Name (in native language):	Forschungsinstitut für Mathematik
Acronym:	FIM
Director (or Scientific Director if more appropriate):	Marc Burger
Postal address:	Forschungsinstitut für Mathematik, ETH Zentrum, 8092 Zürich, SWITZERLAND
Telephone number:	+41 44 6324973
Fax number:	+41 44 63216 14
Website URL:	www.fim.math.ethz.ch
Contact e-mail:	Director.FIM@math.ethz.ch

Number of permanent scientific staff:	None
Number of research visitors per year:	150 academic guests a year, average stay 3 weeks
- from which are very short-term visitors (<1 month):	-
- from which are short-term visitors (>1 but <6 months):	-
- from which are long-term visitors (>6 months):	-
- from which are invited participants to scientific activities:	-
Number of support staff:	2

Institute's mission/description:	The Forschungsinstitut für Mathematik, founded 1964 by B. Eckmann, is an independent unit of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich. The goal of FIM is to create a lively mathematical environment in which contacts of lasting value between faculty members of the Department of Mathematics of ETH, graduate students, members of the Swiss mathematical community at large and leading international researchers can be established. To achieve this goal FIM sets up an invitation programme, and organizes scientific activities like workshops, minicourses, conferences and advanced graduate courses given by invited leading mathematicians.
Scientific areas:	All areas of pure and applied mathematics
Library:	Access to the library of the Department of Mathematics
Research visits open for application:	Yes
Annual budget (including salaries):	n/a
Sources of funding:	Swiss Government, Swiss National Fonds
Legal status	Forschungsinstitut für Mathematik is an independent unit of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich.