The FREPD has a Research Board elected by the Board of Trustees to advise the Executive Board on the research programmes, their implementation and related activities of the FREPD. The Research Board is headed by a Chairman.
Composition of the Present Research Board of the FREPD
| 1. Professor Dr. Md. Abul Hossain | Chairman |
| 2. Ambassador Mosud Mannan ndc | Member |
| 3. Prof.Dr. Kazi Saleh Ahmed | Member |
| 4. Professor Quazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad | “ |
| 5. Professor M Eltasuddin | “ |
| 6. Professor M. A. Mannan | “ |
| 7. Prof. Shahiduddin Ahmad | “ |
| 8. Prof. Nazmul Haq | “ |
| 9. Professor Nusrat Sultana | “ |
| 10. Mr. Gazi Shafiullah | “ |
| 11. Mr. Mofazzal Hossain | “ |
| 12. Mr. K M Enamul HAque | “ |
| 13. Professor Ahmadullah Mia | “ |
| 14. Dr. Satybrata Roy | “ |
| 15. Prof. Sharifa Khatun | “ |
| 16. Prof. Shafiul Alam | “ |
| 17. Dr. Romij Ahmed | “ |
| 18. Prof. M Nurul Islam | “ |
| 19. Dr. S M Hafizur Rahman | “ |
| 20. Dr. Manzur Ahmed | “ |
| 21. Mr. Shyamal Kanti Ghosh | “ |
| 22. Prof. Moslehuddin Ahmed | “ |
| 23. Director, IER, DU | “ |
| 24. Director, BANBEIS | “ |
| 25. Chairman, Department of Statistics, DU | “ |
| 26. Md. Nazrul Islam Khan | “ |
| 27. Prof. Meshbah –ul- Islam | Member Secretary |