Name (in native language):	Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Acronym:	CWI
Director (or Scientific Director if more appropriate):	Jan Karel Lenstra
Postal address:	P.O. Box 94079, 1090 GB Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Telephone number:	+31 20 592 93 33
Fax number:	+31 20 592 41 99
Website URL:	www.cwi.nl
Contact e-mail:	Coby.van.Vonderen@cwi.nl

Number of permanent scientific staff:	55
Number of research visitors per year:	approx. 630
- from which are very short-term visitors (<1 month):	110
- from which are short-term visitors (>1 but <6 months):	10
- from which are long-term visitors (>6 months):	10
- from which are invited participants to scientific activities:	500
Number of support staff:	51

Institute's mission/description:	To perform frontier research on selected topics in mathematics and computer science, and to transfer new knowledge in these fields to society in general, and to trade and industry in particular.
Scientific areas:	See www.cwi.nl/org
Library:	Yes
Research visits open for application:	Yes
Annual budget (including salaries):	16 MEUR
Sources of funding:	National basic funding, (inter)national project funding, contract research
Legal status	Private foundation, not for profit