diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/app/loadedAtStartup/vivoOrganizationDataGetters.n3 b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/app/loadedAtStartup/vivoOrganizationDataGetters.n3
index 107ca53c..a8f21006 100644
--- a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/app/loadedAtStartup/vivoOrganizationDataGetters.n3
+++ b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/app/loadedAtStartup/vivoOrganizationDataGetters.n3
@@ -107,9 +107,39 @@ display:getResearchAreaDataGetter
                   "deptResearchAreas" .
 
 
-
 #### n3 for grants ####
 
+## associate the classes with the datagetter ##
+
+<http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#AcademicDepartment> display:hasDataGetter display:getGrantsDataGetter .
+
+## data getter to see if the department has any grants ##
+
+display:getGrantsDataGetter
+    a <java:edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.dataGetter.SparqlQueryDataGetter>;
+    display:saveToVar "getGrantResults";
+    display:query 
+        """
+        PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
+        PREFIX vivo: <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#>
+        PREFIX afn:   <http://jena.hpl.hp.com/ARQ/function#>
+        SELECT DISTINCT ?activity
+        WHERE {
+            ?individualURI vivo:organizationForPosition ?posn .
+            ?posn  vivo:positionForPerson ?person .
+            ?person ?roleProperty ?role .
+            ?roleProperty rdfs:subPropertyOf vivo:hasResearcherRole .
+            ?role vivo:roleContributesTo ?activity .
+            ?activity vivo:dateTimeInterval ?dti .
+            ?dti vivo:end ?end.
+            ?end vivo:dateTime ?dt
+            FILTER (?dt > afn:now())
+        }
+        LIMIT 1
+        """ .
+
+## data getter for the grants detail page ##
+
 <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/default#n1697>
     a <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ontologies/display/1.1#Page> ;
     <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ontologies/display/1.1#hasDataGetter> <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/default#n4170> ;
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-organization.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-organization.ftl
index b1f7b6e5..8120bc46 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-organization.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/individual/individual--foaf-organization.ftl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <#include "individual-affiliated-research-areas.ftl">
 </#assign>
 
-<#if individual.mostSpecificTypes?seq_contains("Academic Department")>
+<#if individual.mostSpecificTypes?seq_contains("Academic Department") && getGrantResults?has_content>
     <#assign departmentalGrantsExtension>    
         <div id="activeGrantsLink">
         <img src="${urls.base}/images/individual/arrow-green.gif">
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-dept-active-grants.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-dept-active-grants.ftl
index 45b841c7..dcb5297c 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-dept-active-grants.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/body/partials/individual/individual-dept-active-grants.ftl
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@
 <#if deptGrants?has_content>
 <section id="pageList">
     <#list deptGrants as firstRow>
-        <h2>${i18n().active_grants_for} ${firstRow["deptLabel"]}</h2>
+        <#assign firstDeptLabel = firstRow["deptLabel"]?upper_case />
+        <#assign i18TextString = "" />
+        <#if ( firstDeptLabel?index_of("THE") == 0 ) >
+            <#assign i18TextString = "${i18n().active_grants_for?replace('the','')}" />
+        <#else>
+            <#assign i18TextString = "${i18n().active_grants_for}" />
+        </#if>
+        <h2>${i18TextString} ${firstRow["deptLabel"]} ${i18n().department}</h2>
         <#break>
     </#list>
 <table id="pageList" >
diff --git a/themes/wilma/i18n/all.properties b/themes/wilma/i18n/all.properties
index ec35a8d4..6ddc3e01 100644
--- a/themes/wilma/i18n/all.properties
+++ b/themes/wilma/i18n/all.properties
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ primary_email_capitalized = Primary Email
 additional_emails_capitalized = Additional Emails
 contact_info = Contact Info
 
-active_grants_for = Active Grants for
+active_grants_for = Active Grants for the
+department = department
 grant_name = Grant Name
 close_date = Close Date
 no_active_grants = There are currently no active grants for this department.