diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Notifications/NotificationRenderers.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Notifications/NotificationRenderers.tsx
index 074dff359a3..26f4696c407 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Notifications/NotificationRenderers.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Notifications/NotificationRenderers.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { backupText } from '../../localization/backup';
 import { localityText } from '../../localization/locality';
 import { mergingText } from '../../localization/merging';
 import { notificationsText } from '../../localization/notifications';
+import { setupToolText } from '../../localization/setupTool';
 import { treeText } from '../../localization/tree';
 import { StringToJsx } from '../../localization/utils';
 import type { IR, RA } from '../../utils/types';
@@ -393,6 +394,11 @@ export const notificationRenderers: IR<
       </>
     );
   },
+  'collection-creation-starting'() {
+    return (
+      <p>{setupToolText.collectionCreationStarted()}</p>
+    );
+  },
   default(notification) {
     console.error('Unknown notification type', { notification });
     return <pre>{JSON.stringify(notification, null, 2)}</pre>;
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/setupTool.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/setupTool.ts
index 1b03c8c40bd..216806f715d 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/setupTool.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/setupTool.ts
@@ -280,4 +280,7 @@ export const setupToolText = createDictionary({
   emptyTaxonTree: {
     'en-us': 'An empty taxon tree will be created',
   },
+  collectionCreationStarted: {
+    'en-us': 'The newly created collection is being set up. It may take some time for the collection to become available.',
+  }
 } as const);
diff --git a/specifyweb/specify/api/crud.py b/specifyweb/specify/api/crud.py
index 4987df5cb75..d0923d3b5d9 100644
--- a/specifyweb/specify/api/crud.py
+++ b/specifyweb/specify/api/crud.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 from typing import Any, Dict
 from collections.abc import Callable
+import json
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError, FieldDoesNotExist
 from django.db.models import Model, F, Q, Subquery
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ def create_obj(collection, agent, model, data: dict[str, Any], parent_obj=None,
     from specifyweb.backend.setup_tool.api import create_institution, create_division, create_discipline, create_collection
     from specifyweb.backend.setup_tool.utils import normalize_keys
     from specifyweb.backend.permissions.permissions import PermissionsException
+    from specifyweb.backend.notifications.models import Message
     CREATE_MODEL_REDIRECTS: Dict[str, Callable[[dict], dict]] = {
         'institution': create_institution,
         'division': create_division,
@@ -65,7 +67,12 @@ def create_obj(collection, agent, model, data: dict[str, Any], parent_obj=None,
         if not agent.specifyuser.is_admin():
             raise PermissionsException("Specifyuser must be an instituion admin")
         check_table_permissions(collection, agent, model, "create")
-        result = CREATE_MODEL_REDIRECTS[model_name](normalize_keys(data))
+        result = CREATE_MODEL_REDIRECTS[model_name](normalize_keys(data)) 
+        if model_name == 'collection' and agent.specifyuser is not None:
+            # Send notification to show that the collection is still being created.
+            Message.objects.create(user_id=agent.specifyuser.id, content=json.dumps({
+                'type': 'collection-creation-starting'
+            }))
         return model.objects.filter(id=result[f'{model_name}_id']).first()
 
     data = cleanData(model, data, parent_relationship)