diff --git a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/project/widgets/project_summary_status.vm b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/project/widgets/project_summary_status.vm
index e0dc1fd121971d01e9778c64c2e1cdb037826bf7..a907bdf18214ab997ecacb9e59a2f4ab2d0ee527 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/project/widgets/project_summary_status.vm
+++ b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/project/widgets/project_summary_status.vm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #if($other == 0)
 <DIV class="containerItem" style="color:grey">$other Other Experiments</DIV>
 #end
-#if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate($project))
+#if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").isOwner($project.getId()))
 <BR><A ID="button5" href="$link.setAction("XDATActionRouter").addPathInfo("xdataction","protocols").addPathInfo(
     "search_element","xnat:projectData").addPathInfo("search_field","xnat:projectData.ID").addPathInfo(
     "search_value","$!{project.getId()}").addPathInfo("popup","$!popup")">Manage Custom Variables</A>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_details.vm b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_details.vm
index caccbb40955f3dae8c8e60d02abb603501b33c48..09579df0460d06ea887a3d297cedf37515ea8836 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_details.vm
+++ b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_details.vm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         </tr>
     #end
 </table>
-#if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate($project))
+#if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").isOwner($project.getId()))
 <BR><A ID="button1" href="$link.setAction("XDATActionRouter").addPathInfo("xdataction","edit").addPathInfo(
     "search_element","xnat:projectData").addPathInfo("search_field","xnat:projectData.ID").addPathInfo(
     "search_value","$!{project.getId()}").addPathInfo("popup","$!popup")">Edit Details</A>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_management.vm b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_management.vm
index 7e8f2d915464d6a3f9c8a51be56ae5417f9812ad..b6807c984a4e1aa91cf7ee6cf6e7d59f184718c6 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_management.vm
+++ b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_management.vm
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
             </script>
         </td>
     </tr>
+
 </table>
 <script language="javascript">
     function summaryUserTabChange(obj){
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_status.vm b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_status.vm
index 17cccd6862557a850dffec8d747ea4d17caa6cd3..85be00042b6f3d5885cadc5b3423abc1dd82969d 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_status.vm
+++ b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_status.vm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "userHelper").getBrowseableElementDisplay($key).getSchemaElement().getPluralDescription()</DIV>
 #end
 
-#if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate($project))
+#if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").isOwner($project.getId()))
 <BR><A ID="button5" href="$link.setAction("XDATActionRouter").addPathInfo("xdataction","protocols").addPathInfo(
     "search_element","xnat:projectData").addPathInfo("search_field","xnat:projectData.ID").addPathInfo(
     "search_value","$!{project.getId()}").addPathInfo("popup","$!popup")">Manage Custom Variables</A>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_tabs.vm b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_tabs.vm
index b734819aa394a94483200aac22e9f0950c8f9031..e154a266c0e3e7332b46f9fbdbbe0ed6e364a793 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_tabs.vm
+++ b/src/main/webapp/xnat-templates/screens/xnat_projectData/xnat_projectData_summary_tabs.vm
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
             <li class="selected"><a href="#tab1"><em>Details</em></a></li>
             #set($canReadSubjects=$data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canRead(
                 "xnat:subjectData/project","$project.getId()"))
-            #if($canReadSubjects)
-                #if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canDelete($project))
+            #if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").isOwner($project.getId()))
                     <li><a href="#tab3"><em>Access</em></a></li>
                     <li><a href="#othermgmt"><em>Manage</em></a></li>
                     <li><a href="#tab4"><em>Pipelines</em></a></li>
-                #end
             #end
             #foreach($tab in $tabs)
                 <li><a href="#$tab.getProperty("divName")"><em>$tab.getProperty("title")
@@ -23,8 +21,7 @@
                 <p>#parse($turbineUtils.getTemplateName("_summary_details","xnat:projectData",$project.getId()))</p>
             </div>
 
-            #if($canReadSubjects)
-                #if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate($project))
+            #if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").isOwner($project.getId()))
                     <div id="tab3">
                         <p>#parse($turbineUtils.getTemplateName(
                             "_summary_management","xnat:projectData",$project.getId()))</p>
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@
                         <p>#parse($turbineUtils.getTemplateName(
                             "_summary_pipeline","xnat:projectData",$project.getId()))</p>
                     </div>
-                #end
             #end
             #foreach($tab in $tabs)
                 <div id="$tab.getProperty("divName")">
@@ -60,14 +56,10 @@
         window.summaryTabView = new YAHOO.widget.TabView('projectSummary');
         var oButton1 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button1");
         var oButton2 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button2");
-        #if($canReadSubjects)
-            #if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canDelete($project))
-                var oButton3 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button3");
-            #end
-            #if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").canCreate($project))
-                var oButton4 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button4");
-                var oButton5 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button5");
-            #end
+        #if($data.getSession().getAttribute("userHelper").isOwner($project.getId()))
+            var oButton3 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button3");
+            var oButton4 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button4");
+            var oButton5 = new YAHOO.widget.Button("button5");
         #end