Appealing against the NCN Director’s Decisions

Read the information below if you have any concerns about the reliability of the evaluation and consider lodging an appeal.

When can an appeal be lodged?

An appeal can only be lodged in the event of any procedural or formal irregularities. Pursuant to the NCN Act [1], the Committee of Appeals has no authority to assess the grounds of the objections to the evaluation of a proposal.  

Who can lodge an appeal?

An appeal can only be lodged by applicants requesting NCN funding:

• if an institution applies[2], an appeal must be lodged and signed by an authorised representative of the institution. The appeal must not be lodged by the principal investigator; 
• if an individual applies, an appeal must be lodged and signed by the principal investigator. The appeal must not be lodged by the host institution for the project.

When and how can the appeal be lodged?

• Deadline: 14 calendar days of service from the date of service of the NCN Director’s decision
• Language: appeals must be drafted in Polish 
• Intended recipient: the Committee of Appeals of the NCN Council via the NCN Director 
• Signature: appeals must bear a handwritten signature or a qualified electronic signature 
• Appeals can be lodged:
  • electronically (through the Electronic Delivery Box of the National Science Centre or e-delivery), to the following address: /ncn/SkrytkaESP or AE:PL-30168-16398-EHSIE-12. Appeals must bear an advanced or qualified electronic signature;
  • by e-mail, to the following address: biuro(at)ncn.gov.pl . Individuals who have no electronic signature can send a scan or picture of the appeal signed by hand;
  • by post, to the following address: Narodowe Centrum Nauki, ul. Twardowskiego 16, 30-312 Kraków.

What happens next?

• The Appeal Committee has 3 months to review the appeal.
• If an appeal is lodged electronically (through ePUAP or e-delivery), the Appeal Committee’s decision will also be served electronically.
• If an appeal is lodged by post or e-mail, the decision will be served in writing through the public hybrid service.
• You can appeal against the Appeal Committee’s decision within one month of its service with the Regional Administrative Court (Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny) in Krakow, via the Committee of Appeals.
• If the Appeal Committee decides that the proposal should be re-evaluated, the re-evaluation must be completed within five months.  
• The same proposal can be re-submitted once the appeal or proposal re-evaluation procedure has been completed.

Contact Officer:

Grzegorz Gilewski

• e-mail: grzegorz.gilewski@ncn.gov.pl
• Phone
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