EUROFER was glad to join colleagues from The European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP), the European Research Executive Agency (REA), DG RTD and the wider #RFCS community for a day filled with insights and future-focused talks.

Therefore, the continuation of the RFCS annual calls over the next framework programme period (2028-2034) is a top priority for stakeholders".

A warm thank you to all the speakers, participants and our hosts SMS group & ESTEP for driving the steel research community with such passion and ambition!

The steel sector plays a central role in shaping Europe’s industrial future.

Recently, we gathered in Germany to explore how projects, funded by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, are transforming the sector through decarbonisation, circularity and industrial symbiosis.

🧪 #SciComm

What a sad development, I loved the impressive campus of USDA Beltsville. It lived also from its vicinity of DC. So much history.

USDA reorganization will cut agricultural and forest research | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

👉 WE WANT YOU!

to understand the need for #harmonised
#terminology
#methodologies
#laboratoryprocedures
#systemintegration

Designing a #3D_Bioprinting #standardisation #roadmap.

Let's make this #emergingtechnology ready for #industry!

@REA_research
@EU_ScienceHub
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Commission 🥇 top performer in #BetterRegulation ⚖️.

#OECD
ranked the Commission first for its impact assessment, stakeholder engagement and transparency.

👩‍🎓 @ec.europa.eu
🔬 #InnovPolicy #Innovative #policymaking
🧬 #EU_ScienceHub
💡 #REA_research

www.oecd.org/content/dam/...

The Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) supports projects that cut coal’s sector environmental footprint & drive its shift to low-carbon alternatives 🧪

At a recent workshop in Poland, we explored the coal sector’s responsible phase-out & fair transition.

#philsci #SciComm

#Deindustrialisation isnt a symptom of #economic decline, but part of getting richer.
Resurrect #factory work is nonsense when #services are more productive.
#AI accelerates the trend.

My former colleagues have identified 221 emerging technologies that could shape Europe’s future!

These signals cover many fields such as #therapeutics, #biotechnology, #agriculture #ehealth #circularity #quantum physics
#TIM #REA_research #EU_ScienceHub @ec.europa.eu
dx.doi.org/10.2760/6571...

What to do with closed #coal mines that still emit #methane?

How best to #repurpose #lignite mine areas?

How to create #greenjobs in support to #justtransition?

data.europa.eu/doi/10.2848/58…#EURACOALAL#REA_researchc#EU_ScienceHubub#CORDIS_EUE#nziaiadata.europa.eu/doi/10.2848/...64

Which #innovation works best to #decarbonize #steel and #alloy production?

#cleansteelpartnership #ESTEP  #netzero #EUROFER #REA_research #EU_ScienceHub #CORDIS_EU #nzia

data.europa.eu/doi/10.2848/...

Can't see any relationship between GDP growth and greenhouse gas emissions 🏭

Largest increases in emissions:
Lithuania (+7.8%)
Luxembourg (+6.6%)

Largest decreases emissions:
Austria (-7.8%)
Hungary (-3.3%)

Learn more➡️https://europa.eu/!Qbjpbb

7 Mio 𝐄𝐔 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬/𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 👩‍🔬🧬

Highest:⁠
ES Canarias (59.2%)
PT Açores (57.5%)
PL Wschodni (56.5%)

Lowest:
HU Közép-Magyarország (30.1%)
IT South Italy (30.6%)
DE Baden-Württemberg (30.8%)

Report 👉 europa.eu/!HtThX3

Only 34% of 🇪🇺 researchers are women. The #SheFigures shows that the gender gap exists:

9% 💡📜 among innovators
30% 🏛️of profs
20% 🏢in science/engineering boards

Report 👉 europa.eu/!HtThX3
#WomenInScience #rfcs

Two new #RFCS Big Tickets calls are open!

Available EU funding:
🔸 €100 million for low-carbon #steelmaking
🔸 €35 million to support the #JustTransition of #CoalRegionsEU
#fitfor55 #MethaneRegulation #NatureRestoration

Apply by 6 May 2025!

Learn more at the Info Day on 19 Feb
👉 europa.eu/!J9BpYj

Seems we do have an alternative to X and facebook? ;-)

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🧪 The EU funds the latest innovations in coal and steel.

€135m is available under the EU #RFCS 2025 Big Tickets calls, open on 4 Feb.

This funding will contribute to the #EUGreenDeal: cleaner industry with a #JustTransition for working people.
 
Join the Info Day on 19 Feb 2025.