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===Applicant Support Program===

===Applicant Support Program===

: ''Main article: [[ASP]]''

: ''Main article: [[ASP]]''

The Applicant Support Program (ASP) is a program that was conceptualized by the [[JASWG|Joint Applicant Support Working Group]] (JASWG) in order to provide a discount for needy gTLD applicants, to ensure worldwide accessibility and competition within the New gTLD Program. Acceptance to the program reduces the application fee from $185,000 to $47,000.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/board-briefing-materials-3-05jan12-en.pdf SARP (Support Applicant Review Panel) Process Document, icann.org]</ref>

The Applicant Support Program (ASP) is a program that was conceptualized by the [[JASWG|Joint Applicant Support Working Group]] (JASWG) in order to provide a discount for needy gTLD applicants to ensure worldwide accessibility and competition within the New gTLD Program. Acceptance to the program reduces the application fee from $185,000 to $47,000.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/board-briefing-materials-3-05jan12-en.pdf SARP (Support Applicant Review Panel) Process Document, icann.org]</ref>

Entities interested in the ASP had three options:<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support New gTLD Applicant Support Program]</ref>

Entities interested in the ASP had three options:<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support New gTLD Applicant Support Program]</ref>

# The Applicant Support Fund- A $2,000,000 seed fund has been set aside by ICANN to help needy applicants.

# The Applicant Support Fund- A $2,000,000 seed fund has been set aside by ICANN to help needy applicants.

O February 3, 2012, ICANN announced that it wa seeking for volunteers to serve as members of the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP), which was responsible for evaluating if a new gTLD applicant is qualified to avail financial assistance through the ASP. <ref>

On February 3, 2012, ICANN announced that it was looking for volunteers to serve as members of the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP), which was responsible for evaluating if a new gTLD applicant was qualified to avail financial assistance through the ASP. <ref>

[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-03feb12-en.htm ICANN Seeks Evaluators for the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP) - Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI)]</ref>

[http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-3-03feb12-en.htm ICANN Seeks Evaluators for the Support Applicant Review Panel (SARP) - Request for Expressions of Interest (EOI)]</ref>