The IHES in Bures-sur-Yvette (France) is an advanced research institute in mathematics and theoretical physics with an interest in epistemology and the history of science.
Belgium, via the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), is one of its founding members and provides financial support to IHES since the seventies.
Each year, about 200 mathematicians and theoretical physicists from all over the world are selected to be invited for a visit at IHES for periods from a few days to one year or more in order to pursue their research project, collaborate with other researchers of the community and participate in the IHES activities.
The applications are examined twice a year by the IHES scientific council with the help of the CNRS-IHES Researchers and the holder of the Université de Cergy-Pontoise-IHES chair on the sole criterion of applicants’ scientific excellence.
Each year, the Belgian Science Policy gives funding representing the intervention of Belgium to various education related institutions - public or private, Belgian or foreign.
Given the nature and the national or international missions of these institutions, the subsidies or credits continue to be borne by the federal budget.
