Organizational chart
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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)