Redress procedure following the decision of the selection committee
Candidates may submit a request for redress regarding the decision made by the Selection Committee, at any stage of the selection process. The request for redress must include the elements listed below. The request will be reviewed by the EDENE Quality Committee. A written response will be made to all requests for redress by the project coordinator, Professor Gilles CARBOU, within 15 days following the date of reception of the request.
The Quality Committee will ensure the process described in the Guide for Applicants and the Guide for EDENE Evaluators will be strictly followed. In line with the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, this committee will apply a redress procedure that enables to examine any appeal against the output of the evaluation at any of the following steps: eligibility check, application review, and interview. Applicants can appeal against the decisions, based on administrative or procedural arguments only. If the request is successful, the application will be re-evaluated, the candidate interviewed or re-interviewed or included (re-included) in a list for funding.
Elements of a request for redress :
The request must include the following elements:
- The selection process step concerned by the request for redress;
- The identification of the thesis project and/or the applicant in question, as the case may be;
- The reason for the request for redress, and if possible factual proof of the suspected failure to follow procedure;
- If the request for redress originates from several claimants, the signature of each and all of the claimants is required in the letter.
To submit a request for redress :
An email and a letter must be sent to prof. Gilles CARBOU (gilles.carbou@univ-pau.fr Cc. elisabeth.tinseau@univ-pau.fr) at the following address: Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, LMAP, Avenue de l’Université, BP 576, 64012 Pau Cedex
This letter must be sent within 15 days following the decision of the Selection Committee, date as per postmark.
Please note :
- The redress procedure following the decision of the Selection Committee is not intended to challenge the evaluations made by the qualified experts who form the EDENE Selection Committees. The scientific evaluation of the expert-evaluators will not be called into question.
- The processing of the requests for redress by the Quality committee will only treat of procedural aspects of the selection process, as defined in the Guide for EDENE Evaluators and in the Guide for Applicants
- Any information not included in the initial application package or not given by the candidate during the interview will not be taken into account during the processing of the request.
- Requests for redress may be submitted no later than 15 days following the decision of the Selection Committee.
- Anonymous copies of the evaluations by the expert-evaluators shall be provided upon request to applicants
