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RFCS Steel Big Tickets — Clean Industrial Deal

Funded large-scale pilot and demonstration steel-recycling and residue-valorisation projects reaching TRL 7-8, tied to the EU's Clean Industrial Deal.

Funded work should reach a high technology readiness level by the project's close, include an exploitation strategy for industrial integration, and quantify targeted improvements against existing installations or the relevant Emissions Trading Scheme benchmark. This topic carried its own EUR 50 million 2026 budget, separate from the sibling steel topic on advanced steelmaking (EUR 25 million) in t

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.