Editorial standards & verification methodology

Every scholarship in our catalogue is sourced from one of three places: (a) the official funder — government ministries, embassies, foundations, and university financial-aid offices; (b) accredited intergovernmental partners (e.g. DAAD, British Council, Campus France, Nuffic); and (c) verified press releases from those same organisations. We do not republish listings from third-party scholarship aggregators without going back to the official source.

For every listing we record an official URL, a verified deadline and the timestamp of the most recent check. Our verifier re-fetches the official page on a rolling cycle. If the page returns 404, redirects to a homepage, or no longer mentions the programme, we flag the listing as dead-link and surface that status on the listing card and detail page. Live verification progress is published at /verification.

Listings without a confirmed official URL are not counted in our verified total. We never make up a deadline; if the funder has not announced the next cycle, we say so on the listing.

New scholarships and edits are published continuously. Major destination, country and category landing pages are reviewed at least once per quarter against the live catalogue. Blog posts carry a last reviewed date and are revisited at least annually, and immediately when an underlying programme changes (deadline shift, eligibility change, funder rebrand).

Listings are never paid placements. Funders cannot pay to be featured, ranked higher, or removed. We do not accept gifts or trips from funders or universities in exchange for coverage. When we link to a partner programme that compensates the site (currently: none), we will disclose it inline on the article and in this section.

Articles are written by the Scholarships for Africans editorial team and reviewed for accuracy before publication. We are progressively adding named bylines and reviewer credentials to every guide. If you spot a guide without a byline, that work is in progress — flag it and we will fast-track it.

We use AI tools to draft summaries, translate funder pages, and surface candidate listings. Every published listing is reviewed by a human editor before going live. AI is never the final authority on a deadline, an eligibility rule, or a funding amount.

If you find a wrong deadline, a broken link, an outdated eligibility rule, or anything else that misled you, please report it via /corrections. We aim to acknowledge corrections within 48 hours and post a visible correction note on the affected page when we update it.

For press, partnerships, takedown requests, or anything not covered above, see /contact.