GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

This call topic concerns RFCS Pilot and Demonstration Projects (PDPs) and applicants may submit proposals for either Pilot or Demonstration projects. Pilot Projects target the construction, operation and development of (significant parts of) installations on an appropriate scale and using suitably large components in order to examine the potential for putting theoretical or laboratory results into practice and/or increasing the reliability of the technical and economic data needed to progress to demonstration stage, and in certain cases to industrial and/or commercial stage. Demonstration Projects cover the construction and/or operation of (significant parts of) an industrial-scale installation, in order to bring together all the technical and economic data in order to proceed with the industrial and/or commercial exploitation of the technology at minimum risk. Both Pilot and Demonstration Projects aim to bridge the gap between Research and Innovation.

Proposals should address the application of innovative technologies related to one or two of the six call objectives listed. If addressing two call objectives, proposals should clearly identify which Work Packages address which topic(s) of which call objective(s). The full description of each objective and its focus areas can be found in the call document pages 7-14 (the link to the call document can be found under the “Further information” section).