Research Fund for Coal & SteelRFCS Project Grants

RFCS-2026-Steel-Big Tickets under the steel and metals action plan dual-use

Deadline16 September 2026
Total budget€25M
Opens17 June 2026
Deadline modelsingle-stage
Call IDRFCS-2026-BT-STEEL-SMAP-DUAL-USE

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Eligibility & conditions+

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in section 6 of the call document.

3. Other eligibility conditions

described in section 6 of the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in section 4 of the call document.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call document.

Call document and annexes:

Call document

Application form templates

Standard application form (RFCS) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Detailed budget table (RFCS)

Ownership control declaration

Information on security issues/Security section (HE)

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

RFCS MGA

Additional documents:

RFCS Decision 2008/376

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal · synced 2026-06-30