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About the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute
for Mathematical Physics (ESI)
The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute
for Mathematical Physics (ESI) was established in January 1993 in the
very building where Erwin Schrödinger spent his last years at the
Pasteurgasse in Vienna's 9th district. In the summer of 1996 it moved
to its new home at Boltzmanngasse 9, close to the Faculties of Physics
and Mathematics of the University of Vienna.
The ESI was founded and is organized on the following principles: the
creation of an international institute of the highest scientific
quality encouraging a cross fertilization of mathematics and physics
through creative interactions of leading scientists from both
disciplines, a thematically structured programme centered around
leading experts, a reduced organizational structure with no permanent
faculty.
Through its geographical location in the centre of Europe the
Institute also aims to stimulate intellectual exchange between
scientists from Eastern Europe and the rest of the world.
The Society "Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for
Mathematical Physics", which formally runs the Institute, receives its
basic funding from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research.
To date 4717 scientists have visited the Institute,
contributing 2261 preprints. The total number of scientific programmes
organized up to now is 57.
ESI is programme- and invitation-oriented. With the exception of the
JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAMME visiting positions at ESI are
normally not open for direct application. ESI welcomes applications
for research programmes: see the Guidelines for submission and organization of
programmes at ESI.
The scientific policy and selection of research programmes of the
Institute is based upon the recommendations of its International
Advisory Committee, comprising six foreign and one or two Austrian
scientists, as well as the President and the Scientific Directors of
the Institute. The current composition of the committee is as follows:
Under the statutes of the Society contributions by supporting members
providing sponsorship of research and donations to the Society are
tax-deductible under Austrian law. Organisations or persons wishing to
support our Institute in any way are asked to contact the
Administrative Director:
Mag. Isabella Miedl
ESI
Boltzmanngasse 9,
A-1090
Vienna
Tel + 43 (1) 4277 28282
Fax + 43 (1) 4277 28299
secr(at)esi.ac.at
For enquiries of a more
scientific nature or for proposals for research programmes please contact
one of the directors at the institute, or send an e-mail to
director(at)esi.ac.at.
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