HerschelFORM PDFLaTeX package: This is the LaTeX package that must used for OT1 proposal generation, this is mandatory. It consists of a template proposal form and several class and style LaTeX files to ensure that all proposals will share a standard format and follow the page limit rules defined in this document. Note that there two separate different versions of the template, one for 'large' and another one for 'normal' proposals, with different page allocations. It is based on the ESOFORM LaTeX package, originally developed by the ESO User Support System (USS) Department, adapted to Herschel needs.

Herschel Reserved Observations Search Tool (HROST): This is a java-based web tool developed at the HSC to search the so-called 'Reserved Observations List'. This is a list consisting of those observations already accepted, which cannot be duplicated by proposals to be submitted.

HSpot: This is the software tool for planning Herschel observations and submitting proposals, which has been built starting from the tool originally developed for the Spitzer Space Telescope called 'Spot', thus 'Herschel-Spot' or simply 'HSpot'. HSpot allows you to design, plan, and optimise an observation, and to determine how much time will be required to execute it. In addition, it also includes visualisation tools to permit the general observer to see how proposed Herschel observations will be laid out on the sky. The look and feel of this tool is that of the Spitzer tool, but it has been fully adapted for Herschel. It also performs background and confusion noise estimation. HSpot can be downloaded from the HSC web pages.