Report a correction
Funding rules move, and reference content goes stale without anyone touching it. If you have found something wrong, telling us is genuinely useful — outdated figures are the most common report and the most valuable.
What to include
Three things make a correction actionable, and the third is the one that gets it fixed today:
- The page — the URL, or the article title.
- The claim — quote the sentence or the figure as published.
- The source — a link to the regulation, notice or agency page that shows the correct position.
What happens next
We verify against the primary source rather than taking either version on trust — including ours. If the published claim is wrong, we fix it and update the article's verification date. If the source has changed since we last checked, that is still a correction: the article was right and is now stale, which for a reader is the same problem.
Where a correction changes the substance of an article's advice rather than a detail, we note the change on the page. We do not silently rewrite a claim that people may have acted on.
What counts as a correction
- A figure that has changed — award ceilings, thresholds, rates, deadlines
- A program that has closed, lapsed, been reauthorized, or changed eligibility
- A rule we have misread or over-simplified
- A dead or redirected source link
- A statement that reads as broader than the evidence supports
What we will not change
We will not remove an accurate statement because it is unflattering to a program or funder, and we do not accept edits from a funder about how their own program is described beyond matters of fact. Facts we will always fix. Framing we will discuss.
See also our editorial policy for how sourcing, review and verification dates work.