diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3a43116e3..dd70792ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ dcicutils
 Change Log
 ----------
 
+8.11.0
+======
+
+* Add more schema parsing functions to `schema_utils`, including for new properties for
+  generating submission templates
+
+
 8.10.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/dcicutils/schema_utils.py b/dcicutils/schema_utils.py
index 82aa6bb12..b299b9395 100644
--- a/dcicutils/schema_utils.py
+++ b/dcicutils/schema_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
 from dcicutils.misc_utils import to_camel_case
 
 
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ class JsonSchemaConstants:
     ARRAY = "array"
     BOOLEAN = "boolean"
     DEFAULT = "default"
+    DEPENDENT_REQUIRED = "dependentRequired"
     ENUM = "enum"
     FORMAT = "format"
     INTEGER = "integer"
@@ -29,6 +31,10 @@ class EncodedSchemaConstants:
     LINK_TO = "linkTo"
     MERGE_REF = "$merge"
     MIXIN_PROPERTIES = "mixinProperties"
+    SUBMISSION_COMMENT = "submissionComment"
+    SUBMISSION_EXAMPLES = "submissionExamples"
+    SUBMITTER_REQUIRED = "submitterRequired"
+    SUGGESTED_ENUM = "suggested_enum"
     UNIQUE_KEY = "uniqueKey"
 
 
@@ -203,6 +209,50 @@ def get_description(schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     return schema.get(SchemaConstants.DESCRIPTION, "")
 
 
+def is_submitter_required(schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
+    """Return True if the schema is marked as required for submitters.
+
+    Specifically, required for external (i.e. non-admin) submitters.
+
+    This is typically validated within the context of a oneOf, anyOf,
+    or allOf schema on an item type which is used within the team and
+    by external submitters, and is tricky to pick up on automatically.
+    """
+    return schema.get(SchemaConstants.SUBMITTER_REQUIRED, False)
+
+
+def get_submission_comment(schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+    """Return the submission comment for a property.
+
+    Custom property that can be manually added to a schema to provide
+    additional context for submitters.
+    """
+    return schema.get(SchemaConstants.SUBMISSION_COMMENT, "")
+
+
+def get_submission_examples(schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
+    """Return the submission example for a property.
+
+    Custom property that can be manually added to a schema to provide
+    an example for submitters.
+    """
+    return schema.get(SchemaConstants.SUBMISSION_EXAMPLES, [])
+
+
+def get_suggested_enum(schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
+    """Return the suggested enum for a property.
+
+    Custom property that can be manually added to a schema to provide
+    a suggested list of values for submitters.
+    """
+    return schema.get(SchemaConstants.SUGGESTED_ENUM, [])
+
+
+def get_dependent_required(schema: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, List[str]]:
+    """Return the dependent required properties of a schema."""
+    return schema.get(SchemaConstants.DEPENDENT_REQUIRED, {})
+
+
 class Schema:
 
     def __init__(self, schema: dict, type: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ea9c75b4..315511b2d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.10.0"
+version = "8.11.0"
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/test/test_schema_utils.py b/test/test_schema_utils.py
index 8a928ee3b..151d95651 100644
--- a/test/test_schema_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_schema_utils.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
     },
     "fun": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}},
 }
+DEPENDENT_REQUIRED = {
+    "bar": ["baz"],
+    "foo": ["fu"],
+}
 SCHEMA = {
     "required": REQUIRED,
     "anyOf": ANY_OF,
@@ -38,11 +42,14 @@
     "identifyingProperties": IDENTIFYING_PROPERTIES,
     "mixinProperties": MIXIN_PROPERTIES,
     "properties": PROPERTIES,
+    "dependentRequired": DEPENDENT_REQUIRED,
 }
 FORMAT = "email"
 PATTERN = "some_regex"
 ENUM = ["foo", "bar"]
 DESCRIPTION = "foo"
+COMMENT = "bar"
+EXAMPLE = ENUM
 STRING_SCHEMA = {
     "type": "string",
     "format": FORMAT,
@@ -50,6 +57,10 @@
     "linkTo": "foo",
     "enum": ENUM,
     "description": DESCRIPTION,
+    "submitterRequired": True,
+    "submissionComment": COMMENT,
+    "submissionExamples": EXAMPLE,
+    "suggested_enum": ENUM,
 }
 ARRAY_SCHEMA = {"type": "array", "items": [STRING_SCHEMA]}
 OBJECT_SCHEMA = {"type": "object", "properties": {"foo": STRING_SCHEMA}}
@@ -363,3 +374,61 @@ def test_get_enum(schema: Dict[str, Any], expected: List[str]) -> None:
 )
 def test_get_description(schema: Dict[str, Any], expected: str) -> None:
     assert schema_utils.get_description(schema) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema,expected",
+    [
+        ({}, False),
+        (NUMBER_SCHEMA, False),
+        (STRING_SCHEMA, True),
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_submitter_required(schema: Dict[str, Any], expected: bool) -> None:
+    assert schema_utils.is_submitter_required(schema) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema,expected",
+    [
+        ({}, ""),
+        (STRING_SCHEMA, COMMENT),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_submission_comment(schema: Dict[str, Any], expected: str) -> None:
+    assert schema_utils.get_submission_comment(schema) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema,expected",
+    [
+        ({}, []),
+        (STRING_SCHEMA, EXAMPLE),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_submission_examples(schema: Dict[str, Any], expected: List[str]) -> None:
+    assert schema_utils.get_submission_examples(schema) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema,expected",
+    [
+        ({}, []),
+        (STRING_SCHEMA, ENUM),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_suggested_enum(schema: Dict[str, Any], expected: List[str]) -> None:
+    assert schema_utils.get_suggested_enum(schema) == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "schema,expected",
+    [
+        ({}, {}),
+        (SCHEMA, DEPENDENT_REQUIRED),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_dependent_required(
+    schema: Dict[str, Any], expected: Dict[str, List[str]]
+) -> None:
+    assert schema_utils.get_dependent_required(schema) == expected