diff --git a/funders/forms.py b/funders/forms.py
index 64676af4446f442411f856981a0393bf8a512945..c48a9287d37bd1beda528d7490d50fd944acd5b8 100644
--- a/funders/forms.py
+++ b/funders/forms.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ from django import forms
 
 from .models import Funder, Grant
 
+from scipost.models import Contributor
+
+
 class FunderRegistrySearchForm(forms.Form):
     name = forms.CharField(max_length=128)
 
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ class FunderRegistrySearchForm(forms.Form):
 class FunderForm(forms.ModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = Funder
-        fields = ['name', 'identifier',]
+        fields = ['name', 'acronym', 'identifier',]
 
 
 class GrantForm(forms.ModelForm):
@@ -17,6 +20,11 @@ class GrantForm(forms.ModelForm):
         model = Grant
         fields = ['funder', 'number', 'recipient_name', 'recipient',]
 
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(GrantForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.fields['recipient'] = forms.ModelChoiceField(
+            queryset=Contributor.objects.all().order_by('user__last_name'))
+
 
 class GrantSelectForm(forms.Form):
     grant = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=Grant.objects.all())
diff --git a/funders/migrations/0004_auto_20170726_2037.py b/funders/migrations/0004_auto_20170726_2037.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..59544eb74125ea1719eaa0443a713a567ee15159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/funders/migrations/0004_auto_20170726_2037.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.10.3 on 2017-07-26 18:37
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('funders', '0003_auto_20170726_0606'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='funder',
+            options={'ordering': ['name', 'acronym']},
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='funder',
+            name='acronym',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=32, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/funders/models.py b/funders/models.py
index 3957bf92f13ae9a3825a06aa780e68c6063e6b73..997ca57840cd1a6cc0c0a06c6c7c94983f3543f1 100644
--- a/funders/models.py
+++ b/funders/models.py
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ class Funder(models.Model):
     Fundref registry.
     """
     name = models.CharField(max_length=256)
+    acronym = models.CharField(max_length=32, blank=True, null=True)
     identifier = models.CharField(max_length=200, unique=True)
 
     class Meta:
-        ordering = ['name']
+        ordering = ['name', 'acronym']
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return self.name
+        result = self.name
+        if self.acronym:
+            result += ' (%s)' % self.acronym
+        return result
 
 
 class Grant(models.Model):
diff --git a/funders/templates/funders/funders.html b/funders/templates/funders/funders.html
index 7ae67d06b8fa03d6fb504cd5475f30f1c22120cb..cd9dfd6d4c2f7afc44d157a94a4471d7113720b0 100644
--- a/funders/templates/funders/funders.html
+++ b/funders/templates/funders/funders.html
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 	  <thead class="thead-default">
 	    <tr>
 	      <th>Name</th>
+	      <th>Acronym</th>
 	      <th>Identifier</th>
 	    </tr>
 	  </thead>
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
 	    {% for funder in funders %}
 	    <tr data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#collapse{{ funder.id }}" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="collapse{{ funder.id }}" style="cursor: pointer;">
 	      <td>{{ funder.name }}</td>
+	      <td>{{ funder.acronym }}</td>
 	      <td>{{ funder.identifier }}</td>
 	    </tr>
             {% empty %}
diff --git a/funders/templates/funders/query_crossref_for_funder.html b/funders/templates/funders/query_crossref_for_funder.html
index b8459c8a21ff63b830f9c8919fdefb2fe28f9174..35c1b9a7ee15dbe05d6c0dabdcad77b83ce9e30e 100644
--- a/funders/templates/funders/query_crossref_for_funder.html
+++ b/funders/templates/funders/query_crossref_for_funder.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	    <form action="{% url 'funders:add_funder' %}" method="post">
               {% csrf_token %}
 	      <input name='name' style="width: 64%" value='{{ item.name }}'>
+	      <input name='acronym' style="width: 64%" placeholder='acronym (if known)'>
 	      <input name='identifier' style="width: 64%" value='{{ item.uri }}'>
               <input class="btn btn-secondary" type="submit" value="Add this funder">
 	    </form>