What constitutes the Appeal Record?
Applicants can file an appeal on a Discovery Grant decision by submitting a letter of appeal. This letter sets out the issues to be addressed in the appeal. The letter must contain compelling arguments to support the applicant’s position that an error or procedural unfairness has occurred in relation to the original funding decision. The appeal letter is the originating document on the Appeal Record that is subsequently prepared by NSERC staff. This record also includes: • the appellant’s initial Discovery Grant application (Forms 100 and 101), including all supporting documents that were attached to it; • external referee reports (when applicable); • consultation reports from other GSCs (when applicable); • the GSC’s Message to Applicant on the initial funding recommendation (when applicable); • any relevant Messages to Applicant on an application for funding made by the appellant in a previous competition, e.g., when those messages provided guidance to assist in the framing of future
