About the Institute
The Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research (HIMR) is a partnership between UK government and the UK mathematics research community. It began its life in 2005, and has hubs in Bristol, London and Manchester. The Institute employs Postdoctoral Research Fellows in several UK universities, and funds PhD studentships across the UK. It supports UK-based events and focused research activities. It coordinates research activities that bring some of most outstanding individuals worldwide into the UK for visits.
Our Vision:
Building UK mathematical capacity and helping keep the country safe.
Our Mission:
Through strategic partnerships we foster a diverse, collaborative and supportive environment to nurture the UK maths ecosystem and deliver high quality, impactful mathematical research that makes a difference to national security.
Our Values:
We support equity, diversity and inclusion: to ensure we are accessing the talents of all and are getting input from different perspectives.
We act with integrity: so that those who work for us have confidence in the organisation and our sponsors, and we have the trust of the wider academic community.
We foster collaborative working: we can achieve more together than as individuals.