GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

This topic concerns RFCS Pilot and Demonstration Projects (PDPs). 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.

Proposals should address the application of innovative technologies related to one or two of the five call objectives listed. Each of the above objectives has focus areas and a proposal should cover at least two of those areas for each objective selected to be address in the proposal. The full description of each objective and its focus areas can be found in the call document pages 7-10 (the link to the call document can be found under the “Further information” section).

Proposals are also expected to include activities related to the development and dissemination of competencies to keep pace with new near-zero-carbon steel production processes, such as digitalisation and to reflect the principle of lifelong learning.

Activities are expected to start at TRL 4-6 and achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project.