---
id: "application-window"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "application window"
language: "en"
category: "TLD types and programs"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/application-window/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/periodo-presentacion-solicitudes/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/bewerbungszeitraum/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/fenetre-candidature/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/periodo-presentazione-domande/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/janela-candidaturas/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/period-priema-zayavok/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shenqing-chuangkouqi/"
---

# application window

The fixed period in which ICANN accepts applications for new gTLDs in a round. The 2026 Applicant Guidebook calls it the application submission period. Applications cannot be filed before it opens or after it closes, so missing it means waiting for a later round.

## related terms

- [2026 Round](https://tldlog.com/glossary/new-gtld-program-2026-round/)
- [applicant](https://tldlog.com/glossary/applicant/)
- [Reveal Day](https://tldlog.com/glossary/reveal-day/)
- [Applicant Guidebook](https://tldlog.com/glossary/applicant-guidebook/)
- [gTLD evaluation fee](https://tldlog.com/glossary/gtld-evaluation-fee/)