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Governing Board

The Science Europe Governing Board is the senior body of elected members who is entrusted by the General Assembly to define, guide, and monitor the strategic direction of the association. It consists of at least nine Heads of Science Europe's Member Organisations, including a President and two Vice-Presidents.

Governing Board members are elected by the General Assembly for a term of two years.

Since November 2017, Marc Schiltz, Secretary General of the National Research Fund of Luxembourg (FNR), serves as the President of Science Europe. The President chairs the General Assembly and the Governing Board, and represents the organisation internally and externally.

The President is supported by two Vice-Presidents: Angelika Kalt, Director of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNFS) represents Funding Organisations, while Marcel Levi, President of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) represents Research Performing Organisations.

President

Marc Schiltz

CEO of the National Research Fund of Luxembourg (FNR)

Luxembourg



Vice-Presidents

Angelika Kalt

Director of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Vice-President representing RFOs

Switzerland



Marcel Levi

President of the Dutch Research Council (NWO), Vice-President representing RPOs

Netherlands



Ordinary Members

Adrian Curaj

Director General of the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding of Romania (UEFISCDI)

Romania



Thierry Damerval

President/CEO of the French National Research Agency (ANR)

France



Matthias Koenig

Vice-President of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Germany



Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes

Vice-President for International Affairs, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)



Mari Sundli Tveit

Chief Executive of the Research Council of Norway (RCN)

Norway



Antonio Zoccoli

President of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)

Italy