diff --git a/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx b/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx
index ec65fb0ad..30d5677e2 100755
--- a/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx
+++ b/src/projects/list/components/Projects/Projects.jsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Projects extends Component {
     this.onChangeStatus = this.onChangeStatus.bind(this)
     this.onPageChange = this.onPageChange.bind(this)
     this.applyFilters = this.applyFilters.bind(this)
+    this.applySearchFilter = this.applySearchFilter.bind(this)
     this.changeView = this.changeView.bind(this)
     this.init = this.init.bind(this)
     this.removeScrollPosition = this.removeScrollPosition.bind(this)
@@ -132,6 +133,16 @@ class Projects extends Component {
     this.routeWithParams(criteria)
   }
 
+  applySearchFilter(filter) {
+    const criteria = _.assign({}, this.props.criteria, filter)
+    if (criteria && criteria.keyword) {
+      criteria.keyword = encodeURIComponent(criteria.keyword)
+      // force sort criteria to best match
+      criteria.sort = 'best match'
+    }
+    this.routeWithParams(criteria)
+  }
+
   changeView(view) {
     this.setState({selectedView : view})
   }
@@ -162,6 +173,7 @@ class Projects extends Component {
       <EnhancedGrid {...this.props}
         onPageChange={this.onPageChange}
         sortHandler={this.sortHandler}
+        applyFilters={this.applySearchFilter}
         onChangeStatus={this.onChangeStatus}
         projectsStatus={getStatusCriteriaText(criteria)}
       />
diff --git a/src/projects/list/components/Projects/ProjectsGridView.jsx b/src/projects/list/components/Projects/ProjectsGridView.jsx
index e0185bd00..41b34c135 100644
--- a/src/projects/list/components/Projects/ProjectsGridView.jsx
+++ b/src/projects/list/components/Projects/ProjectsGridView.jsx
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ ProjectTypeIcons.propTypes = {
 
 const ProjectsGridView = props => {
   const { projects, members, totalCount, criteria, pageNum, sortHandler, onPageChange,
-    error, isLoading, infiniteAutoload, setInfiniteAutoload, projectsStatus, onChangeStatus } = props
+    error, isLoading, infiniteAutoload, setInfiniteAutoload, projectsStatus, onChangeStatus, applyFilters } = props
 
   const currentSortField = _.get(criteria, 'sort', '')
   // This 'little' array is the heart of the list component.
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ const ProjectsGridView = props => {
           <div className="spacing project-container">
             <div className="project-title">
               <Link to={url} className="link-title">{item.name}</Link>
-              { code && <span className="item-ref-code txt-gray-md">{code}</span> }
+              { code && <span className="item-ref-code txt-gray-md" onClick={ () => { applyFilters({ keyword: code })} }>{code}</span> }
             </div>
             <Link to={url}>
               <TextTruncate