diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.html b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.html
index d1f8feeebc..08e386182b 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.html
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
       [fields]="['project.identifier.status']"
       [label]="'project.page.status'">
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
-    <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
-      [fields]="['project.contributor.other']"
-      [label]="'project.page.contributor'">
-    </ds-generic-item-page-field>
+    <ds-metadata-representation-list
+      [label]="'project.page.contributor' | translate"
+      [representations]="contributors$ | async">
+    </ds-metadata-representation-list>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="item"
       [fields]="['project.identifier.funder']"
       [label]="'project.page.funder'">
diff --git a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
index cf4ffd4be1..eafef36307 100644
--- a/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/project/project.component.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Component, Inject, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { MetadataRepresentation } from '../../../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
 import { ItemViewMode, rendersItemType } from '../../../../shared/items/item-type-decorator';
 import { ITEM } from '../../../../shared/items/switcher/item-type-switcher.component';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ import { filterRelationsByTypeLabel, relationsToItems } from '../shared/item-rel
  * The component for displaying metadata and relations of an item of the type Project
  */
 export class ProjectComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
+  /**
+   * The contributors related to this project
+   */
+  contributors$: Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]>;
+
   /**
    * The people related to this project
    */
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@ export class ProjectComponent extends ItemComponent implements OnInit {
     super.ngOnInit();
 
     if (isNotEmpty(this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$)) {
+      this.contributors$ = this.buildRepresentations('OrgUnit', 'project.contributor.other', this.ids);
+
       this.people$ = this.resolvedRelsAndTypes$.pipe(
         filterRelationsByTypeLabel('isPersonOfProject'),
         relationsToItems(this.item.id, this.ids)