diff --git a/designsafe/apps/api/projects/views.py b/designsafe/apps/api/projects/views.py
index 99c908ccc7..e879e73970 100644
--- a/designsafe/apps/api/projects/views.py
+++ b/designsafe/apps/api/projects/views.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ def post(self, request):
                             'sessionId': getattr(request.session, 'session_key', ''),
                             'operation': 'metadata_create',
                             'info': {'postData': post_data} })
-                            'info': {'postData': post_data}})
         p = Project(ag)
         title = post_data.get('title')
         award_number = post_data.get('awardNumber', '')
diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-add-collaborator.html b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-add-collaborator.html
index 28369a86c4..e7f2e7c640 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-add-collaborator.html
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-add-collaborator.html
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <div class="modal-header">
     <h3 class="modal-title">
         {{ data.project.value.title }}<br>
-        <small>Manage Team Members</small>
+        <small>Add Collaborator</small>
     </h3>
 </div>
 <div class="modal-body">
     <div ng-if="data.busy">
         <p class="lead">
             <i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i>
-            Loading existing team members...
+            Loading existing collaborators...
         </p>
     </div>
     <div ng-if="! data.busy && data.error">
@@ -18,46 +18,7 @@ <h3 class="modal-title">
     </div>
     <div ng-if="! (data.busy || data.error)">
         <form>
-            <p>Remove current Co-Pis:</p>
-            <div class="form-group" ng-repeat="cur in form.curCoPis">
-                <div class="checkbox">
-                    <label>
-                        <input type="checkbox" ng-model="cur.remove" ng-disabled="! canManage(cur.user.username)">
-                        <ds-user username="cur.user.username" format="name-email"></ds-user>
-                    </label>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-
-            <div class="well well-sm">
-                <p>Add new Co-PI:</p>
-                <div class="form-group" ng-repeat="add in form.addCoPis">
-                    <div class="row">
-                        <div class="col-xs-8">
-                            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="id_form_user" ng-model="add.user"
-                                   placeholder="Lookup user by name or email address"
-                                   autocomplete="off" uib-typeahead="user for user in searchUsers($viewValue)"
-                                   typeahead-loading="searching"
-                                   typeahead-no-results="noResults"
-                                   typeahead-input-formatter="formatSelection()"
-                                   typeahead-template-url="local/share_user_search_result.html"
-                            >
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="col-xs-4">
-                            <span class="text-muted" ng-show="searching"><i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> Searching for users...</span>
-                            <div ng-show="noResults">
-                                <i class="fa fa-remove"></i> No users found.
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-                <button class="btn btn-info btn-sm" ng-click="addAnotherCoPi()">
-                    <i class="fa fa-plus"></i> Add another
-                </button>
-            </div>
-        </form>
-
-        <form>
-            <p>Remove current team members(s):</p>
+            <p>Remove current collaborator(s):</p>
             <div class="form-group" ng-repeat="cur in form.curUsers">
                 <div class="checkbox">
                     <label>
@@ -69,7 +30,7 @@ <h3 class="modal-title">
             </div>
 
             <div class="well well-sm">
-                <p>Add new team member(s):</p>
+                <p>Add new collaborator(s):</p>
                 <div class="form-group" ng-repeat="add in form.addUsers">
                     <div class="row">
                         <div class="col-xs-8">
diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-edit-project.html b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-edit-project.html
index 90cc52a9a8..07acde21ac 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-edit-project.html
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/html/modals/project-service-edit-project.html
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ <h3 class="modal-title">
 </div>
 <div class="modal-body">
     <form>
-      <div class="pull-left" style="width:49%;">
-        <div class="form-group required">
+        <div class="form-group">
             <label for="id_title">Project title</label>
             <input type="text" required class="form-control" id="id_title" name="title" placeholder="Project title" ng-model="form.title" autofocus select-on-focus>
 
         </div>
-        <div class="form-group required">
+        <div class="form-group">
             <label for="id_pi">PI</label>
             <input type="text" class="form-control" id="id_pi" ng-model="form.pi"
                    placeholder="Lookup PI by name or email address"
@@ -27,58 +26,10 @@ <h3 class="modal-title">
                 <i class="fa fa-remove"></i> No results.
             </div>
             <p class="help-block">
-                This value can be updated later on.
-            </p>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div class="pull-right" style="width:49%">
-        <div class="form-group">
-          <label for="identifier-id">Project Identifier:</label>
-          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="identifier-id" ng-model="form.identifier" disabled/>
-        </div>
-        <div class="form-group">
-          <label for="award-number-id">Award Number:</label>
-          <input type="text" class="form-control" id="award-number-id" ng-model="form.awardNumber" />
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div style="clear:both;">
-        <div class="form-group required">
-          <label for="projecttype-id">Project Type:</label>
-          <select ng-options="projectType.label for projectType in projectTypes"
-                  ng-model="form.projectType"
-                  class="form-control"
-                  id="projecttype-id"/>
-        </div>
-            <p class="help-block">
-                Your project is tailored based on Project Type choice.
+                If you cannot find the person you are looking for, simply leave this field
+                blank. You can edit the Project's details later.
             </p>
-      </div>
-      <div style="clear:both;">
-        <div class="well well-sm">
-          <div ng-if="form.associatedProjects.length">
-          <p> Associated Project - Link to Project <p>
-          <div ng-repeat="associatedProject in form.associatedProjects">
-              <div>
-                <input type="checkbox" ng-model="associatedProject.delete" /><span> {{associatedProject.title}} </span> - <span> <a href="{{associatedProject.href}}">{{associatedProject.href}}</a> </span>
-              </div>
-          </div>
-          <p class="help-block">Check associated projects to delete.</p>
-          </div>
-          <p> Associated Project - Link to Project <p>
-          <div class="form-group" ng-repeat="associatedProject in form.associatedProjectsAdded">
-              <input class="form-control" value="{{associatedProject.title}}" style="width:40%; display:inline-block;" ng-model="associatedProject.title"/> - <input class="form-control" value="{{associatedProject.href}}" style="width:40%; display:inline-block;" ng-model="associatedProject.href"/>
-          </div>
-          <button class="btn btn-info btn-sm" ng-click="addAssociatedProject()">
-            <i class="fa fa-plus"></i> Add another
-          </button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <div style="clear:both;">
-        <div class="form-group">
-          <label for="description-id">Description:</label>
-          <textarea class="form-control" id="description-id" ng-model="form.description" />
         </div>
-      </div>
         <div class="text-right" ng-if="!ui.busy">
             <button class="btn btn-default" type="button" ng-click="cancel()">Cancel</button>
             <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" ng-click="save($event)">Save Project</button>
diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js
index c5b9f6a01a..848f8bd4df 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js
@@ -307,10 +307,10 @@
               awardNumber: $scope.form.awardNumber,
               description: $scope.form.description
             };
-            if ($scope.form.projectType.id !== 'undefined'){
+            if ($scope.form.projectType && $scope.form.projectType.id !== 'undefined'){
               projectData.projectType = $scope.form.projectType.id;
             }
-            if ($scope.form.uuid) {
+            if ($scope.form.uuid && $scope.form.uuid) {
               projectData.uuid = $scope.form.uuid;
             }
             if (typeof $scope.form.associatedProjectsAdded !== 'undefined'){