diff --git a/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.controller.ts b/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.controller.ts
index c9f1223..e96d9db 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.controller.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import { Controller, Get, Put, Param, Query } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Controller, Get, Put, Post, Body, Param, Query } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ApplicationsService } from './applications.service';
 import { ApplicationsModel } from './applications.model';
 import { ApplicationStatus } from './applications.model';
+import { NewApplicationInput } from '../dtos/newApplicationsDTO';
+
 
 @Controller('applications')
 export class ApplicationsController {
@@ -36,4 +38,10 @@ export class ApplicationsController {
 
     return this.applicationsService.updateApplicationStatus(appId, appStatus);
   }
+
+   @Post()
+  public async postApplication(@Body() applicationData: NewApplicationInput) {
+      return this.applicationsService.postApplication(applicationData);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.model.ts b/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.model.ts
index b8a48ec..84773cf 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.model.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.model.ts
@@ -13,16 +13,19 @@ export type ApplicationsModel = {
 };
 
 export type ApplicationInputModel = {
-  appId: {S: string},
-  userId: {S: string},
-  siteId: {S: string},
-  names: {S: string},
-  status: {S: string},
-  dateApplied: {S: string},
-  isFirstApplication: {S: string},
+  appId: {
+   N: string 
+},
+  userId: { N: string },
+  siteId: { N: string },
+  names: { SS: string[] },  // For an array of strings, use SS (String Set) in DynamoDB
+  status: { S: string },
+  dateApplied: { S: string },  // Date should be formatted as a string, typically ISO string
+  isFirstApplication: { S: string },
 };
 
 
+
 export enum ApplicationStatus {
   APPROVED = 'Approved',
   PENDING = 'Pending',
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.service.ts b/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.service.ts
index 6cfe0fe..8746717 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.service.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/applications/applications.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { ApplicationInputModel, ApplicationsModel } from './applications.model';
 import { DynamoDbService } from '../dynamodb';
 import { ApplicationStatus } from './applications.model';
-// import { NewApplicationInput } from '../dtos/newApplicationsDTO';
+import { NewApplicationInput } from '../dtos/newApplicationsDTO';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ApplicationsService {
@@ -68,6 +68,40 @@ export class ApplicationsService {
       throw new Error('Unable to update application status: ' + e);
     }
   }
+ 
+  public async postApplication(applicationData: NewApplicationInput) {
+    const applicationModel = this.PostInputToApplicationModel(applicationData);
+    console.log("Received application data:", applicationData);
+
+    const newId = await this.dynamoDbService.getHighestAppId(this.tableName) + 1;
+    
+    applicationModel.appId.N = newId.toString();
+    console.log("Using new ID:" + applicationModel.appId.N)
+    try {
+        const result = await this.dynamoDbService.postItem(this.tableName, applicationModel);
+        return {...result, newApplicationId: newId.toString()};
+    } catch (e) {
+        throw new Error("Unable to post new application: " + e);
+    }
+}
+
+
+private PostInputToApplicationModel = (input: NewApplicationInput): ApplicationInputModel => {
+
+  return {
+    appId: { N: input.appId.toString() },
+    userId: { N: input.userId.toString() }, 
+    siteId: { N: input.siteId.toString() }, 
+    names: { SS: input.names },
+    status: { S: input.status as ApplicationStatus}, 
+    dateApplied: { S: input.dateApplied}, 
+    isFirstApplication: { S: input.isFirstApplication.toString() }, 
+  };
+};
+
+
+
+
 
   private mapDynamoDBItemToApplication = (item: {
     [key: string]: any;
@@ -83,3 +117,5 @@ export class ApplicationsService {
     };
   };
 }
+
+
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/dtos/newApplicationsDTO.ts b/apps/backend/src/dtos/newApplicationsDTO.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7612c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/src/dtos/newApplicationsDTO.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export type NewApplicationInput = {
+    appId: number; // Optional if auto-generated
+    userId: number;
+    siteId: number;
+    names: string[]; // Array with empty string by default if not provided
+    status: ApplicationStatus; // Defaults to "PENDING"
+    dateApplied: string; // Defaults to an ISO string if not provided
+    isFirstApplication: boolean;
+  };
+  
+  export enum ApplicationStatus {
+    APPROVED = 'Approved',
+    PENDING = 'Pending',
+    DENIED = 'Denied',
+  }
+  
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/dynamodb.ts b/apps/backend/src/dynamodb.ts
index 0d23d9d..844454a 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/dynamodb.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/dynamodb.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,38 @@ export class DynamoDbService {
     }
   }
 
+  public async getHighestAppId(
+    tableName: string,
+  ): Promise<number | undefined> {
+    const params: any = {
+      TableName: tableName,
+      ProjectionExpression: 'appId', // Project only the appID attribute
+    };
+
+    try {
+      const data = await this.dynamoDbClient.send(new ScanCommand(params));
+      console.log(data);
+      const appIds = data.Items.map((item) => parseInt(item.appId.N, 10)); // Convert to numbers
+      console.log("Scanned Items:", data.Items);
+
+     console.log(appIds);
+      // Handle potential parsing errors
+      const validAppIds = appIds.filter((id) => !isNaN(id));
+
+      if (validAppIds.length === 0) {
+        return undefined; // No valid apps IDs found
+      }
+
+      const highestAppId = validAppIds.reduce((max, current) =>
+        Math.max(max, current),
+      );
+      return highestAppId;
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('DynamoDB Scan Error:', error);
+      throw new Error(`Unable to scan table ${tableName}`);
+    }
+  }
+
   public async getItem(
     tableName: string,
     key: { [key: string]: any },