diff --git a/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/Project.groovy b/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/Project.groovy
index 6041ba1d1..a0d53a48a 100644
--- a/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/Project.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/Project.groovy
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ class Project {
 
     List<OutputTarget> outputTargets
 
+    //New fields to be used bt new search page (initiator=ala response of /ws/project/search)
+    String numberOfRecords
+    String publicParticipation
+    String fundingOrganisation
+
     /** Container to allow program config overrides for an individual Project */
     Map config
 
@@ -247,6 +252,9 @@ class Project {
         geographicInfo nullable:true
         portfolio nullable: true
         comment nullable: true
+        numberOfRecords nullable: true
+        publicParticipation nullable: true
+        fundingOrganisation nullable: true
         projLifecycleStatus nullable: true, inList: [PublicationStatus.PUBLISHED, PublicationStatus.DRAFT]
         hubId nullable: true, validator: { String hubId, Project project, Errors errors ->
             GormMongoUtil.validateWriteOnceProperty(project, 'projectId', 'hubId', errors)
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy
index 7cc950c7d..e01e7542c 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchService.groovy
@@ -1166,6 +1166,18 @@ class ElasticSearchService {
             // todo: Check if BioCollect requires all sites in `sites` property. If no, merge `projectArea` with `sites`.
             projectMap.projectArea = siteService.getSimpleProjectArea(projectMap.projectSiteId)
             projectMap.containsActivity = activityService.searchAndListActivityDomainObjects([projectId: projectMap.projectId], null, null, null, [max: 1, offset: 0])?.totalCount > 0
+
+            List projectActivities = projectActivityService.search([projectId: projectMap?.projectId])
+            if (projectActivities?.size() > 0) {
+                boolean publicParticipation = true
+                projectActivities.each {projectActivity ->
+                    if (projectActivity.publicAccess == false) {
+                        publicParticipation = false
+                    }
+                }
+                projectMap.publicParticipation = publicParticipation
+                projectMap.numberOfRecords = projectActivities.size()
+            }
         }
         projectMap.sites?.each { site ->
             // Not useful for the search index and there is a bug right now that can result in invalid POI
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchIndexServiceSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchIndexServiceSpec.groovy
index 3d03f6b74..8ea7763b0 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchIndexServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ElasticSearchIndexServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class ElasticSearchIndexServiceSpec extends MongoSpec implements ServiceUnitTest
     SiteService siteService = Mock(SiteService)
     ActivityService activityService = Mock(ActivityService)
     DocumentService documentService = Mock(DocumentService)
+    ProjectActivityService projectActivityService = Mock(ProjectActivityService)
     CacheService cacheService = new CacheService()
 
     def setup() {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class ElasticSearchIndexServiceSpec extends MongoSpec implements ServiceUnitTest
         service.siteService = siteService
         service.activityService = activityService
         service.documentService = documentService
+        service.projectActivityService = projectActivityService
 
         JSON.registerObjectMarshaller(new MapMarshaller())
         JSON.registerObjectMarshaller(new CollectionMarshaller())