diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/app/loadedAtStartup/homePageDataGetters.n3 b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/app/loadedAtStartup/homePageDataGetters.n3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dee142e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/app/loadedAtStartup/homePageDataGetters.n3
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ 
+
+@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
+@prefix display: <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ontologies/display/1.1#> .
+@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
+@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix core: <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#> .
+@prefix vivoweb: <http://vivoweb.org/ontology#> .
+@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
+ 
+# research facility datagetter 
+
+<freemarker:researchFacilities.ftl> display:hasDataGetter display:researchFacsDataGetter .
+
+display:researchFacsDataGetter
+    a <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.dataGetter.SparqlQueryDataGetter> ;
+    display:saveToVar "researchFacsDG" ;
+    display:query """
+    PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
+    PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
+    PREFIX vivo: <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#>
+
+    SELECT DISTINCT ?deptURI (str(?label) as ?name)
+    WHERE
+    {
+          ?deptURI rdf:type vivo:AcademicDepartment .
+          ?deptURI rdfs:label ?label 
+    }
+    
+    """ .
+
diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml b/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
index c6e698c1..3ad4786d 100644
--- a/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -665,6 +665,15 @@
     <url-pattern>/proxiesAjax/*</url-pattern>
   </servlet-mapping>
 
+  <servlet>
+    <servlet-name>HomePageAjax</servlet-name>
+    <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.ajax.HomePageAjaxController</servlet-class>
+  </servlet>
+  <servlet-mapping>
+    <servlet-name>HomePageAjax</servlet-name>
+    <url-pattern>/homePageAjax</url-pattern>
+  </servlet-mapping>
+
   <servlet>
     <servlet-name>ShowAuth</servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.admin.ShowAuthController</servlet-class>