RFCS-2026-02-PDP Steel Pilot and demonstration projects
RFCS-2026-02-PDP
Description
Expected Impact:
Each proposal must include an assessment of the expected industrial, economic, social and environmental benefits (Article 26 of Council Decision 2008/376/EC).
Objective:
Proposals submitted under this topic should relate to one or more of the RFCS objectives for steel as set out in Council Decision 2008/376/EC.
Scope:
Pilot projects target the construction, operation and development of installations on an appropriate scale. Demonstration projects cover the construction and/or operation of industrial-scale installations.
Both pilot and demonstration projects aim to bridge the gap between research and innovation and commercialisation.
Pilot and demonstration activities are expected to start at TRL 4-5 and achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project.
Eligibility & Scope
Water Themes
Keywords
RFCS-2026-02-PDP, RFCS-2026, (art.10) assembled structures, (art.10) circular economy, (art.10) design of steel grades, (art.10) elimination of waste gases, (art.10) emissions, (art.10) life cycle assessment, (art.10) pollution control, (art.10) protection of the environment, (art.10) raw materials, (art.10) recovery secondary raw materials, (art.10) recycling obsolete steel, (art.10) recycling steel by-products, (art.10) slags, (art.10) steel recovery, (art.10) steel recycling, (art.10) steel reuse, (art.10) steel scrap, (art.10) treatment of waste, (art.10) utilisation of process gases, (art.10) waste, (art.10) water management, (art.10a) developing competencies, (art.10a) disseminating competencies, (art.10a) ergonomics, (art.10a) health conditions, (art.10a) lifelong learning, (art.10a) safety conditions, (art.10a) working conditions, (art.8) application of big data, (art.8) artificial intelligence, (art.8) automation, (art.8) carbon avoidance, (art.8) carbon usage, (art.8) casting operations, (art.8) clean hydrogen economy, (art.8) coating operations, (art.8) control, (art.8) digitalisation, (art.8) energy efficiency of steel production, (art.8) energy management solutions, (art.8) finishing operations, (art.8) hybrid heating techniques, (art.8) iron- and steel-making processes, (art.8) maintenance of steel production tools, (art.8) metallurgy, (art.8) modelling, (art.8) near-zero-carbon steel production, (art.8) prevention of energy losses, (art.8) process chain optimisation, (art.8) recovery of waste heat, (art.8) recycled scrap melting, (art.8) reduction and pre-reduction of iron-ore, (art.8) reliability of steel production tools, (art.8) rolling operations, (art.8) secondary metallurgy, (art.8) steel process, (art.8) steel-making, (art.8) steel-making operations, (art.8) steel-making processes, (art.8) zero-carbon energy production, (art.9) corrosion resistance, (art.9) eco-design methods, (art.9) heat resistance, (art.9) lightweight design, (art.9) material properties, (art.9) mechanical and physical properties, (art.9) mechanical fatigue, (art.9) mobility applications, (art.9) predictive simulation models, (art.9) predictive simulation models on mechanical properties, (art.9) predictive simulation models on microstructures, (art.9) predictive simulation models on production processes, (art.9) retrofitting, (art.9) safety solutions, (art.9) standardisation, (art.9) standardisation of testing and evaluation methods, (art.9) steel grades, (art.9) steel properties, (art.9) steel resistance, (art.9) sustainability, (art.9) thermal fatigue, Research Objective Art.10 - Conservation of resources, protection of the environment and circular economy, Research Objective Art.10a - Management of work force and working conditions, Research Objective Art.8 - New, sustainable and low-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes, Research Objective Art.9 - Advanced steel grades and applications