introduction to the rfcs programme practical aspects of the programme administration and status
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RFCS Information Day. Introduction to the RFCS Programme Practical Aspects of the Programme Administration and Status RFCS weblinks. ECSC: From the past… 1952: ECSC Treaty (50 years) Expired in July 2002 Assets left: ~ 1.6 bn€. WHY the RFCS Programme?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
1. Introduction to the RFCS Programme
2. Practical Aspects of the Programme
3. Administration and Status
4. RFCS weblinks
RFCS Information Day
ECSC: From the past…
– 1952: ECSC Treaty (50 years)
– Expired in July 2002
– Assets left: ~ 1.6 bn€
…to the present: RFCS
– 2001: Treaty of Nice
– To transfer the ECSC assets to the European Community
– To create the
RFCS: 1 Feb 2003
* ECSC: European Coal and Steel Community
WHY the RFCS Programme?
• A research fund with a budget of ~55 M€/year
• Promoting industrial research in the field of
– Coal and Steel
• Open call for proposals for
– Research projects (60% funding)
– Pilot & Demonstration projects (50% funding)
– Accompanying measures– Deadline: in principle, September 15th of each
year
• Outside the FP…yet closely co-ordinated & complementary
WHAT is the RFCS Programme?
RFCS funding allocation
~ 40 M€/y
~ 15 M€/y
Coal27.2%
Steel72.8%
Facts and Figures
• Typically 40 Million € per year for Steel ~= 30 Grant agreements
• Typically 15 Million € per year for Coal ~= 8 Grant agreements
• Approximately 350 Grant Agreement running at any one time
• 440 Million € invested in Coal and Steel research since 2003
• Good mix of Industry, academia and research centres
• Scientific, technical, innovative projects, well defined objectives
• Can be complimentary to other funding
• Typical funding, 1 to 2 Million €. Occasionally as large as 5
Million €
RFCS Information Day
The C
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Technical Groups
CAG/SAG
COSCO
RFCS Programme management
Programme CommitteeRepresentatives of the
Member States 1)
Coal / Steel Advisory GroupRecommended representatives 2)
12 Technical GroupsSenior Experts for
project monitoring & review 2)
+ independent Evaluation Experts for selection of projects 2)
1) Appointed by the Member States2) Appointed by the EC
Process calendar
Process Date Year
Proposal Submission Deadline
15th September (annually) N
Evaluations October to December N
Negotiations December to May N + 1
Commission Decision May to June N + 1
Target start date 1st July N + 1
Reporting (financial and technical) Until N + 5
Mid-term 31st March N + 3
Final 31st March N + 5
Publication Autumn N + 5
Example 36 months project: - Start = 01 July N + 1
- End = 30 June N + 4
Project life cycle
Proposal - Evaluation- Negotiations
Project - Technical Reports (Annual, Mid-term and Final) - Financial Statements (Mid-term and Final)
Results - Publication
Decision 40% €
Mid-Term 40% €
Final 20% €
STEEL: Programme Research Objectives
RTD and the utilisation of steel
New and improved steelmaking and finishing techniques
Conservation of resources and improvement of working conditions
TGS 1 - Ore agglomeration and Iron makingTGS 2 - Steelmaking processes TGS 3 - Casting, reheating and direct rolling TGS 4 - Hot and cold rolling processesTGS 5 - Finishing and coatingTGS 6 - Physical metallurgy and design of new generic steel gradesTGS 7 - Steel products and applications for automobiles, packaging andhome appliancesTGS 8 - Steel products and applications for building, construction and industryTGS 9 - Factory-wide control, social and environmental issues
STEEL Technical Groups
Number of proposals received
From 2002 to 2009:
- 258 coal proposals & 1024 steel proposals received
-75 successful coal projects 354 succesful steel projects
-Average success rate ~ 30% to 34%
40 34 35 36 36 21 23 33 22
116 143173 154 143
97 99131
123
0
50
100
150
200
250
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Steel
Coal
WHO can participate?
•Any legal entity established in any of the Member States
•Consortium size – no minimum - but typically 4 to 8 participants
• Not necessarily directly connected with the coal or iron and steel industries but the project has to be within the scope of the programme
•Partners from Candidate or Third Countries are welcome (though not eligible for EC funding)
Testing of advanced materials
Budget: 15 M€ (initial) - 40% by RFCS
17 partners from 6 EU countries
Final Objective:
η > 50% Coal Power Plant
COMTES700
Component Test Facility for a 700°C Power Plant
Host Plant: E-ON Scholven F, Gelsenkirchen (D)
ULCOS
Ultra-Low CO2 Steelmaking
Selection of promising steelmaking routes
Budget: 55 M€ - co-funded by RFCS & FP6
48 partners from 13 EU countries
Final Objective:
50% CO2 reduction in steelmaking
RFCS Flagship projects
RFCS priorities
Annual Priorities agreed with industry – Technical Committee chairs:– TGC suggestions, ESTEP working Groups– Advisory Groups proposes final version
Implimentation– Published each year in the ‘infopack’– 1 “extra” point over 25 points– Helps a good proposal but other proposals which
are not in line with the priority are regularly funded
• How can you take part?
• In a proposal
• Read the SYNOPSIS – it gives a good
overview of what is currently being funded
• Make contact with experienced beneficiaries
with whom you can add value
• As an expert evaluator
• Help us evaluate proposals. Register on
CORDIS
• Assist in formulating priorities
• Take contact with SAG + CAG member
RFCS Information Day
RFCS Weblinks
• RFCS website: - http://cordis.europa.eu/coal-steel-rtd/
• Information Package - http://cordis.europa.eu/coal-steel-rtd/infopack_en.html
• Latest published technical reports: - http://bookshop.europa.eu/ - http://cordis.europa.eu/library/
• Synopsis of ongoing RFCS projects: - http://cordis.europa.eu/coal-steel-rtd/synopsis_en.html
Total RFCS funding allocation for COAL projects from 2003 to 2011*: 136.6 M€
(*) 2011 provisional figures
RFCS - COAL research:Funding distribution &
activities
36% 49 M€ 19% 26 M€ 45% 61 M€
• Coal mining• CO2 geol. storage• Underground gasification • …
• Coal preparation• Coal gasification• Synfuels• …
• Clean coal tech. • CO2 capture• Co-combustion• …
SOURCING CONVERSION COMBUSTION
Coal projects funding by TG (Historically 2003-2011)
0
5
10
15
20
25
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Million €
TG C3
TG C2
TG C1
Avg TGC1
(2007-2011) =
44%2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Million € 6,9 1,8 5,7 2,3 7,8 7,7 4,6 10,2 2,4% 43 12 35 16 50 59 57 48 14Million € 2,9 0,9 2,5 4,3 3,4 1,7 2,2 7,0 1,3% 18 6 15 31 22 13 28 32 8Million € 6,3 12,6 8,0 7,4 4,4 3,7 1,2 4,2 13,0% 39 82 49 53 28 28 15 20 78
TOTAL Million € 16,1 15,3 16,1 14,0 15,6 13,1 8,0 21,4 16,6
TGC1
TGC2
TGC3
Recommended for funding by TG
8%3%
10%
10%
10%
5%14%
27%
13%TGS1TGS2TGS3TGS4TGS5TGS6TGS7TGS8TGS9
20%
2%
9%
10%
9%5%
14%
20%
11%
% of proposals recommended for funding (40)
% of requested fundingfor proposals recommendedfor funding (45.0 million €)
Evaluation results
RFCS Monitoring & Assessment
• Main objective = Assess the benefits of the RTD to society and to the industry sectors
• – Analysis of the RFCS Programme – Make recommendations for the improvement of the RFCS and
its effectiveness
• RFCS projects (closed) over a 7 year process• Conducted by an expert committee • Creation of working groups in 2011 Q2 and Q3• Will report in 2012