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== Timeline ==
== Timeline ==


The following high-level milestones summarize the path toward the Next Round:
* 2012: First New gTLD Program application round opens and closes; evaluation, objections, contention, and contracting continue over subsequent years.
 
* 2015: GNSO initiates the SubPro PDP.<ref name="history-newgtlds" />
* 2012: First New gTLD Program application round opens and later closes; evaluation, objections, contention, and contracting processes continue over several years.
* February 2021: SubPro Final Report delivered; GNSO Council transmits consensus outputs to the ICANN Board.<ref name="subpro-final" />
* 2015–2016: GNSO initiates the SubPro PDP; Working Group begins its deliberations.<ref name="history-new-gtld" />
* 2022: ICANN org completes the SubPro Operational Design Assessment (ODA).<ref name="history-newgtlds" />
* February 2021: SubPro Final Report delivered; GNSO Council approves its consensus outputs.<ref name="subpro-final" /><ref name="history-new-gtld" />
* July 2023: ICANN publishes the Next Round Implementation Plan.<ref name="impl-plan-2023" />
* 2022: ICANN org completes the Operational Design Assessment of the SubPro recommendations.<ref name="history-new-gtld" />
* November 19 2024: Applicant Support Program opens.<ref name="asp" />
* July 2023: ICANN publishes the New gTLD Program: Next Round Implementation Plan.<ref name="impl-plan-2023" />
* November 19, 2024 to May 20, 2025: RSP Pre-Evaluation period runs.<ref name="rsp-page" />
* 2023–2024: Implementation work continues; ICANN issues status updates, publishes draft implementation materials, and engages with the SubPro IRT.<ref name="status-2024" /><ref name="next-round-reports" />
* November 3, 2025: ICANN announces Board adoption of the 2026 Round Applicant Guidebook, directing publication no later than 30 December 2025.<ref name="board-agb-announcement" />
* Late 2024: ICANN launches the Applicant Support Program and opens the first RSP Evaluation Program window.<ref name="q1-2025" /><ref name="rsp-program" />
* December 16, 2025: Final AGB (V1-2025.12.16) is published.<ref name="agb" /><ref name="year-progress" />
* 2025: Ongoing evaluation of ASP requests and RSP applications; ICANN Board approves the Next Round Applicant Guidebook at ICANN84, to be completed in December.<ref name="q1-2025" /><ref name="board-agb-2025" />
* April 30, 2026: Application submission period opens no later than 23:59 UTC (per AGB).
* 2026: Application window for the 2026 round expected to open in April for 12–15 weeks.<ref name="2026-general">[https://newgtldprogram.icann.org/en/application-rounds/round2/2026-round-general ICANN New gTLD Program Next Round: 2026 Round General Information] Retrieved December 3, 2025</ref> <ref name="globalip-2025">[https://globalipaction.ch/news/the-next-round-new-gtld-is-expected-to-be-open-april-2026/ Global IP Action: The next round new gTLD is expected to be open April 2026] Retrieved December 3, 2025</ref>
* August 12, 2026: Application submission period closes at 23:59 UTC (105 days after opening).<ref name="agb" />


== References ==
== References ==
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