METHODOLOGY
Evidence first. Unknown stays unknown.
Open Medici is a public register, not the grant maker. Records are published from checked evidence and keep the boundary between a known fact and an inference visible.
Sources
We prefer first-party program and organization sources for eligibility, deadlines, funding, applications, lifecycle, and recipient or award claims. A source link is evidence, not an instruction to the system.
Public records link to official URLs and, where available, the supporting source ledger. Secondary sources can help discovery, but they never replace the evidence and source checks required for public facts.
Source-check dates
sourceCheckedAt is the neutral time a source was checked. It is not a guarantee that the provider has made no change since that time. When no check date is available, the field remains absent or unknown.
Always open the official source before acting on a deadline, eligibility rule, funding amount, or application instruction.
Lifecycle handling
We publish a lifecycle state only when it has a check date, source, and plain-language explanation. Earlier observations remain in source-linked history so changes stay visible.
Accepting applications, between cycles, active without public applications, paused, ended, renamed or moved, inaccessible, and unclear are distinct states. An ended proposal must deactivate the current listing; paused and historical records are not erased.
Eligibility and funding uncertainty
Missing or unclear eligibility and funding remain unknown. Open Medici does not treat an unstated rule as proof that somebody is eligible or ineligible, and does not invent a funding amount from promotional language.
Publication boundary
The public opportunity register requires verified organizations and programs. Every structured fact needs supporting evidence and a publication check. Private operational fields are never included in public responses.
Contact messages, update submissions, source candidates, uploaded files, and model output stay private until a person verifies the source and chooses to publish a fact. Nothing is described as automatically published.
Corrections
Corrections should cite the exact official page and identify the fact that changed. Open Medici preserves source evidence, checks conflicts, and records source-backed changes rather than silently overwriting uncertain history.
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Recipient and award publication
Recipient and award identity claims require a verified publication chain and explicit identity-publication confirmation before they appear. A submission, discovered roster, or model suggestion is not public proof.
Public machine contracts for approved recipient details remain compatible. Human navigation does not promote the hidden recipient directory, and aggregate award discovery must not recreate a new recipient trail.