diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
index 185d083764..72eb306bf1 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { CreateCollectionParentSelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-select
 import { EditItemSelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/edit-item-selector/edit-item-selector.component';
 import { EditCommunitySelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/edit-community-selector/edit-community-selector.component';
 import { EditCollectionSelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/edit-collection-selector/edit-collection-selector.component';
+import {CreateItemParentSelectorComponent} from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component';
 
 /**
  * Component representing the admin sidebar
@@ -137,18 +138,18 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         parentID: 'new',
         active: false,
         visible: true,
-        // model: {
-        //   type: MenuItemType.ONCLICK,
-        //   text: 'menu.section.new_item',
-        //   function: () => {
-        //     this.modalService.open(CreateItemParentSelectorComponent);
-        //   }
-        // } as OnClickMenuItemModel,
         model: {
-          type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+          type: MenuItemType.ONCLICK,
           text: 'menu.section.new_item',
-          link: '/submit'
-        } as LinkMenuItemModel,
+          function: () => {
+            this.modalService.open(CreateItemParentSelectorComponent);
+          }
+        } as OnClickMenuItemModel,
+        // model: {
+        //   type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+        //   text: 'menu.section.new_item',
+        //   link: '/submit'
+        // } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
       {
         id: 'new_item_version',
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
index b4f8185767..32ba070002 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { ErrorResponse, RestResponse, SubmissionSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
 import { getResponseFromEntry } from '../shared/operators';
+import {URLCombiner} from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 
 /**
  * The service handling all submission REST requests
@@ -65,9 +66,15 @@ export class SubmissionRestService {
    *    The base endpoint for the type of object
    * @param resourceID
    *    The identifier for the object
+   * @param collectionId
+   *    The owning collection for the object
    */
-  protected getEndpointByIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
-    return isNotEmpty(resourceID) ? `${endpoint}/${resourceID}` : `${endpoint}`;
+  protected getEndpointByIDHref(endpoint, resourceID, collectionId?: string): string {
+    let url = isNotEmpty(resourceID) ? `${endpoint}/${resourceID}` : `${endpoint}`;
+    if (collectionId) {
+      url = new URLCombiner(url, `?owningCollection=${collectionId}`).toString();
+    }
+    return url;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -130,12 +137,14 @@ export class SubmissionRestService {
    *    The [HttpOptions] object
    * @return Observable<SubmitDataResponseDefinitionObject>
    *     server response
+   * @param collectionId
+   *    The owning collection id
    */
-  public postToEndpoint(linkName: string, body: any, scopeId?: string, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<SubmitDataResponseDefinitionObject> {
+  public postToEndpoint(linkName: string, body: any, scopeId?: string, options?: HttpOptions, collectionId?: string): Observable<SubmitDataResponseDefinitionObject> {
     const requestId = this.requestService.generateRequestId();
     return this.halService.getEndpoint(linkName).pipe(
       filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href)),
-      map((endpointURL: string) => this.getEndpointByIDHref(endpointURL, scopeId)),
+      map((endpointURL: string) => this.getEndpointByIDHref(endpointURL, scopeId, collectionId)),
       distinctUntilChanged(),
       map((endpointURL: string) => new SubmissionPostRequest(requestId, endpointURL, body, options)),
       tap((request: PostRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts
index 2c9b2499ab..b3058ab879 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@ describe('CreateItemParentSelectorComponent', () => {
   });
 
   it('should call navigate on the router with the correct create path when navigate is called', () => {
-    /* TODO when there is a specific submission path */
-    // component.navigate(item);
-    // expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([createPath]);
+    component.navigate(collection);
+    expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['/submit'], { queryParams: { collection: collection.uuid } });
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts
index 29af9f624e..02a0bd79cd 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../../../../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export class CreateItemParentSelectorComponent extends DSOSelectorModalWrapperCo
    * Navigate to the item create page
    */
   navigate(dso: DSpaceObject) {
-   // There's no submit path per collection yet...
+    const navigationExtras: NavigationExtras = {
+      queryParams: {
+        ['collection']: dso.uuid,
+      }
+    };
+    this.router.navigate(['/submit'], navigationExtras);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
index 3a95b0747b..1b346a56eb 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts
@@ -401,6 +401,14 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
       service.createSubmission();
 
       expect((service as any).restService.postToEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect((service as any).restService.postToEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspaceitems', {}, null, null, undefined);
+    });
+
+    it('should create a new submission with collection', () => {
+      service.createSubmission(collectionId);
+
+      expect((service as any).restService.postToEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect((service as any).restService.postToEndpoint).toHaveBeenCalledWith('workspaceitems', {}, null, null, collectionId);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts b/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
index 766aa518f3..ac0cd7bec8 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
@@ -103,11 +103,13 @@ export class SubmissionService {
   /**
    * Perform a REST call to create a new workspaceitem and return response
    *
+   * @param collectionId
+   *    The owning collection id
    * @return Observable<SubmissionObject>
    *    observable of SubmissionObject
    */
-  createSubmission(): Observable<SubmissionObject> {
-    return this.restService.postToEndpoint(this.workspaceLinkPath, {}).pipe(
+  createSubmission(collectionId?: string): Observable<SubmissionObject> {
+    return this.restService.postToEndpoint(this.workspaceLinkPath, {}, null, null, collectionId).pipe(
       map((workspaceitem: SubmissionObject[]) => workspaceitem[0] as SubmissionObject),
       catchError(() => observableOf({} as SubmissionObject)))
   }
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.spec.ts
index 771171a2d1..ca3316669f 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { async, ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
-import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { getMockTranslateService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-translate.servi
 import { RouterStub } from '../../shared/testing/router-stub';
 import { mockSubmissionObject } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-submission';
 import { SubmissionSubmitComponent } from './submission-submit.component';
+import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../shared/testing/active-router-stub';
 
 describe('SubmissionSubmitComponent Component', () => {
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ describe('SubmissionSubmitComponent Component', () => {
         { provide: SubmissionService, useClass: SubmissionServiceStub },
         { provide: TranslateService, useValue: getMockTranslateService() },
         { provide: Router, useValue: new RouterStub() },
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: new ActivatedRouteStub() },
         ViewContainerRef
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.ts b/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.ts
index 448ccf97e2..0aa0380a25 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submit/submission-submit.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ChangeDetectorRef, Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
-import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ export class SubmissionSubmitComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
    */
   public collectionId: string;
 
+  /**
+   * The collection id input to create a new submission
+   * @type {string}
+   */
+  public collectionParam: string;
+
   /**
    * The submission self url
    * @type {string}
@@ -60,13 +66,18 @@ export class SubmissionSubmitComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
    * @param {Router} router
    * @param {TranslateService} translate
    * @param {ViewContainerRef} viewContainerRef
+   * @param {ActivatedRoute} route
    */
   constructor(private changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef,
               private notificationsService: NotificationsService,
               private router: Router,
               private submissionService: SubmissionService,
               private translate: TranslateService,
-              private viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) {
+              private viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef,
+              private route: ActivatedRoute) {
+    this.route
+      .queryParams
+      .subscribe((params) => { this.collectionParam = (params.collection); });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -75,7 +86,7 @@ export class SubmissionSubmitComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
   ngOnInit() {
     // NOTE execute the code on the browser side only, otherwise it is executed twice
     this.subs.push(
-      this.submissionService.createSubmission()
+      this.submissionService.createSubmission(this.collectionParam)
         .subscribe((submissionObject: SubmissionObject) => {
           // NOTE new submission is created on the browser side only
           if (isNotNull(submissionObject)) {