The Info Day is a unique opportunity to be informed about the RFCS funding opportunities and their objectives, the most updated information on the submission and the evaluation process. In particular, the info-day aims at helping potential applicants to submit high quality proposals.
The event will also be an occasion for networking between participants. This would facilitate the creation of synergies in the coal and steel research communities, particularly in the development of the breakthrough technologies needed to contribute to the goals of the European Green Deals and to exchange proposals’ ideas and find consortium partners.
There will be a networking coffee and lunch during the event.
The afternoon sessions will focus on the new Big Tickets Dual-Use call (Steel). Afterwards, participants interested in the new Dual-Use call will have the opportunity to have a one-to-one session with REA staff (project officers, legal officers, and financial officers) to address specific questions related to the preparation of proposals for the Dual-Use call.
It is compulsory to book these sessions in advance (via the registration form).
The Info Day will be hybrid with the possibility to follow also via videoconference.
The deadline for registrations for in-person participants and for one-to-one sessions’ booking is 26 June 2026.
The deadline for registrations for online participants is 6 July 2026.
- steel
- Wednesday 8 July 2026, 09:00 - 17:30 (CEST)
- Brussels, Belgium
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 8 July 2026, 09:00 - 17:30 (CEST)
- Where
- North Light buildingBoulevard Simon Bolivar 34, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
- Languages
- English
Description
Agenda
Morning session
9:00 Welcome Coffee – 13th floor – Room 18
9:45 Welcome and introduction
REA Sebastiano Fumero, Head of Unit REA.B1
9:50 Application preparation (Part A)
REA.B1
- Presentation of the Call Document for the Annual Call (Coal and Steel) 2026
*(procedure also applicable to the Big Tickets Dual-Use steel call)
- Templates
10:30 Q/A
10:40 Coffee Break
11:10 Application preparation (Part B)
REA.B1
- Technical part on F&T Portal
- Budget tables
12:00 Q/A
12:10 PIC Registration, Legal Validation, Financial Capacity Assessment
*(also applicable to the Big Tickets Dual-Use steel call)
REA Central Validation Service
12:25 Q/A
12:35 Lunch break
Afternoon session - RFCS Big Tickets Dual-Use (Steel)
14:00 13th floor – Room 18
14:00 Introduction and presentation of dual-use policy goals
DG RTD Doris Schroecker, Head of Unit RTD.E1 (TBC)
DG RTD Carsten Schierenbeck, Head of Unit RTD.E3 (TBC)
REA Sebastiano Fumero, Head of Unit REA.B1
14:30 Q/A
14:45 Application preparation for dual-use (Part B)
REA.B1
- Presentation of the Call Document for the Big Tickets Dual-Use 2026
- Specific objectives and expected impact for dual-use
- Templates
- Technical part on dual-use
- Budget tables
16:00 Q/A
16:10 Closure of first part
16:30 One-to-one sessions for dual-use proposals
REA.B1; DG RTD.E1 (TBC)
Interactive session (for in-person participants only)
