Guidelines for the Technical Group experts

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HOW TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO The Research Fund
for Coal and Steel Dr.Augustin
SEMENESCU European Commission Responsible
scientific officer per research area
Timisoara, ROMANIA 5 May 2008
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The Research Fund for Coal and Steel Programme
(RFCS)

• Objectives to support competitiveness and to
  contribute to sustainable development of the
  Community sectors related to the coal and steel
  industry
• Principles financial assistance mainly for RTD
  projects by promoting co-operation between
  undertakings, research centres and universities
• Outside the 7th RTD Framework programme
• Complementing the RTD Framework programme

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The RFCS Programme

• A research fund with a budget of 60 M/year
• Open call for proposals for
• Research projects ( investigative or experimental
  work for the creation or development of new
  products, production processes and services)
• Pilot Demonstration projects (the construction,
  operation and development of an installation or a
  significant part of an installation for putting
  theoretical or laboratory results into practice)
• Accompanying measures (to complement and/or
  co-ordinate research activities related to this
  programme)
• Deadline September 15th of each year
• RFCS website http//www.cordis.lu/coal-steel-rtd/
  

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Why coal and steel ?

• Coal represents 27 of electricity production in
  the EU-25The European steel industry is a world
  leader but is being challenged by China (33 of
  world steel production)

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How to submit a proposal?

• Read carefully the Information Package, composed
  of 2 parts
• Practical information
• Forms which should be downloaded from the
  website and completed
• http//www.cordis.lu/coal-steel-rtd/infopack.htm
• The Information Package is also available as
  hardcopies

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WHO can participate?

• Principles of participation
• Any undertaking, research institute, University
  or natural person established in any of the
  Member States
• Not necessarily directly connected with the coal
  and iron and steel industries but the RTD
  proposal has to be within the scope of the
  programme
• No threshold nor limit on budget consortium
  size
• Third country partners welcome
• (though not eligible for EC funding)

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WHAT can be funded?

• 2 main categories of proposals
• Research, Pilot Demonstration
• Accompanying measures
• (1) Information exchange dissemination
  activities
• (2) Promotion of knowledge gained
• (3) Training mobility of researchers

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Accompanying measures

• Type 1 - Information exchange and dissemination
  activities (events, conferences) funding max. 20
  000 not more than 20 of the total cost
• Type 2 - Promotion of knowledge gained
  possible funding up to 100
• Type 3 - Training and mobility of the researcher
  mobility allowance of 2000/ month
  yearly travel allowance

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Funding ceilings

• Research projects (funding up to 60 )
• Pilot projects (funding up to 40 )
• Demonstration projects (funding up to 40 )

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Some advice

• Strong competition
• High quality level of proposals
• High level of industrial involvement
• Long process start early with experienced
  partners!

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Some remarks advice

• Descriptions should be short concise
• Test your application by neutral proof-readers
• Make use of the project synopsis
• Synopsis of ongoing RFCS projects (2003-2006)
• ftp//ftp.cordis.lu/pub/coal-steel-rtd/docs/synops
  is_rfcs.pdf
• if applicable Enrol as an expert (TG or
  Evaluator)
• http//www.cordis.lu/experts/fp6_candidature.htm

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Evaluation session
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Proposal structure and description

• The technical description of the proposal shall
  consist of Annex I (sections A0, A1, A2, for
  resubmissions also A3) and Annex IV (forms 1-1,
  1-2 and 1-3).
• Annex I - sections A0 and A1 are meant to provide
  an overview of the proposal. (e.g. proposal name,
  summary description of the work, applicants list,
  funding requested) and a clear indication of its
  added value in light of what has already been
  achieved.
• Length of section A1 typically 3 pages, MAXIMUM
  5 PAGES

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Proposal structure and description

• Annex I - section A2 is meant to describe the
  global approach of the research and to introduce
  very briefly the detailed description of the
  work-packages to be provided in forms 1-1, 1-2
  and 1-3 of Annex IV. The description should be
  designed in a very concise and well structured
  manner in order to facilitate a quick
  understanding of all main aspects and issues at
  stake.
• Length of section A2 typically 3 to 5 pages,
  MAXIMUM 10 PAGES

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Proposal structure and description

• Annex I - section A3 should only be completed in
  the case of a proposal being resubmitted.
  Particular instructions for resubmitted proposals
  only A proposal that has been evaluated in one
  or several prior call(s) for proposals and not
  been retained for funding, may be resubmitted
  under the condition that the latest modified
  version contains a dedicated chapter in section
  A3 of Annex I that summarizes explicitly any
  changes made against the previous submission(s).
  Applicants are requested to include in this
  section the summary report that the applicant
  received from the European Commission following
  the last evaluation, containing information on
  the composition and budgets of the former
  partnership as well as the comments from the
  independent evaluators.
• Length of section A3 MAXIMUM 2 PAGES (including
  the evaluation report)

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Proposal structure and description

• Important notice The length of a proposal is an
  eligibility criterion In the case that the
  aforementioned maximum number of pages for each
  section is not respected, the proposal is deemed
  ineligible and will therefore not be put forward
  for evaluation.
• Please take note that any extra information in
  any format (e.g. annexes, appendices, documents)
  provided in addition to the abovementioned forms
  will be considered in the overall page count
  during the eligibility check of the proposal
  length.
• Annex IV - Forms 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3 need to be
  completed at the proposal submission stage.
  Please strictly follow the format provided. Do
  not attach any documents.

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Some remarks on the proposal

• STATE-OF-THE-ART The state-of-the-art should be
  clearly described in an exhaustive manner as
  regards previous ECSC and RFCS research projects
  and international literature. This will
  demonstrate the expertise and literature
  knowledge of the proposers.
• REFERENCES Literature, published papers and
  worldwide projects cited inclusive some other EU
  projects)
• Important notice Failure to provide adequate
  state-of-the-art and convincing arguments about
  the innovative content of the proposal may result
  in its rejection

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Proposal Description

• PROJECT AIM
• 2. BACKGROUND AND THEORETICAL SUPPORT
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Theoretical support
• 3. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL APPROACH
• 3.1 Contribution to RFCS Programme objectives
• 3.2 Objectives and deliverables
• 3.3 Problem definition
• 3.4 The development of the outcomes

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4. INNOVATIVE CONTENT

• 4.1 Innovative value/ originality
• fundamental research
• statistical analysis
• physical modelling
• numerical modelling and simulation
• ( graphs, figures, simulation results, etc.)
• 4.2 Feasibility
• 4.3 Methods and techniques

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5. PARTICIPANTS AND WORK-PROGRAM

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Participants
• 5.3 Work-program and means
• 5.4 Project management
• 5.5 Explanation and justification of costs

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6. INDUSTRIAL INTEREST AND SCIENTIFICAL/TECHNICAL
PROSPECTS

• 6.1 Industrial interest and participation
• 6.2 Impact on competitiveness- Gains and benefits
• 6.3 ESTEP priorities

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7. COMMUNITY ADDED VALUE AND CONTRIBUTION TO EU
POLICES

• 7.1 Benefits from carrying out the project at a
  European level, priorities addressed
• 7.2 Strategic importance and transferability
• 7.3 Impact on health and safety, energy and
  environment
• Quantification!!!

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Evaluation Form

• Criterion 1. Scientific and technical approach
• 1.1. Does the proposal address the scientific and
  technological issues of the RFCS programme
  objectives?
• 1.2. To which extent do the applicants
  demonstrate their knowledge of the international
  state-of-the-art of related work (evidence of
  adequate documentary search, including results of
  current or completed RTD projects)?
• 1.3. Is the feasibility of the proposed work
  convincingly addressed?
• 1.4. Are the proposed methods and techniques
  clearly described and justified? Is the overall
  approach suited to achieve the project
  objectives?

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Criterion 2. Innovative content

• 2.1. Please summarise the innovative aspects of
  the proposal. To which extent do the expected
  results lead to a progress beyond the current
  state-of-the-art? May the nature of the proposed
  research work be qualified as incremental or
  breakthrough?
• 2.2 Does the proposal clearly describe the
  claimed innovative aspects?
• 2.3 Please assess the span of the expected
  findings Do these offer the perspective of a
  wider general use or are their innovative value
  of restricted use for a specific application
  and/or product?

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Criterion 3. Consistency of resources and
quality of partnership

• 3.1 Is the work plan adequate? Is it clearly
  described well defined? Are the scheduled tasks
  responding to the set objectives?
• 3.2. To what extent are the manpower, technical
  and financial resources in line with the tasks
  described in the different Work Packages?
• 3.3. Do the partners fulfil complementary tasks
  without duplication of work?
• 3.4. Is the partnership appropriate to achieve
  the expected results? To what extent are the
  profiles and the skills of the partners
  complementary?
• 3.5. Do bar charts clearly show partner/task
  inter-dependencies? Is the project scheduling
  realistic and adequate?

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Criterion 4. Industrial interest and scientific
/ technical prospects

• 4.1. Which are the industrial benefits for the
  related sector? Are the main project deliverables
  in terms of industrial interest,
  scientific/technical prospect and strategic
  relevance clearly defined?
• 4.2. What impact will the expected project
  results have on the competitiveness of the
  related sector? Is this clearly explained?
• 4.3. For steel proposals only Which of the
  current priority(ies) listed in the chapter 7 of
  the 2007 Information Package (being a subset of
  those identified in the Strategic Research
  Agenda (SRA) of the European Steel Technology
  Platform (ESTEP) ) are being addressed in the
  proposal?
• 4.4. Are issues on the use and/or implementation
  of the results addressed and credible? Do these
  include modelling, simulation and/or field
  testing?
• 4.5. Does the proposal include relevant
  industrial participation?

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Criterion 5. Community added value and
contribution to EU policies

• 5.1. Is there a clear need and clear benefit to
  carry out the project at European level instead
  of at national or private level?
• 5.2. Does the proposal show strategic importance
  to the related sector? Will the expected results
  be transferable throughout the European coal or
  steel industry?
• 5.3. Which local impact can be expected from the
  project results on health, safety the workplace
  conditions of the operators?
• 5.4. Which global impact can be expected from the
  project results on the preservation of the
  environment, natural resources energy?

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European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP)

• One of the first platforms
• Strong links with the Steel Advisory Group (SAG)
  and the Unit
• For the 2008 call for proposals, a list of
  research priorities defined by ESTEP experts was
  selected by the SAG and was implemented in the
  RFCS Research Programme by means of the
  Information Package

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Current Coal priorities (2008) with relevance to
the RFCS Programme

• TGC1 - Coal mining operation, mine infrastructure
  and management, unconventional use of coal
  deposits
• Improving automation of coal winning and heading
  technologies corresponding to the geological
  characteristics of European hard coal deposits.
• Geomechanics of the mining deposit, including
  stress analysis and control, modelling,
  monitoring systems, roadway support technologies,
  rockbursts and gas outbursts.
• Underground instrumentation, communication and
  information technology, including operational
  simulation and modelling technology.
• Control of underground gas emissions in
  operational mines and novel methods of mine
  climate control.
• Prediction and reduction of the influence of mine
  waters on water tables and surface subsidence of
  abandoned mines.

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Current Coal priorities (2008) with relevance to
the RFCS Programme

• TGC2 - Coal preparation, conversion and upgrading
• Improving the efficiency and economics of coal
  gasification through process changes or enhanced
  components and their integration.
• Development of novel coal based pitches and
  precursors for specialist carbon products.
• Production of liquid fuels from coal, with a
  particular emphasis on technologies that address
  the requirements of clean coal technologies and
  the need for greenhouse gas emission reduction.
• TGC3 - Coal combustion, clean and efficient coal
  technologies, CO2 capture
• Technological improvements targeting enhanced
  efficiency of coal fired power plants.
• Novel CO2 capture technologies for retrofitting
  to existing coal power plants.
• Enhanced pollution control in conjunction with
  CCS technologies.

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Current Steel priorities (2008) with relevance to
the RFCS Programme

• Novel integrated routes for a scale free and
  energy efficient processing
• To recover thermal energy
• -Energy recovery from high
  temperature processes
• Intelligent Manufacturing
• Total control of the process
• -Enhancement of steel industry performances by
  combining conventional or advanced sensors
  together with intelligent data usage and
  supervisory systems
• Energy effectiveness and resources savings
• The sustainable use of natural resources
• -Using residues as secondary raw materials
  or lower quality primary raw materials
• -Improved technologies to reduce climate change
  impacts
• Automotive Industry
• New steel grades and innovative manufacturing
  methods for complex components
• -Body and power train solutions for
  lightweight and improved safety
• Surface technology on steel sheets for automotive
  applications
• - Improved corrosion resistance and
  manufacturability

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Current Steel priorities (2008) with relevance to
the RFCS Programme

• Construction sector
• - Safe and Healthy steel construction
• -Structural safety in seismic conditions
• - Advanced prefabrication and execution
  technologies
• -remote fabrication
• Energy sector
• New-highly performing steel pipes and components
  for oil and gas wells and for high productivity
  energy transportation
• -OCTG and premium joints for highly
  demanding applications
• -Heavy wall tubular products for deep
  water oil and gas fields
• -New generation of ultra HS-high toughness
  (X100/120) and low cost steel pipes
• New classes of heat resistant steels
• -High creep strength (for 325 bar 650C)
• New steels and components for alternative
  energies
• -Light weight constructions Wind Farms
  (component manufacturing and life assessment
  tools)

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Examples of coal research programme
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A strategic coal pilot project COMTES700Componen
t Test Facility for a 700C Power Plant

• Component Test Facility
• advanced materials
• 20,000h testing
• July 2004 Dec 2009
• Host Plant E-ON Scholven F, Gelsenkirchen (D)
• Budget 15.2M
• 57 by power producers
• 40 by RFCS
• 3 by equipment suppliers
• Final Objective
• ? gt 50 Coal Power Plant

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• Examples of steel research programme

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A strategic steel pilot project ULCOS project

• Arcelor, Thyssen, AirLiquide, BFI, Corus, CRM,
  Kuttner, LKAB, Paul Wurth, ILVA, Dillinger, Voest
  Alpine, (47 partners)
• Total cost of the project about 44Mio
• European financial support (FP6 RFCS) about
  25Mio
• Preparatory work for a large size pilot
  demonstration unit with new CO2 reduced iron
  making process

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Appealing steel solutions for end users

• Construction and infrastructures
• Automobile
• Energy

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Contract CTSIS TG Title EN Acronym Budget Funding Resp EMAIL USABR COUNTRY BudgetPartner
RFSR-CT-2007-00050 TGS8 Steel solutions for seismic retrofit and upgrade of existing constructions STEELRETRO 2.214.354 1.328.613 Prof. Dan DUBINA dan.dubina_at_ct.upt.ro UNIV TIMISOARA ROMANIA 87.600,00
RFS2-CT-2007-00030 TGS8 Dissemination of structural fire safety engineering knowledge throughout Europe DIFISEK 722.149 433.289 Dr Raul Dan ZAHARIA raul.zaharia_at_ct.upt.ro UNIV TIMISOARA ROMANIA 14.710,00
RFC2-CT-2006-00005 TGC3 Clean coal technology R, DD promotion and dissemination CCTPROM 290.353 186.902 Dr. Carmencita CONSTANTIN cconstantin_at_ispe.ro ISPE ROMANIA 41.150,00
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Steel solutions for seismic retrofit and upgrade
of existing constructions-Acronym STEELRETRO

• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS The majority of existing
  buildings are in need of seismic retrofit. The
  main reasons are the original design was not
  optimised with respect to the required safety
  level, poor construction quality, modifications
  or enlargements of buildings during their life
  and increase in the requirements of the seismic
  design. Even if steel solutions can often be more
  efficient and economic, their possibilities are
  practically unknown and their application has
  been limited to a few particular cases. The aim
  of the research proposal is to set up steel
  solutions for the seismic retrofit of existing
  buildings, furnishing design and construction
  methodologies, tools for dimensioning of elements
  and connections as well as for cost estimation.
• Partner UNIV TIMISOARA / Prof. Dan DUBINA

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Title Dissemination of structural fire safety
engineering knowledge throughout Europe

• Acronym DIFISEK
• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTSThe technical objective
  is to disseminate Structural Fire Safety
  Engineering Knowledge gained in recent ECSCRFCS
  funded projects to practicing engineers in
  various countries, in their own languages. This
  project will extend a previous RFCS project
  entitled DIFISEK that covered a few European
  countries and will now cover nearly all European
  countries. Another objective is to update the
  material for fire design prepared in the first
  project (according EN version) and to implement
  Eurocode National Annexes. All data will be
  translated and seminars will be organised in the
  following countries, Austria, Belgium,
  Czech-Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece,
  Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal,
  Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and
  United-Kingdom.
• Partner/Responsible UNIV TIMISOARA / Dr Raul Dan
  ZAHARIA

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Development of innovative steel-glass-structures
in respect to structural and architectural
design-Acronym INNOGLAST

• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS Currently, steel-glass
  constructions are favourably used in modern
  architecture. This proposal addresses the design
  of new and innovative steel-glass structures in
  respect to architectural, static-structural and
  fabrication criteria. Different types of
  steel-glass constructions are analysed or even
  newly developed focusing on an optimal structural
  interaction between steel and glass. The research
  includes steel supported glazing systems and the
  development of a new hybrid steel-glass beam,
  consisting of steel flanges and a glass web, all
  of which can be used in facades, roofs, atria
  etc. Thus, glass is used as a stiffened as well
  as a full bearing element in steel-glass
  constructions. Consequently, the research project
  will produce comprehensive solutions for
  innovative steel-glass-structures. The need for
  the projected research is pointed out in the
  European Steel Technology Platform ESTEP 2006
  which actually defines the design of steel-glass
  structures as a short-term research area.
• Partner CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DU
  BATIMENT , Avenue Jean Jaurès 84, FR-77420 CHAMPS
  SUR MARNE(Responsible Dr Adrian PANAIT)

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Title Economic and durable design of composite
bridges with integral abutments

• Acronym INTAB
• OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS
• The research proposal INTAB investigates on
  innovative bridge type and aims on promoting
  composite bridges with integral abutments. The
  major objectives of the proposal are to elaborate
  cost effective, environmental friendly and
  sustainable bridge structures, to prove their
  durability in practice and to provide design
  guidance for competitive construction.
• (Partner) ARCELOR PROFIL LU-4221 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
• Mrs Nicoleta POPA-Direct line (352) 5313/21 66

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Steel construction Millau Viaduct (France)
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SuperLightCar
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Conclusions

• The coal and the steel industries have played,
  play and will play an important economic role in
  Europe
• The ECSC research programme was very effective,
  not only in economic terms, but also for the
  European environment
• The RFCS research programme intends to develop
  and intensify the research efforts in the fields
  of coal and steel.

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Conclusions

• Coal and steel research does not only involve
  research in metallurgical engineering (extraction
  and production of coal and steel) but also (or
  even mainly) in other engineering fields
• Fluid mechanics (combustion engineering),
  chemical engineering (CO2 sequestration),
• Architecture, building engineering, mechanical
  engineering, automatisation engineering,

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Conclusions

• WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU IN THE
  NEXT CALLS FOR PROPOSALS OF THE RESEARCH FUND FOR
  COAL AND STEEL

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Thank you for your attention