How to submit a sample request !
Open the website: h6p://web.iodp.tamu.edu/sdrm/

Click “Request an Account”
if you are submiCng asample request ﬁrst Fme.

In the following screen, ﬁll up all ﬁelds (Login name of your choice, your Full name,
Password of your choice, and your Email address) and click on “Create” bu6on.

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This will create a user account for you in the sample request database.

To submit a sample request, open the website: h6p://web.iodp.tamu.edu/sdrm/

Click “Login as Requester”
to submit a new sample
request or to check statusof your already submi6edsample request.

In the following screen, enter your Login ID (or Login name) and Password, andclick on “Login” bu6on.

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If you forgot yourpassword, you may
request new password byclicking here.

ASer Login, the following screen will appear:
Click here to register youraddress for receiving coresamples.

321Your Login ID (name) will appear hereYour address will appear here, if already registered

Click here to open a new pagefor preparing and submiCng asample request.

Click here to ﬁnd various useful
informaFon, including a narraFon
about submiCng sample request.

If you have already submi6ed a sample request,
its current status can be checked here.
Submi6ed: wait for response from curator
Revise: Follow comments from curator to revise
your sample request, and resubmit it.
Approved: Your request has been approved.
Completed: Requested samples have been
shipped from core repository to your laboratory.
Rejected/ReFred: Sample request is not being
considered any more.

Click hereto edit ordelete youralreadysubmi6ed
samplerequest.Sample request form appears like this :Fill up as much relevant informaFon as possible in this form, and click on “Save” bu6on.
Title is for your convenience toidenFfy a sample request quickly.

A list of requests will appear here,
if you have submi6ed sample
requests in past. Select those
relevant to this sample request.

Brieﬂy describe your project for which
you are requesFng core samples or data.

If some researchers will collaborate with you for working on
the requested samples or data, describe their roles here.

A list of expediFonswill appear here
aSer you click on“Future” or “Past”.
Then select relevant
expediFons fromthe list forrequesFng samples.

ASer you click on “Save / Update Entries” bu6on, 4 tabs will appear (A6ach ﬁles,Shipping address, Co-requesters, Review and submit). In the “A6ach Files” tab, you can
a6ach sample list and any other relevant informaFon / ﬁle.

Download this ﬁle into your PC tomake your own sample list
following the format of the list.

Make sure that theﬁles you a6achedappear here.

In the “Shipping address” tab, you must menFon an insFtuFonal address to whichsamples can be shipped from core repository. P.O. box address is not acceptable.

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you added in this sample
request appears here.

You can either load alreadyregistered address or type a newaddress in the ﬁelds provided here.

In the “Co-requesters” tab, menFon names and contact details of researchers who will
collaborate with you to work on the requested core samples / data. It can be leS blank
if no researcher will collaborate.

1Fill up these ﬁelds, and click on
add / update bu6on below.

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3Make sure that informaFon ofco-requesters you added in thissample request appears here.

In the “Review and submit” tab, carefully check all entries, and if alright, click on“Submit this request” bu6on.
4. Click on “Home” bu6on to checkstatus of your request.

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3. If all entries are correct, click on“Submit this request” bu6on.

2. Download a pdf ﬁle to check thecontent of your request again.

1. Make sure all entries are correct
in these ﬁelds.

In the “Home” screen, status of a sample request can be checked,
and if necessary, the request can be edited.

Your Login ID (name) will appear hereYour address will appear here, if already registered

Click here to close
the applicaFon.

Submi6ed

If your sample request wassubmi6ed properly in thedatabase, you should be able tosee its status as “Submi6ed”.
Otherwise, review previous
steps to submit your request.

If you have already submi6ed a sample request,
its current status can be checked here.
Submi6ed: wait for response from curator
Revise: Follow comments from curator to revise
your sample request, and resubmit it.
Approved: Your request has been approved.
Completed: Requested samples have been
shipped from core repository to your laboratory.
Rejected/ReFred: Sample request is not being
considered any more.

Click here
to edit ordelete youralreadysubmi6edsamplerequest.