An applicant should confirm a scholarship’s deadline on the first-party page for that specific award, not on a page about a different scholarship or fellowship. For a Chevening Scholarship, Chevening directs applicants to apply through the page for their country or territory.
Start with the Correct Award
Programmes may have separate timelines, even when they are administered by the same organisation. Chevening states that its scholarship timeline is intended only for applicants applying for a Chevening Scholarship, not for fellowships. A fellowship page therefore cannot be used to establish the Chevening Scholarship’s deadline.
Follow the Specified Application Route
Chevening instructs applicants to apply via the page for their country or territory. That page is the relevant first-party checkpoint for checking the current application instructions and any country- or territory-specific timing before an application is submitted.
Applicants should also confirm that the page they are checking concerns the Chevening Scholarship rather than another Chevening award. Program name, application route and deadline need to belong to the same award.
What the Applicant Must Still Confirm
No deadline can be verified from the cited statements alone, so no date should be assumed or repeated as current. Before applying, the applicant must confirm the applicable closing date on the current first-party materials and follow the country or territory route specified by Chevening. If the available page does not state the date clearly, direct confirmation from Chevening is necessary rather than relying on an inferred deadline.