Scholarship fraud preys on aspiring students. We enforce an uncompromising 7-stage vetting pipeline to guarantee that every opportunity on ScholarshipHQ is authentic, active, and free.
How every grant, fellowship, and bursary is authenticated before appearing on our live directory.
We verify the funding body against international education registries, national ministries of higher education, and chartered foundation gazettes.
Every application link must resolve to an authentic, encrypted domain (.edu, .ac.uk, .gov.ng, .org, or official verified university domain).
Legitimate academic scholarships NEVER charge candidates application fees. Any program demanding cash for forms, interviews, or pin codes is instantly blacklisted.
We strictly link directly to the official admissions or foundation portal. We never collect sensitive passport passwords, banking PINs, or confidential student credentials.
Our automated crawler scans listed scholarship links every 6 hours, detecting broken 404 links, modified deadlines, and unexpected portal outages in real time.
Before any new scholarship goes live, a senior academic researcher manually audits the terms, eligibility clauses, stipend figures, and award criteria.
If a user or institution flags an opportunity as suspicious, our system automatically pauses visibility until our safety desk verifies validity.
If any opportunity outside our verified directory exhibits these traits, do NOT engage or transfer funds.
Asking for money for "scholarship application form", "interview scheduling", or "processing fees".
Claiming a "100% Guaranteed Scholarship Award" in exchange for cash payments.
Official communications originating from free personal email addresses (e.g., nnpc.scholarship@gmail.com).
Requiring confidential banking PINs, BVN, or credit card CVVs during basic application.
Portals hosted on free blog domains (.blogspot.com, .wixsite.com, or suspicious subdomains).
ScholarshipHQ links are always free, validated, and direct. We will never ask you for money to apply.
Help protect fellow scholars. If you spot a fraudulent listing, fee solicitation, or broken portal, alert our safety team immediately.