UCIBIO includes researchers from NOVA University of Lisbon and from the University of Porto. Its governance includes a Directive Board (DB), a Management Board (MB) and an External Advisory Board (AB). The Directive Board comprises a Director (NOVA University of Lisbon) and a vice-Director (University of Porto). The Management Board is composed by 14 representatives from both Universities, elected for a 3 years period by the Scientific Council (SC).
The SC includes all integrated members and should meet once a year to discuss the scientific strategy and plan of action proposed by the DB.
The External Advisory Board comprises 4 renowned specialists from core research areas and an Industry representative.
In our governance structure we maintain and reinforce our administrative human resources that support management, informatics and accounting.