The main target audiences include physicians, physicists, radiographers, chemists, mathematicians, molecular biologists, computer scientists.
In 2006, the action plan was approved and led to the official establishment of EIBIR as a non-profit limited liability company with its registered office in Vienna, Austria.
EIBIR received financial support from a core group of industry partners in order to facilitate the establishment of its operational structures and to initiate projects at a research level.
The themes covered by these working groups are; As of May 2015, over 160 research institutions and industry partners from 23 European countries are EIBIR network member.
The main decision making body of EIBIR, the General Meeting, consists of one representative per shareholder organization.