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Proposal Type

 Preliminary Proposal

Full
Proposal

Multi-phase Drilling Projects

Ancillary Project Letters
 Complementary   Project Proposal
 Addendum  
 Response   Letter

General
Abstract - 400 words or less (not necessary for PRL)
Figures must be no larger than A4 or US Letter

For all text pages :
Font size - 12 point, line spacing 1 1/2
Margin - 2.5 cm all around
Deadline
1 April/1October: 23:59 GMT

As requested

Pages
10 pages or less including text, figures, and tables, excluding references, Proposal Cover Sheet and Site Summary Form

25 pages or less including text, figures, and tables, excluding references, Proposal Cover Sheet* and Site Summary Forms


5 pages or less including text, figures, and tables, excluding
references, Proposal Cover Sheet and Site Summary Form

25 pages or less including text, description of third party financial commitment, figures, and tables, excluding references, Proposal Cover Sheet and Site Summary Forms

10 pages or less including text, figures, and tables, excluding references, Proposal Cover Sheet

5 pages or less including text, figures and tables.




Proposal Cover Sheet
Required

| Cover Sheet |
Required*

| Cover Sheet |

Required

| Cover Sheet |
Required

| Cover Sheet |
Required

| Cover Sheet |
None
Site Summary Forms
Required

| Form 1 |
Required

| Form 1-5 |

Form 6 see
guidelines.
Required

| Form 1-5 |

Form 6 see
guidelines.

Required

| Form 1-5 |

Form 6 see

guidelines.
Required for new proposed sites

| Form 1-5 |

Form 6 see
guidelines.
None

Others
List of proponents

(see 
guidelines for
more information)






Required


List of potential reviewers, list of proponents, and proponents' background information (see 
guidelines for more information)
List of proponents

(see 
guidelines for more information)




Required


List of proponents, and proponents' background information (see
guidelines for more information)

List of proponents if new proponents are added


None
Submitting Proposals
Submit your proposal as a single PDF-File including all text, figures, references,
Proposal Cover Sheet and required Site Summary Forms
from the Proposal Submission Page.

The file size limit is 50 Mbyte. Please contact the if you need to submit larger files.

Please make sure the file actually prints using Adobe Acrobat Reader(R)
(available at http://www.adobe.com/).

If we can not print your proposal, we will regard it as not submitted in time!

Revised: September 13, 2011
* Detailed site descriptions are not required for MDP, but general site identification is encouraged
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 November 2011 )