# Application and stacking checklist
VERSION HISTORY: 2026-10-14 EDT | chatgpt_codex | startup-completion

- Record official source URL, actual observation date and whether applications are open.
- Confirm stage, location, funding, incorporation, age, domain email, account history and referral requirements with provider.
- Prepare an accurate product description, website, funding history and usage estimate; disclose earlier awards.
- Submit only through the verified official application. This course sends no application.
- Keep identity documents, payment information, API secrets and private investor codes outside course notes.
- Get award amount, covered products, billing account, expiry and stacking permission in writing.
- Check tax, support, third-party model and reserved-capacity exclusions.
- Make a no-credit budget, a confirmed-credit budget and an expiry calendar. Set billing alerts and provider-supported limits.
- Assign a human billing owner. Monitor usage: a budget alert may warn without stopping charges.
- Test export and fallback before migration; confirm data and license requirements for your business.
- Recheck before submission or redemption, even when the observation is under 90 days old.

Provider email draft: My company is [stage/location], funded by [actual source], with [account history]. We plan [workload]. Is the program accepting applications? Which conditions, eligible services, amount, expiry, combination rules and post-credit billing apply? Please link the controlling terms.