Year 13 urgent help!! should i appeal my EPQ??

tbf EPQ moderators are absolute pedants. I'm sure you could get probably get a decent chance at an appeal judging by how ambiguous the mark schemes are, though I would say that detailed research and 'some research' would be predicated on whether you have done a source evaluation table and thoroughly analysed the credibility of sources as well as selecting a wide range of credible ones and synthesising relevant information. I'm sorry I have posted this so late as you have probably gone past this whole stage but I only just saw this as I've literally just handed mine in now.

Omg I am in this exact position, my mark dropped from 41 to 39 in internal moderation 😭
I really want to appeal, what reasons did you give for an appeal???

I’m assuming you have started the appeals process and know what area you were marked down in? For me this was A03 so I went through the mark scheme/rubric gave examples of where I believe I had shown evidence of what was required. I ended up writing quite a lot for my appeal as I wanted to be thorough, this is one paragraph just as an example:
“Resources in my appendix further show development, using examples from my project log (Appendix: C) to show how I managed my development and how changes have been made to overcome challenges, such as deadlines, organisation, or gaps in knowledge that required more extensive research. This demonstrates that I have 'taken appropriate decisions' and ‘appropriate changes’ to my aims and objectives. Development was also shown in dedicated slides of my PowerPoint presentation.”
I hope this was helpful, please let me know if I can help any more!! Overall, i’m so glad i appealed, otherwise i would have been 1 mark off an A 😅 good luck!! x