How listings are reviewed

Listings come from four places: scholarships I find myself, scholarships identified by AI tools or agents, submissions sent through the submit form, and corrections readers send in. Nobody pays to be listed, and no provider has any influence over what appears on the site or in what order.

Submissions and corrections sent through the site are reviewed by a person before they go live. Because the site is maintained by one student, that review happens as time permits — sometimes quickly, sometimes not.

Scholarships found online through automated searches are not all reviewed by a person. They are checked for a working link and de-duplicated against listings already on the site, then published automatically so new opportunities aren't held up by the review queue. The details are pulled from the provider's page by software and can be incomplete or out of date. Always confirm the deadline, award, and eligibility on the provider's official page before you apply.

This site is meant to be safe for students of every age, so every listing — whether it is submitted through the form or found by an automated search — runs through a content screen before it can appear. Anything promoting alcohol, tobacco or vaping, drugs, gambling, adult content, weapons, hate or extremism, profanity, or scam-style "pay-to-apply" offers is blocked automatically and never published.

Legitimate academic and career listings that mention sensitive topics — substance abuse prevention, addiction recovery, nursing, pharmacology, public health, criminal justice, or violence-prevention work — are still allowed, because those are real fields of study. If something slips through that doesn't belong here, please report it and it will be removed.

New scholarships found online are published on a Monday every other week. The days in between allow a closer look at anything that looks questionable, while still letting the site stay current. Some refreshes will bring more new listings than others.

• The link goes to the provider's own website, not a lead-generation page.
• The award and eligibility summary match what the official page says.
• The listing doesn't require payment to apply.
• The award is open to high school seniors, current college students, or graduate students. Awards limited to middle schoolers or 9th–11th graders are not listed.
• The deadline is copied from the official page. If the provider hasn't announced the next deadline, that is noted rather than guessing.

These checks are applied by a person for submitted listings, and by automated tools for listings found online.

• Deadline confirmed — the date shown was read directly off the provider's official page on the "last checked" date.
• Deadline not confirmed — the provider hasn't published the next date, or it hasn't been re-verified. Treat the date as a rough guide only.
• Last checked — the date a person or AI tool last opened the official page and compared it to the listing.

Featured listings are re-checked first, then listings with deadlines coming up in the next 60 days, then everything else on a rolling basis. Because one student maintains the site, some listings will be older than others — that's why every listing shows when it was last checked instead of pretending everything is current.

• This site doesn't accept, process, or forward scholarship applications.
• This site doesn't decide who wins anything or influence any provider's decision.
• This site doesn't guarantee that a listing is still open, funded, or accurate.
• This site doesn't sell listings, ad placements, or your information.

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