# RFCS-2026-02-AM Steel Accompanying measures
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**topic id:** RFCS-2026-02-AM
**call id:** RFCS-2026
**title:** RFCS-2026-02-AM Steel Accompanying measures
**programme:** Research Fund for Coal & Steel
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/RFCS-2026-02-AM
**description:** Expected Impact:
Accompanying measures are expected to ensure balanced representation, within the consortium, of relevant academia, research centres, industry and/or industry associations, including just transition actors.
They should also involve stakeholders required for the just transition of the steel industry.
In addition, accompanying measures may provide suggestions for policy initiatives that contribute to the digital, green and circular transformation of steel communities, in line with the European Green Deal.
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:
Accompanying measures aim to promote the use of knowledge gained or the organisation of dedicated workshops or conferences in connection with projects or priorities of the RFCS.
**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)
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
**action type:** RFCS Project Grants
**budget:** 
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    - 2026
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**keywords:** RFCS-2026-02-AM, 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
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