Governing Board
Governing Board
GRC participants confer on the Governing Board primary responsibility for:
- Developing the appropriate processes and identifying procedures required for all GRC activities
- Identifying priority work areas for GRC activities
- Determining the host countries for GRC Annual and Regional Meetings
- Defining the roles and responsibilities of the two Co-Chairs of the Executive Support Group as well as the Executive Secretary
- Amending the terms of the GRC’s foundational document
The Governing Board consists of up to twelve heads of national research councils that are active participants in the GRC. Ex officio members can be added by the members of the Governing Board. The Governing Board members are elected for three years, successive terms are possible. Nomination and selection of the twelve regular Governing Board members is the responsibility of each of the five world regions according to the following numbers:
- Three from the Americas
- Three from the Asia-Pacific
- Three from Europe
- One from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
- Two from Sub-Saharan Africa
| Americas | |
| Alejandro Adem (Chair) | President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada |
| Daniel Salamone | President, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) Argentina |
| Karen Marrongelle | Chief Science Officer, National Science Foundation (NSF) United States |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Sompong Klaynongsruang | President, Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI) Thailand |
| Prue Williams | General Manager Science Investments, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) New Zealand |
| Agus Haryono | Deputy Chairman, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Indonesia |
| Europe | |
| Katja Becker | President, German Research Foundation (DFG) Germany |
| Mari Sundli Tveit (Vice-Chair) | Chief Executive, The Research Council of Norway (RCN) Norway |
| Marcel Levi | President, Dutch National Research Council (NWO) Netherlands |
| Christopher Smith (Ex Officio) | Executive Chair AHRC, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) United Kingdom |
| MENA | |
| Munir Eldesouki (Vice-Chair) | President, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Saudi Arabia |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Fulufhelo Nelwamondo | Chief Executive Officer, National Research Foundation (NRF) South Africa |
| Amos Muhunda Nungu | Director General, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) Tanzania |