diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/descriptions.py b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/descriptions.py
index faeec5e4b..e84945214 100644
--- a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/descriptions.py
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/descriptions.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
         "identifier": "An arbitrary identifier for an experiment result.",
         "description": "Description of an experiment result.",
         "filename": "The name of the file containing the result.",
+        "url": "A URL pointing to the file containing the result.",
         "genome_assembly_id": "Reference genome assembly ID.",
         "file_format": "(Controlled Vocabulary) File format.",
         "data_output_type": "The type of data output: Raw or Derived data."
diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/migrations/0010_v7_0_0.py b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/migrations/0010_v7_0_0.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d36460951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/migrations/0010_v7_0_0.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.7 on 2024-01-24 15:48
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('experiments', '0009_v6_0_0'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='experimentresult',
+            name='url',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='A URL pointing to the file containing the result.', max_length=500, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/models.py b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/models.py
index f494387ad..1f6117544 100644
--- a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/models.py
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/models.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class ExperimentResult(models.Model, IndexableMixin):
                             help_text=rec_help(d.EXPERIMENT_RESULT, "description"))
     filename = CharField(max_length=500, blank=True, null=True,
                          help_text=rec_help(d.EXPERIMENT_RESULT, "filename"))
+    url = CharField(max_length=500, blank=True, null=True, help_text=rec_help(d.EXPERIMENT_RESULT, "url"))
     genome_assembly_id = CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True,
                                    help_text=rec_help(d.EXPERIMENT_RESULT, "genome_assembly_id"))
     file_format = CharField(max_length=50, blank=True, null=True,
diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/schemas.py b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/schemas.py
index cefd88049..da9050a18 100644
--- a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/schemas.py
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/schemas.py
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
         "filename": {
             "type": "string"
         },
+        "url": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "uri",
+            # only supported schemes allowed, in alphabetical order:
+            "pattern": r"^(data|doi|drs|file|ftp|https?|s3)://",
+        },
         "genome_assembly_id": {
             "type": "string",
         },
diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/search_schemas.py b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/search_schemas.py
index 4df5a5e48..07c5fdaab 100644
--- a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/search_schemas.py
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/search_schemas.py
@@ -20,17 +20,20 @@
         "filename": {
             "search": search_optional_str(2)
         },
+        "url": {
+            "search": search_optional_str(3)
+        },
         "file_format": {
-            "search": search_optional_eq(3)
+            "search": search_optional_eq(4)
         },
         "data_output_type": {
-            "search": search_optional_eq(4)
+            "search": search_optional_eq(5)
         },
         "usage": {
-            "search": search_optional_str(5)
+            "search": search_optional_str(6)
         },
         "genome_assembly_id": {
-            "search": search_optional_eq(6)
+            "search": search_optional_eq(7)
         },
     },
     "search": {
diff --git a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/tests/example_experiments.json b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/tests/example_experiments.json
index e888df91b..60d23b8f3 100644
--- a/chord_metadata_service/experiments/tests/example_experiments.json
+++ b/chord_metadata_service/experiments/tests/example_experiments.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
           "identifier": "sample1_01",
           "description": "test",
           "filename": "sample1_01.vcf.gz",
+          "url": "http://example.org/sample1_01.vcf.gz",
           "file_format": "VCF",
           "data_output_type": "Derived data",
           "usage": "Visualized",