For the first time ever at European level, public/private partnerships, involving industry, the research community and public authorities, are being set up to pursue ambitious common research objectives under several Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs).

ENIACon the nanoelectronics sector, ARTEMIS for embedded computing systems and IMI, the Innovative Medicines Initiativehave just published calls for proposals.

CleanSky, an initiative aiming at an improvement of the impact of air transport on the environment, will soon follow.

For comprehensive information about JTIs, please refer to the RAPID press releases.