diff --git a/classes/form/SubmissionMetadataForm.php b/classes/form/SubmissionMetadataForm.php
index 71c5b2b..087451a 100644
--- a/classes/form/SubmissionMetadataForm.php
+++ b/classes/form/SubmissionMetadataForm.php
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public function initData($submission)
                 'citationsRaw' => $publication->getData('citationsRaw'),
                 'locale' => $publication->getData('locale'),
                 'dataAvailability' => $publication->getData('dataAvailability'),
+                'fundingStatement' => $publication->getData('fundingStatement'),
             ];
 
             foreach ($formData as $key => $data) {
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ public function readInputData()
             'citationsRaw',
             'locale',
             'dataAvailability',
+            'fundingStatement'
         ];
 
         $this->_parentForm->readUserVars($userVars);
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ public function getLocaleFieldNames()
             'source',
             'rights',
             'dataAvailability',
+            'fundingStatement',
         ];
     }
 
@@ -237,6 +240,7 @@ public function execute($submission, $request)
             'source' => $this->_parentForm->getData('source'),
             'citationsRaw' => $this->_parentForm->getData('citationsRaw'),
             'dataAvailability' => $this->_parentForm->getData('dataAvailability'),
+            'fundingStatement' => $this->_parentForm->getData('fundingStatement'),
         ];
 
         // Save the publication
diff --git a/templates/submissionMetadataFormFields.tpl b/templates/submissionMetadataFormFields.tpl
index bb4ad7b..96d4ef8 100644
--- a/templates/submissionMetadataFormFields.tpl
+++ b/templates/submissionMetadataFormFields.tpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	{assign var=citationsEnabled value=false}
 {/if}
 
-{if $coverageEnabled || $typeEnabled || $sourceEnabled || $rightsEnabled || $dataAvailabilityEnabled}
+{if $coverageEnabled || $typeEnabled || $sourceEnabled || $rightsEnabled || $dataAvailabilityEnabled || $fundingStatementEnabled}
 	{fbvFormArea id="additionalDublinCore" title="submission.metadata"}
 		{fbvFormSection description="submission.metadataDescription"}
 
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 				{fbvElement type="textarea" label="submission.dataAvailability.tip" multilingual=true name="dataAvailability" id="dataAvailability" value=$dataAvailability readonly=$readOnly required=$dataAvailabilityRequired}
 			{/fbvFormSection}
 		{/if}
+		{if $fundingStatementEnabled}
+			{fbvFormSection label="submission.fundingStatement" for="fundingStatement" required=$fundingStatementRequired}
+				{fbvElement type="textarea" label="submission.fundingStatement.tip" multilingual=true name="fundingStatement" id="fundingStatement" value=$fundingStatement readonly=$readOnly required=$fundingStatementRequired}
+			{/fbvFormSection}
+		{/if}
 	{/fbvFormArea}
 {/if}