Facts & Figures

• The Weierstrass Institute is a member of the Leibniz Association. The Leibniz Association connects 96 independent research institutions that address issues of social, economic and ecological relevance.
• Together with six other Berlin Leibniz Institutes, WIAS is part of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., which provides these institutes with a common administrative infrastructure (“joint administration”).
• The WIAS is seat of the Secretariat of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) as well as of the office of the German Mathematical Society (DMV).
• The institute is a member of ERCOM (European Research Centres on Mathematics) and IMSI (International Mathematical Sciences Institutes).
• Within the Leibniz Association, WIAS coordinates the Research Network Mathematical Modeling and Simulation (MMS) including more than 30 Leibniz Institutes.
• The institutional funding is provided in equal parts by the Federal Government and by the Federal States of Germany. This funding amounted to € 10.2 million for the year 2023. In addition, the Institute raises funds in competitive procedures of national and international science foundations, German federal ministries as well as from industry (“third-party funds”).
• On December 31, 2023, WIAS had 157 staff members, 112 of whom were scientists (incl. Ph.D. students). 51 of these positions are third party funded.