diff --git a/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.html b/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.html
index a64e45f99..7106cf910 100644
--- a/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.html
+++ b/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <div class="content-body">
-  <p class="m-0">Please select the institution from the dropdown below or start typing for find it</p>
+  <p class="m-0">
+    {{ 'institutions.searchInstitutionsDesctiption' | translate }}
+    <a href="https://www.cos.io/products/osf-institutions">{{ 'institutions.learnMore' | translate }}</a>
+  </p>
   <p-select
     id="institution"
     [options]="institutionsOptions()"
diff --git a/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.ts b/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.ts
index 09042669f..930af8f6d 100644
--- a/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/search/components/filters/institution-filter/institution-filter.component.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import { Select, SelectChangeEvent } from 'primeng/select';
 
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, computed, effect, inject, signal, untracked } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { ResourceFiltersSelectors, SetInstitution } from '../../resource-filters/store';
 import { GetAllOptions, ResourceFiltersOptionsSelectors } from '../store';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'osf-institution-filter',
-  imports: [Select, FormsModule],
+  imports: [Select, FormsModule, TranslateModule],
   templateUrl: './institution-filter.component.html',
   styleUrl: './institution-filter.component.scss',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json b/src/assets/i18n/en.json
index c217e0403..1a5f448d9 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json
@@ -2505,7 +2505,9 @@
   "institutions": {
     "title": "Institutions",
     "description": "OSF Institutions enhances transparency and increases the visibility of research outputs, accelerating discovery and reuse. Institutional members focus on generating and sharing research, and let OSF Institutions handle the infrastructure. <br /> <a href='https://www.cos.io/products/osf-institutions' target='_blank'>Read more</a>",
-    "searchInstitutions": "Search institutions"
+    "searchInstitutions": "Search institutions",
+    "searchInstitutionsDesctiption": "Please select an institution to apply to your search. Only OSF Institutions member affiliations are discoverable. ",
+    "learnMore": "Learn more about OSF Institutions."
   },
   "adminInstitutions": {
     "summary": {