.

COMPOSITION

PRESIDENT

 Rosa MENÉNDEZ LÓPEZ

CSIC President

SECRETARY

Carlos Prieto de Castro

Deputy Vice-President for Scientific Programming

SPOKESPERSONS

Jesús Eugenio MARCO DE LUCAS

Vice-President for Scientific and Technical Research


  • Rosina LÓPEZ-ALONSO FANDIÑO

Vice-President for Institutional Affairs and Organisation


Elena DOMÍNGUEZ CAÑAS

Vice-President of International Affairs


Victoria MORENO ARRIBAS

Scientific Researcher. CSIC Deputy Vice-President for Scientific /Technical Areas


Carlos ABANADES GARCÍA

Research Professor. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono (INCAR-CSIC)

 Antonio ALCAMÍ

Research Professor. Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM-CSIC-UAM)

Susana ALEMANY DE LA PEÑA

Scientific Researcher. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” (IIBM-CSIC)


Teresa BUSTO DEL CASTILLO

Directora de la Factoría de Illescas Airbus Operations, S.L.

Gemma FABRIÁS DOMINGO

Research Professor. Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña (IQAC-CSIC)

Joan FONT FABREGAS

Scientific Researcher Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC)

Mercedes GARCÍA-ARENAL RODRÍGUEZ

Research Professor. Instituto de Lenguas y Culturas del Mediterráneo y Oriente Próximo (ILC-CSIC)

Juan Ramón GONZÁLEZ VELASCO

Full Professor of Chemical Engineering. Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU)

Emma HUERTAS CABILLA

Científica Titular. Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC)

Luis M. LIZ-MARZÁN

Ikerbasque Professor Scientific Director, CIC biomaGUNE

Ceferino LÓPEZ FERNÁNDEZ

Research Professor. Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC)

Consuelo MARTÍNEZ LÓPEZ

Full Professor of Algebra. Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)

Ángela NIETO TOLEDANO

Research Professor. Instituto de Neurociencias (IN-CSIC-UMH)

Rafael PARDO AVELLANEDA

Director of the Fundación BBVA

Carmen PELÁEZ MARTÍNEZ

Research Professor. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL-CSIC)

Esteban RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ

Compañía biofarmacéutica BIOFABRI

Alberto SANFELIU CORTÉS

Full Professor. Instituto de Robótica e Informática Industrial (IRII-CSIC-UPC)

Montserrat VILA PLANELLA

Research Professor. Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC)



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