All actions: How can applicants withdraw their redress request?

To withdraw a redress request, it is enough to write the SEP Helpdesk team (email: EC-FUNDING-TENDER-SERVICE-DESK@ec.europa.eu).

All actions: What can be the reasons for starting a redress procedure?

Means of redress on the funding decision: after the evaluation results are communicated to the applicants, the evaluation review process will be opened. The Evaluation Result Letter will contain all necessary information to file an evaluation review request in case the applicant considers that there has been a procedural failing or a factual error in the evaluation process, and that it has jeopardised the decision whether or not to fund the proposal. The evaluation review does not concern the merits of the proposal. The coordinator must submit this request within 30 days after receiving the letter.

All actions: When can applicants who have submitted a redress expect an answer?

Usually, it takes four months for the evaluation review process to be completed and the applicant to be notified. These four months are AFTER the 30-day window which applicants have to make a redress appeal.

PF: Is there an official link to the Horizon Europe redress procedure or other official information on how to proceed with it?

The deadlines and procedures are set out in the evaluation result letter.

For more information on complaints about proposal rejection: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/funding-tenders-opportunities/display/OM/Complaints+about+proposal+rejection.