diff --git a/osf/models/user.py b/osf/models/user.py
index 26cfd93b8dc..feccc780be4 100644
--- a/osf/models/user.py
+++ b/osf/models/user.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 from .spam import SpamMixin
 from .session import UserSessionMap
 from .tag import Tag
+from .request import NodeRequest
 from .validators import validate_email, validate_social, validate_history_item
 from osf.utils.datetime_aware_jsonfield import DateTimeAwareJSONField
 from osf.utils.fields import NonNaiveDateTimeField, LowercaseEmailField, ensure_str
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 from website.util.metrics import OsfSourceTags, unregistered_created_source_tag
 from importlib import import_module
 from osf.utils.requests import get_headers_from_request
+from osf.utils.workflows import NodeRequestTypes
 
 SessionStore = import_module(settings.SESSION_ENGINE).SessionStore
 
@@ -672,6 +674,17 @@ def is_institutional_curator(self, node):
             is_curator=True,
         ).exists()
 
+    def has_institutional_request(self, node):
+        """
+        Checks if user a has requested a node using the institutional access request feature.
+        """
+        return NodeRequest.objects.filter(
+            request_type=NodeRequestTypes.INSTITUTIONAL_REQUEST.value,
+            node=node,
+            user=self,
+            is_curator=True,
+        ).exists()
+
     def group_role(self, group):
         """
         For the given OSFGroup, return the user's role - either member or manager
diff --git a/website/profile/utils.py b/website/profile/utils.py
index 1ee0a3e082d..ba1a6ab65d4 100644
--- a/website/profile/utils.py
+++ b/website/profile/utils.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def serialize_user(user, node=None, admin=False, full=False, is_profile=False, i
         'surname': user.family_name,
         'fullname': fullname,
         'shortname': fullname if len(fullname) < 50 else fullname[:23] + '...' + fullname[-23:],
-        'is_institutional_admin': user.is_institutional_admin(),
+        'has_institutional_request': user.has_institutional_request(node),
         'is_curator': user.is_institutional_curator(node),
         'profile_image_url': user.profile_image_url(size=settings.PROFILE_IMAGE_MEDIUM),
         'active': user.is_active,
diff --git a/website/project/views/contributor.py b/website/project/views/contributor.py
index 8bd78ce46ad..0b36b494c34 100644
--- a/website/project/views/contributor.py
+++ b/website/project/views/contributor.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def project_manage_contributors(auth, node, **kwargs):
         raise HTTPError(http_status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, data={'message_long': error.args[0]})
     except IntegrityError as error:
         status.push_status_message(
-            'You can not make an institutional admin a bibliographic contributor.',
+            'You can not make an institutional curator a bibliographic contributor.',
             kind='error',
             trust=False
         )
diff --git a/website/templates/project/contributors.mako b/website/templates/project/contributors.mako
index 852a716fd0a..d83ec98263f 100644
--- a/website/templates/project/contributors.mako
+++ b/website/templates/project/contributors.mako
@@ -406,23 +406,23 @@
         <td>
             <div class="header" data-bind="visible: accessRequest.expanded()  && $root.collapsed()"></div>
             <div class="td-content" data-bind="visible: !$root.collapsed() || accessRequest.expanded()">
-            <div data-bind="ifnot: accessRequest.user.is_institutional_admin">
+            <div data-bind="ifnot: accessRequest.user.has_institutional_request">
                 <input
                     type="checkbox" class="biblio"
                     data-bind="checked: visible"
                 />
             </div>
-            <div data-bind="if: accessRequest.user.is_institutional_admin">
+            <div data-bind="if: accessRequest.user.has_institutional_request">
                 <input type="checkbox" aria-label="Curator Confirmation Checkbox" disabled>
             </div>
         </td>
         <td>
             <div class="header" data-bind="visible: accessRequest.expanded()  && $root.collapsed()"></div>
             <div class="td-content" data-bind="visible: !$root.collapsed() || accessRequest.expanded()">
-                <div data-bind="ifnot: accessRequest.user.is_institutional_admin">
+                <div data-bind="ifnot: accessRequest.user.has_institutional_request">
                     <input type="checkbox" aria-label="Curator Confirmation Checkbox" disabled>
                 </div>
-                <div data-bind="if: accessRequest.user.is_institutional_admin">
+                <div data-bind="if: accessRequest.user.has_institutional_request">
                     <input type="checkbox" aria-label="Curator Confirmation Checkbox" disabled  checked>
                 </div>
             </div>