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> This page uses Backed's default terms, such as Funding Round and Application Template. An organisation may rename them, so read each as your organisation's own term if you've renamed it.

A verifier is an institution, such as a university or an auspicing body, that confirms details for
applicants. `Verifier` is your organisation's own term if you've renamed it: set the word under
`What you call Verifiers` in [Organisation settings](../organisation/organisation-settings.md).

`Award and pay > Verifiers` opens the list.

## Before you start

Verifiers are entities of a registration type that represents verifiers. If there is none, the page
says one is created under `Settings > Profile and terms > Registrations`. See
[Registration templates and types](../registrations/registration-templates.md).

What verifiers may do is set in the `Verifier settings` group of `Settings > Profile and terms`:
whether they can edit assigned applications, whether applicants submit applications and milestones
to them, whether they must also accept the letter of offer, and their access to conditions,
milestones and contracts.

## Add a verifier

1. Go to `Award and pay > Verifiers` and select `Add Verifier`.
2. Choose the `Registration Type` and enter the `Verifier name`.
3. Enter the first name, last name and email of the person who acts for it.
4. Tick `Invite Verifier to the system?` to send them an invitation email now. Unticked, nothing is
   sent and the verifier reads `Unclaimed` until you invite them from its record.
5. Select `Create`.

## A verifier's record

The list shows each verifier's `Status`: `Registered`, `Invited` or `Unclaimed`. Open one to see:

- its `Registration Type` and when it was `Created`;
- its `FundraiserOne ContactID`, once FundraiserOne has synced the verifier. Each sync attempt is
  listed in [Integration logs](../../integrations/integration-logs.md);
- `Members`, the people who act for it, with their `Account Status` and `Roles`;
- its `Registration`; and
- `Assigned Applications`, the applications assigned to it that you can see.

From the record you can:

- `Resend invitation` when nobody has signed in for the verifier yet.
- `Invite User` to add someone. A person who already has an account, an applicant say, is added
  straight away and keeps what they had.
- `Grant Assessor Role` so a member can also be chosen to score applications, with the same
  sign-in.
- `Profile` on a member's row to open that person's profile.

## See also

- [Frequently asked questions about verifiers](faq-verifiers.md)
- [Applicants](../registrations/applicants.md)