How we verify

The checks behind every listing, and what they do not cover.

Official sources only

Every listing points at the awarding organization's own page. Aggregator copies, link shorteners, and tracking redirects are not listed, and a deadline is never published unless it has been read off that page.

How deadlines are checked

• An editor opens the official page of the listing.
• The deadline and the eligibility summary are read off that page, not taken from a third-party summary or a search result snippet.
• The date of that check is recorded on the listing and shown as the date the deadline was checked.
• The whole directory is re-checked in one round every week, which keeps the site in step with the weekly rhythm of the digest.

How time zones are handled

A deadline is an instant in time, not a calendar day. When the official page states a time zone, the deadline is that moment in that zone, and the listing closes as soon as the clock reaches it, whatever time zone the reader is in.

When the official page gives a date and no time zone, the listing closes at the earliest possible start of that day, so it never stays open past the moment it was meant to close. It stays in the directory until the end of that day, marked Closed, because the deadline day itself may still be open somewhere on Earth. After that it leaves the directory, and its own page stays online with the Closed marker, so a link that has already been published does not lead nowhere.

Corrections

Any change made after a listing has been published is logged on the corrections page, with the date of the change and the reason for it. The log is public, and entries in it are not removed afterwards.

Sponsored entries

Sponsored entries are always labelled. Every entry links to its official source.