RFCS Steel Research Projects
Funds early-stage steel research toward near-zero-carbon steelmaking and advanced steel grades, under the Research Fund for Coal & Steel.
Research funded here has to fit inside one of four legal categories set out in the Council Decision governing RFCS steel research: near-zero-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes, advanced steel grades and applications, resource conservation and circular-economy work, or workforce management for the industry's own transition. Within the steelmaking-process category alone, eligible areas run f…
This topic funds research projects under the Research Fund for Coal & Steel's steel research objectives in Council Decision 2008/376/EC: near-zero-carbon steelmaking and finishing processes, advanced steel grades and applications, resource conservation and circular economy, and workforce management for the transition. Each proposal must assess its expected industrial, economic, social and environmental benefits.
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