The institute depends on the foundation FIRSOL (Fondazione Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno).
FIRSOL Members:
Canton Ticino: Prof. Dr. Silvano Balemi, Dr. Monica Duca-Widmer, Dr. Daniele Lotti, Dr. Fulvio Pelli (Vice-President), Prof. Dr. Sandro Rusconi.
City of Locarno: Paolo Ambrosetti (Secretary), Dr. Gianfranco Giugni, ing. Alain Scherrer.
AIRSOL (Associazione Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno): Prof. Dr. Philippe Jetzer (President).
Honorary president: Dr. Alessandro Rima
Former members:
(2004-2007) Dr. Carla Speziali
(2000-2004) Dr. Marco Balerna, Ing. Flavio Donati.
(1987-2000) Dr. Mario Camani, Diego Genazzi, Dr. Rinaldo Roggero, Prof. Luciano Dall'Ara, Gianfranco Perazzi, Armando Dazio.
Scientific committee:
Prof. Dr. J.O. Stenflo (ETH Zurich, Chairman)
Prof. Dr. A.O. Benz (ETH Zurich)
Prof. Dr. S. Berdyugina (Kiepenheuer Institut fuer Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany)
Prof. Dr. C.U. Keller (Chair of Experimental Astrophysics, University of Utrecht, Holland)
Prof. Dr. W. Schmutz (Director, Physical-Meteorological Observatory, PMOD/WRC, Davos)
Prof. Dr. S.K. Solanki (Director, Max-Planck-Institut for Solar System Research, Germany)
Prof. Dr. J. Trujillo-Bueno (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife)
Former members:
Dr. A. Magun (University of Bern),
Dr. E. Wiehr, Dr. A. D. Wittmann (University of Göttingen).