RFCS-2021 Coal Accompanying Measures
RFCS Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- RFCS-01-2021-AM
- Programme
- RFCS-2021
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- June 29, 2021
- Deadline
- September 22, 2021
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €11,362,500
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- RFCS-01-2021-AMRFCS-2021Research Objective Art.4 - Supporting the just transition of the coal sector and regionsResearch Objective Art.5 - Improving health and safetyResearch Objective Art.6 - Minimising the environmental impacts of coal mines in transitionResearch Objective Art.7 - Management of external dependence on energy supply
Description
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
Conditions
- Admissibility conditions are described in Part 2-Calls for proposals and Part 3-General Provisions of the Information Package 2021.
- Proposal page limits and layout are described in Part 3-General Provisions and Part 4-Guide and Manual of the Information Package 2021. The templates of Forms Part B are available for download in the Submission System and the page limits for each document are as well specified inside these templates.
- Eligible countries are described in Part 3-General Provisions of the Information Package 2021 and in the RFCS legal basis.
- Other eligibility conditions are described in Part 2-Calls for proposals and Part 3-General Provisions of the Information Package 2021.
- Financial and operational capacity and exclusion are described in Part 3-General Provisions of the Information Package 2021.
- Submission and evaluation processes are described in Part 3-General Provisions and in more details in Part 4-Guide and Manual of the Information Package 2021 (Part 4 is a Guide for Applicants and Manual for Evaluation and Selection of the proposals) and the Online Manual.
- Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Part 3-General Provisions and in more details in Part 4-Guide and Manual of the Information Package 2021 (Part 4 is a Guide for Applicants and Manual for Evaluation and Selection of the proposals).
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement are described in Part 2-Calls for proposals of the Information Package 2021.
- Legal and financial set-up of the grants are described in Part 3-General Provisions of the Information Package 2021.
Documents:
Information Package : Parts 1 - 4
Sample application form ([ToA]) — call-specific application forms are available in the Submission System
Content of Evaluation Forms — in the Part 4-Guide and Manual of the Information Package 2021 Annex II
Support & Resources
RFCS Website - for general information on RFCS Programme
For help related to this call, please contact: [email protected]
For questions related to RFCS policy aspects, please contact: [email protected]
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Latest Updates
EVALUATION results
Published: 29.06.2021
Deadline: 22.09.2021
Available budget: EUR 11.362.500,00
RFCS-01-2021 Coal: EUR 3 090 600,00
(RFCS-01-2021-AM, RFCS-01-2021-PDP, RFCS-01-2021-RPJ)
RFCS-02-2021 Steel: EUR 8.271.900,00
(RFCS-02-2021-AM, RFCS-02-2021-PDP, RFCS-02-2021-RPJ)
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
Number of proposals submitted: 111
RFCS-01-2021 Coal: 28
RFCS-02-2021 Steel: 83
Number of inadmissible proposals: 3
RFCS-01-2021 Coal: 2
RFCS-02-2021 Steel: 1
Number of ineligible proposals: 0
Number of above-threshold proposals: 87
RFCS-01-2021 Coal: 19
RFCS-02-2021 Steel: 68
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 111.701.745,02
RFCS-01-2021 Coal: EUR 26.594.545,57
RFCS-02-2021 Steel: EUR 85.107.199,45
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact [email protected]
Specific Challenge:
On the 1st of December 2019, a new European Commission entered into service for the present quinquennium 2019-2024. The new College of Commissioners, under the presidency of Ms Ursula von der Leyen, reset the Commission’s commitment to “tackling climate and environmental-related challenges that is this generation’s defining task”. The European Green Deal Communication, presented by the Commission in December 2019, is a new growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use.
Within the most pertinent lines for the RFCS research programme arising from the European Green Deal Communication, applicants to RFCS-2021 call for the coal topic should consider the following elements when preparing their proposals:
- A power sector must be developed that is based largely on renewable sources, complemented by the rapid phasing out of coal
- The EU should also reinforce current initiatives [..] on cross-cutting climate and environment issues. This may include ending global fossil fuel subsidies in line with G20 commitments, [..] phasing out all new coal plant construction, and action to reduce methane emissions
- Focus on the regions and sectors that are most affected by the transition because they depend on fossil fuels or carbon-intensive processes
- Protect the citizens and workers most vulnerable to the transition, providing access to re-skilling programmes, jobs in new economic sectors
Scope:
Proposals submitted to the RFCS programme on the coal research topic must address at least one of the respective RFCS Research Objectives of the Council Decision 2008/376/EC (Articles 4 to 7) and should relate to the European Green Deal Communication’s elements listed in the Introduction chapter of the RFCS 2021 Information Package Part 1.
When filling in the proposal, applicants are asked to indicate which research objectives are addressed and which of the European Green Deal Communication’s elements the proposal relates to.
Each proposal shall include an assessment of anticipated industrial, economic, social and environmental benefits, as stated in the Article 26 of the Council Decision 2008/376/EC “Content of proposals”.