diff --git a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
index 12d5c200fd..11f406599a 100644
--- a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
                 </ds-comcol-page-content>
 
               </header>
+
+              <div class="add">
+                <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary mt-1 ml-2" [routerLink]="['/submit']" [queryParams]="{collection:collection.id}" role="button">
+                  <i class="fa fa-plus-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{'mydspace.new-submission' | translate}}
+                </a>
+              </div>
+
               <section class="comcol-page-browse-section">
               <!-- Browse-By Links -->
               <ds-comcol-page-browse-by
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
index b4f8185767..7a430bff7d 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/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 fa8024af53..1991e8b3f1 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.service.ts
@@ -109,11 +109,13 @@ 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]),
       catchError(() => observableOf({})))
   }
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)) {