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It is the highest governing body with responsibility for the overall management and planning of the Agency’s research activities. It is a collegiate body, chaired by the person holding the Presidency. Its functions include:

 

  Approve CSIC’s annual and multi-annual action plans

  Approve the proposal for the management contract and the preliminary draft budget

  Approve annual accounts

  Approve organisation and operation rules both at the general level and at the level of their centres, institutes and units

  Approve CSIC’s participation in public or private entities

  Agree on the creation and abolition of research institutes, centres and units

  Carry out follow-up and superior supervision and control of the agency

 

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

(Article 12 of the CSIC State Agency Statute approved by RD 1730/2007 21 December)

 

GOVERNING BOARD PRESIDENCY

  ELOÍSA DEL PINO MATUTE

President of the CSIC

 

BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT MINISTRIES
 
PUBLIC HEALTH

 JAVIER PADILLA BERNÁLDEZ

State Secretary for Health

 
SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND UNIVERSITIES

 ELISA RIVERA MENDOZA

Director-General for Research Planning, Coordination and Knowledge Transfer

 

PRESIDENCY, JUSTICE AND RELATIONS WITH THE COURTS

 EUGENIA DE LA CERA

Director-General of Minister’s Gabinet

 

FINANCE

(vacant)

 

ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE

 Mª JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ DE SANCHO

Director-General for Biodiversity, Forests and Desertification

 
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD

 ISABEL BOMBAL DÍAZ

Director-General for Rural Development, Innovation and Agri-Food Training

 

 

ADVISERS OF RECOGNISED PRESTIGE IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT

 

 MANUEL GONZÁLEZ BEDIA

Director-General of the Office of the Comimisioner for the New Lenguage Economy 

 

 MONTSERRAT TORNÉ ESCASANY

Research Scientist at a Public Research Organisation, Geociencias Barcelona (CSIC)

 

 MARGARITA DEL VAL LATORRE

Research Scientist at a Public Research Organisation, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM)

 

 DANIEL RAMÓN VIDAL

Distinguished Research Fellow Microbiome
Health & Wellness - ADM Nutrition

 

 FRANCISCO JAVIER LAFUENTE SANCHO

Rector, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

 

BOARD MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THE MOST
REPRESENTATIVE TRADE UNIONS
U G T

 FRANCISCO JAVIER SÁNCHEZ ESPAÑA

Senior Scientist at a Public Research Organisation, Centro de Astrobilolgía (CSIC-INTA)

 

CC OO

 ALICIA DURÁN CARRERA

Research Professor at a Public Research Organisation, Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (CSIC)

 

C S I F

 RICARDO MARTÍNEZ MURILLO

Senior Scientist at a Public Research Organisation, Instituto Cajal (CSIC)

 

SERVES ON THE SECRETARIAT OF THE GOVERNING BOARD (non-member)

 IGNACIO GUTIÉRREZ LLANO

 Secretary General of the CSIC

Unipersonal body that has entrusted the following government and execution competences as head of the management bodies.

 

  Presides over the Governing Council and holds the institutional representation of CSIC

  Their appointment and dismissal are made by agreement of the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the head of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities

The Vice-Presidency for Scientific and Technical Research is the governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency, to which it reports. It directs the planning, coordination and monitoring of research, the transfer of knowledge and the recruitment and training of research and technical staff, as well as the management of scientific and technical infrastructures and the evaluation of research activity.

 

VICEPRESIDENCY FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH

_____

José Mª Martell Berrocal


D.V for Scientific Programming

Jaime Juan Carvajal García-Valdecasas

D.V. for Knowledge Transfer

Ana Castro Morera

D.V. for Scientific- Technical Areas

Elena Cartea González

Post-Graduate and Specialisation Department

Carmen Simón Mateo

Scientific and Technical Areas

The Vice-Presidency for Institutional Affairs & Organisation is a governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency, to which it reports. It directs and coordinates institutional relations; the organization of institutes, centres and units; editorial policy and the scientific-technical information system. Activities to promote scientific culture are also carried out under its direction.

 

VICEPRESIDENCY FOR INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS & ORGANISATION

_____

Carlos Juan Closa Montero


D.V for Institutional Affairs

Ana Isabel Criado Contreras

D.V of Organization

Mª. Purificación Gómez Ballesteros

 

Scientific Information Resources Unit

Institutional Delegations in Autonomous Communities

 

The Vice-Presidency for International Affairs is a governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency, to which it reports. Responsible for the planning and promotion of international relations linked to research activity. It coordinates the participation of CSIC in European scientific committees and bodies, and plans, coordinates and monitors the participation of CSIC in European and international programmes.

 

VICEPRESIDENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

_____

Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes


D.V for Internationalization and Cooperation

​​​​​​​Isabel Díaz Carretero

International programmes area

Guillermo Sanjuanbenito Garcia

Cooperation and International Resources Area

Mónica Martín-Lanuza Olmeda

CSIC’s Institutional Delegation to the E.U

The General Secretariat is a governing body appointed by the Governing Council on the proposal of the Presidency. The General Secretariat shall, without prejudice to the superior authority exercised by the President, exercise the following functions:

 

  The management of the Agency’s staff.
  The management of the functioning of the administrative organization..
  The direction of economic-financial and budgetary management and internal control.
  Management of assets, contracts and works and infrastructure.
  Direction of the planning, promotion and management of computer development in the CSIC.

 

GENERAL SECRETARIAT

_____

Ignacio Gutiérrez Llano


D.G.S for Economic Performance

Mª Esther Vaquero Redondo

D.G.S for Human Resources

Beatriz Esteban Añover

D.G.S for Works and Infrastructures

Mª Carmen González Peñalver ​​​​​​​

D.G.S for Informatics

Mar Fernández Fernández

D.V. For Legal Advice

José López Calvo

Administrative Office

Juan Manuel Rodriguez Quintana

Management Office

Amor Suárez Muñóz

Governing body supporting and advising the Presidency.

 

  Responsible for internal and external corporate communication

  Responsible for protocol

  Support body for governing bodies

 

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

_____

Mrs. Isabel MARTÍNEZ SIERRA

President’s Office Director


Protocol Unit

Communications Department

Technical Assistance & Coordination Unit

Ethics Department

Informs and advises the Presidency and the Governing Council on the scientific and technological matters entrusted to it. It shall inform, specifically, on a mandatory basis, the Management Contract, the Multi-Annual Action Plans and the creation, modification or abolition of research institutes and units.

Of permanent nature, is chaired by the person holding the Presidency. Members of the committee are the holders of the vice-presidencies and a number of scientists and technologists from different areas of knowledge in which the CSIC conducts research, as determined by the Governing Council.

COMPOSITION

 

PRESIDENT

 ELOISA DEL PINO MATUTE

CSIC President

 

SECRETARY

 JAIME JUAN CARVAJAL GARCÍA-VALDECASAS

Deputy Vice-President For Scientific Programming

 

MEMBERS

JOSE Mª MARTELL BERROCAL

Vice-President For Scientific and Technical Research

 

CARLOS CLOSA MONTERO

Vice-President for Organizational and Institutional Relations

 

FRANCISCO JAVIER MORENO FUENTES

Vice-President for International Affairs

 

ELENA CARTEA GONZÁLEZ

Deputy Vice-President for Scientific-Technical Areas

 

ANA CASTRO MORERA

Deputy Vice-President for Innovation and Transfer

 

ANTONIO ALCAMÍ PERTEJO

Research Professor, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC)

 

TERESA BUSTO DEL CASTILLO

ENTALENTA Founder

 

JOAN FONT FÀBREGAS

Scientific Researcher, Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (CSIC)

 

EMMA HUERTAS CABILLA

Senior Scientist, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN-CSIC)

 

CARMEN RUIZ DE ALMODOVAR EGEA

Shelegel Chair, Director Institute for Neurovascular Cell Biology

 

ÁNGELA NIETO TOLEDANO

Research Professor, Instituto de Neurociencias (CSIC-UMH)

 

ANDRÉS RODRÍGUEZ-POSE

Director Cañada Blanch Centre. London School of Economics

 

ALBERTO SANFELIU CORTÉS

University Professor, Instituto de Robótica e Informática Industrial

(CSIC-UPC)

 

MONTSERRAT VILÀ PLANELLA

Research Professor, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC)

 

ALEXANDRA OLAYA-CASTRO

Professor of Physics and Head of Biological Physics Group. University College London

 

CLIVIA M. SOTOMAYOR TORRES

General Director. International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

 

MERCEDES MAROTO-VALER

Champion and Director. UKRI Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC)

 

MARÍA ESCUDERO ESCRIBANO

ICREA Professor. Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)

 

ISABEL FARIÑAS GÓMEZ

University Professor. University of Valencia

 

Mª JOSE SANZ SÁNCHEZ

Scientific Director. Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)

 

Mª JOSEFA ALONSO FERNÁNDEZ

University Professor. University of Santiago de Compostela

 

SENÉN BARRO AMENEIRO

University Professor. University of Santiago de Compostela

 

MARCOS MARTINON-TORRES

Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

 

 

 

Institutional body with specific competencies in the field of scientific integrity and ethics in research.

The mission of the Commission on Women and Science is to achieve, together with the Presidency, gender equality in research at the Spanish National Research Council.

The Institutional Delegations are in charge of institutional representation and coordination of its institutes of research in their territorial areas. They carry out coordination, representation and management, and provide support to CSIC’s research investigation, innovation and knowledge transfer, traineeship, scientific culture and visibility.

 

 

Delegation to the European Union

 
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