diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp
index 08e5cb14f..8bf79959f 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/page/basicPage.jsp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 </head>
 <body ${requestScope.bodyAttr}>
 <div id="wrap" class="container">
+  <div id="research_instance">This is a research instance. Not the <a href="http://vivo.iu.edu/">official IU VIVO instance</a>.</div>
   <div id="header">
     <jsp:include page="/${themeDir}jsp/identity.jsp" flush="true"/>
     <jsp:include page="/${themeDir}jsp/menu.jsp" flush="true"/>
diff --git a/webapp/web/themes/default/css/screen.css b/webapp/web/themes/default/css/screen.css
index 1bc496b67..6ac26473e 100755
--- a/webapp/web/themes/default/css/screen.css
+++ b/webapp/web/themes/default/css/screen.css
@@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ table#head{
 
 #header img{
 	margin:0;
+}
+
+#research_instance {
+	background-color:red;
+	color:white;
+	font-size:1.25em;
+	font-weight:bold;
+	text-align:center;
+}
+
+#research_instance a {
+	color:white;
 }
 
 /************** header search form *********************************/
