€175 million will go into RFCS support of research, innovation and just transition of steel and coal sectors

The European Commission adopted a decision on the financing of the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) with a total budget of €175 million for 2025, to support collaborative research in the steel and coal sectors.

This will include two main calls (“Big Tickets”) of €100 million for steel and €35 million for coal that will be launched in February 2025 to fund research for breakthrough technologies leading to near-zero-carbon steelmaking, as well as projects for managing the just transition for coal mines. An additional standard annual call, worth €40 million, to cover both coal and steel is set to open in June 2025. 

The RFCS aligns with the European Green Deals objectives and complements the Just Transition Mechanism. It promotes excellence in research and innovation and supports  Europe's competitiveness, innovation, decarbonisation efforts and security, as emphasised in the Report Future of European competitiveness.

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