Security and network access

University IT review details for AwardPing.

This page gives campus network, security, and help desk teams a concise review of what AwardPing does, what domains it uses, and how it should be categorized.

Network allowlist

Primary domains

https://awardping.comhttps://www.awardping.com

Recommended category

EducationReferenceProductivityBusiness

Academic purpose

AwardPing is built for students, advisors, and fellowship offices that monitor official nationally competitive award pages.

Public source monitoring

AwardPing checks public award webpages and public PDF guides for deadline, eligibility, application, and instruction updates.

HTTPS only

The production site is served over HTTPS and is deployed on Vercel infrastructure.

Email alerts

Account and update emails are sent for opted-in users and office members. AwardPing does not use third-party ads.

Not part of AwardPing

Common filter concerns

No executable downloads
No browser extensions
No third-party advertising network
No crypto mining
No tech-support pop-ups
No financial-data collection
Service providers

Operational dependencies

Vercel

Hosts the web application, static assets, and serverless routes.

Supabase

Stores account, office, watchlist, and monitored source data. Supabase Auth stores password hashes, not raw passwords.

Resend

Sends account, invitation, alert, digest, and contact emails.

AI summary providers

May process public source-page excerpts to produce concise change summaries when configured.

IT review checklist

Suggested review steps

  1. 1Review https://awardping.com and https://www.awardping.com.
  2. 2Classify as Education, Reference, Productivity, or Business.
  3. 3Allow standard HTTPS traffic to the primary domain.
  4. 4Use the contact page for security, abuse, or network-access questions.
Help desk note

Allowlist request text

AwardPing is an educational web application used by students, advisors, and fellowship offices to monitor official nationally competitive award pages.

Primary domains:
https://awardping.com
https://www.awardping.com

Suggested categories:
Education / Reference / Productivity / Business

Security notes:
HTTPS only. Passwords are handled by Supabase Auth as non-reversible hashes. Selected subscriber/profile fields use application-level encryption. No executable downloads, browser extensions, third-party ads, crypto mining, financial-data collection, or tech-support pop-ups.

Contact:
https://awardping.com/contact