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RFCS – Research Fund for Coal and Steel – 2024

RFCS – The Research Fund For Coal and Steel aims at helping the transformation of the steel strategic sector towards the green, digital and circular transitions and contributing to make the European steel industry even more competitive globally, in a sustainable way.

2024-04-25
100 million euro
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Call synthesis

Call reference RFCS-2024-CSP
Programme RFCS - Research Fund For Coal and Steel
Institution European Commission
Sectors Buildings & Public Works Business & Industry Energy Environment & Climate Research & Innovation
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Large company (> 250 employees) Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Professional organisation & network Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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Call reference

RFCS-2024-CSP



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • Cross cutting issues: digitalisation, skills and social innovation
  • CO2 neutral iron ore reduction (increasing the use of pre-reduced iron carriers)
  • Technologies to improve energy efficiency, increase heat recovery and enhance Process Integration (PI) approaches in steel production
  • Advanced steel alloys for special applications
  • Circular economy and sector coupling solutions to meet the zero-waste goal for steelmaking
  • Preparation of steel CO/CO2 gases for Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS)

Among financed actions

  • RFCS Pilot and Demonstration Projects (PDPs)

Eligibility

  • Be a legal person
  • Be a public or private entity
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries : EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories), non-EU countries : listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Digital Europe Programme. Click here
  • A consortium composed of at least 2 entities, established in at least 2 different EU Member States or associated countries to the programme must be constituted

Additional information

  • Between 36 and 54 months (Projects of longer duration may be accepted in duly justified cases. Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment
  • Contact : REA-RFCS@ec.europa.eu
Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 100 million euro
  • Amount of the grant: between 5 million and 9 million euro (and exceptionally up to EUR 18 million for large demonstrators)
  • Funding rate: 50% of the total eligible costs