Pursuant to Article 33 (2) of the Act on the National Science Centre, a applicant can only appeal against the NCN Director’s decision in the event of a breach of the call procedure or other formal infringements. A formal infringement means errors in the call procedure involving non-application or misapplication of provisions according to which the evaluation of proposals submitted under NCN calls is organised and conducted, i.e. applicable laws, NCN Council Resolutions and Orders by the NCN Director.

It is possible to resubmit a proposal comprising research tasks overlapping with research tasks specified in the proposal which is subject to the appeal procedure once the appeal procedure has been completed (and if the decision is repealed and the proposal is submitted for re-evaluation, once the evaluation procedure has been completed)

An appeal must be lodged via the Director of the National Science Centre within 14 days of the date the decision is served:

- electronically, with a qualified electronic signature or sent to the address of the Electronic Delivery Box of the National Science Centre (/ncn/SkrytkaESP) or

- in writing, to the following address: ul. Twardowskiego 16, 30-312 Kraków.

In the event of individuals who have no Confidential Profile and qualified electronic signature, an applicant can sent a scan/photograph of the appeal signed by hand to the following e-mail address: biuro@ncn.gov.pl

Only applicants can appeal against the NCN Director’s decisions.

  • In the case of proposals submitted by an institution referred to in Article 27 (1) (1) – (7)and (1) (9) of the Act on the National Science Centre of 30 April 2010 (Journal of Laws of 2018, Item 947, as amended), the principal investigator is not a party to the appeal procedure. An appeal must be lodged and signed by the authorised representative(s) of the applicant.
  • In the case of proposals submitted by a individual, the principal investigator is a party to the appeal procedure and may lodge an appeal.

If an appeal is lodged by the principal investigator who is not a party to the appeal procedure, the Committee of Appeals of the NCN Council shall issue a decision discontinuing the appeal procedure.

The Committee of Appeals of the NCN Council shall decide on the appeal within 3 months of the date on which the appeal was lodged.