# Collaborators

## Adding a new collaborator to a project

1. Go to [**Manage Collaborators, Institutions, and Citations**](https://motus.org/data/project/users)
2. Below the table of collaborators, use the input field under **Add new collaborators** to search for the collaborator's name, username or email.
3. In the search results, click on the name of the collaborator you wish to add to your project.

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Searching for collaborators by first name may not turn up any results.
{% endhint %}

## Citations

See [**Project Citations**.](/en/project-management/citations.md#collaborator-citations)

## Project collaborator permissions

* Go to [**Manage Collaborators, Institutions, and Citations**](https://motus.org/data/project/users)
* Find the user you wish to revise in the collaborators table and then use the select options to modify their permissions. Permissions have three tiers -- 'update' (view and edit), 'read' (view only), and 'none' -- and include the following categories:
* **Project:** Anything related to project metadata (description, billing contact, etc.) and collaborator/citation management.
* **Tags:** tag deployment metadata.
* **Stations:** anything relating to station management including station deployment and landowner information.
* **Data:** access to detection data (via [**Motus R package**](https://motus.org/MotusRBook/)).

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Default permissions for a new collaborator is 'update' for all four categories.
{% endhint %}

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## Removing a collaborator from a project

1. Go to [**Manage Collaborators, Institutions, and Citations**](https://motus.org/data/project/users)
2. Find the use you wish to remove in the collaborators table and then click on the![](/files/X4uCO1yKdhB2OGruA5hF)icon located at the end of the row.

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