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## What's new

- **Allow appeals, per round.** A round's `Appeals` panel, below `Reporting`, turns appeals on,
  sets the window in days after the Letter of Decline is sent (14 by default) and can name an
  application template as the appeal form. See
  [Round reporting](/administrator/funding-rounds/round-reporting#appeals).
- **Submit Appeal for applicants.** While the window is open, a declined application's page offers
  `Submit Appeal` to its owner and their organisation's members. They write their grounds, or answer
  the round's appeal form, then follow the appeal's status and read its outcome on the same page.
  When an appeal can't be made, the page says why. See
  [After you submit](/applicant/after-you-submit#appeal-a-decision).