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Verified by people, not just software.
Every listing on OffMap was found, checked, and signed off by someone real. This is who they are and how the checking actually works.
The mindset
An ambassador isn't a job title. It's noticing a deadline before it matters to someone else, and writing it down so it doesn't disappear.
No student data, ever
Ambassadors verify listings by hand. They never see who saved what — no student list leaves OffMap, to anyone, for any price.
Verification over speed
A slower listing that's true beats a fast one that isn't. If we can't confirm the funding or the deadline, it doesn't publish.
Local knowledge counts
The opportunity on a school noticeboard matters as much as the one that already ranks on Google. That’s the whole reason this exists.
Run by people who found the gaps themselves
Ambassadors and contributors across the network, verifying listings and finding the ones that never made it online.
Elena A.
“Started because I missed a fellowship deadline by one week.”
Nikos K.
“I find the ones that only exist on a school noticeboard.”
Maria P.
“Verifying funding claims is the whole job, honestly.”
Dimitris L.
“Every listing I submit, I imagine my 16-year-old self reading it.”
How verification works
Someone finds it
An ambassador spots a listing — a noticeboard, a teacher, a link nobody indexed. They send the official page and the type.
A person checks it
A moderator confirms the funding, the eligibility, the deadline, and the real application route by hand — not a scrape, not a guess.
It publishes, or it doesn’t
A publish-gate constraint blocks anything missing funding, eligibility, or a verified deadline. No exceptions, no "see details".
It stays accountable
Every listing carries who verified it and when — "Verified 9 August by Elena" — right on the card, every time.
Editorial standard
The listing set is narrow on purpose. The audience isn't.
OffMap lists selective, time-bounded programmes with an official organiser, a real application route, and a benefit beyond a CV line. If a listing pushes toward the excluded categories, an ambassador flags it and it doesn't go up.
Know a deadline that only exists on a noticeboard?
That's exactly what an ambassador does. No experience required — just the habit of noticing before it's too late for someone else.