Since 2006 under the Framework Programme 7, the European Commission published calls for proposals focused on foresight research. This „Blue sky research on Emerging Issues affecting European Science and Technology‟, aims to identify issues which are just about emerging and which could have an important role in shaping the European research system in the future.
At the moment, six foresight projects are funded under this theme. Brief information about the projects are to be found in a Blue Sky Foresight Newsletter at
http://www.civisti.org/files/images/Blue_Sky_foresight_Newsletter_v20nov09.pdf.