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    RFCS-2026-01-RPJ

    RFCS-2026-01-RPJ Coal Research projects

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    RFCS-2026 · RFCS-PJG · TRL 4–5

    16 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €7M
    Call budget (2026)

    What this call funds

    This call funds research projects on coal, supporting experimental or investigative work that advances technical knowledge from early-stage concepts toward validated technology. Projects should aim to deliver industrial, economic, social and environmental benefits related to coal research objectives, moving technology from lower readiness levels to a more mature, tested stage.

    renewable energy · energy efficiency · research excellence

    Who wins this

    Research organisations or industrial consortia working on coal-related technologies seeking to mature early-stage innovations (TRL 1-3) to a demonstrated, validated stage (TRL 4-5).

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    The call in detail

    Funding model
    RFCS-AG
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    RFCS Project Grants
    Partners
    Not stated in the call.
    Also required
    Detailed eligibility, admissibility, financial capacity, and evaluation conditions are deferred to the call document sections rather than specified in this text.
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document

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