Terms of Service

Last updated: August 14, 2026

Draft notice: this is placeholder legal text, not reviewed by a lawyer. It should not be relied on as a binding agreement until reviewed by qualified legal counsel before any public/commercial launch.

1. What ScholarMatch is

ScholarMatch is a platform that helps researchers and students find collaborators based on shared research interests, post and apply to research opportunities, and message confirmed matches.

2. Your account

You must provide accurate information when creating an account. You're responsible for keeping your password secure and for activity that happens under your account. You may delete your account at any time from Account Settings, which permanently removes your profile, postings, applications, and messages.

3. Acceptable use

Don't use ScholarMatch to harass other users, post false information, scrape the platform, or use it for anything unlawful. We may suspend or remove accounts that violate this.

4. Content you provide

You retain ownership of the profile information, postings, and messages you submit. By submitting them, you allow ScholarMatch to display and process that content as needed to operate the service (e.g. showing your profile to other users, ranking recommendations).

5. No warranty

ScholarMatch is provided "as is." We don't guarantee you'll find a collaborator, that matches will be accurate, or that the service will be uninterrupted.

6. Changes

We may update these terms as the product changes. Continued use of ScholarMatch after an update means you accept the revised terms.

7. Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to the account owner.