diff --git a/src/app/core/services/app-config.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/app-config.service.ts
index 7d24717..019931a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/app-config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/app-config.service.ts
@@ -204,18 +204,7 @@ export class AppConfigService {
                           }
                         },
                         value: {
-                          autocompletionConfig: {
-                            url: `${environment.baseUrl}/api/institutions/_suggest?affiliation=`,
-                            path: '/affiliation/0/options',
-                            size: 20,
-                            itemTemplateName: 'affiliationAutocompleteTemplate',
-                            onCompletionSelect: (path, completion, store) => {
-                              path.splice(-1, 1, 'record', '$ref');
-                              store.setIn(path, completion.payload['$ref']);
-                              path.splice(-2, 2, 'curated_relation');
-                              store.setIn(path, true);
-                            }
-                          }
+                          autocompletionConfig: this.commonConfigsService.affiliationAutocompletionConfig
                         }
                       }
                     }
@@ -342,6 +331,15 @@ export class AppConfigService {
                 }
               }
             },
+            record_affiliations: {
+              items: {
+                properties: {
+                  value: {
+                    autocompletionConfig: this.commonConfigsService.affiliationAutocompletionConfig
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            },
             references: {
               sortable: true,
               longListNavigatorConfig: {
@@ -456,6 +454,13 @@ export class AppConfigService {
               properties: {
                 degree_type: {
                   priority: 1
+                },
+                institutions: {
+                  items: {
+                    properties: {
+                      name: this.commonConfigsService.affiliationAutocompletionConfig
+                    }
+                  }
                 }
               }
             },
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/common-configs.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/common-configs.service.ts
index 8e79bd2..abdb100 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/common-configs.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/common-configs.service.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
  */
 
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { RefAnchorAttributes, JsonStoreService, KeysStoreService } from 'ng2-json-editor';
+import { RefAnchorAttributes, JsonStoreService, KeysStoreService, AutocompletionConfig } from 'ng2-json-editor';
 
 import { FieldSplitterService } from './field-splitter.service';
 import { ISO_LANGUAGE_MAP } from '../../shared/constants';
+import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CommonConfigsService {
@@ -33,6 +34,20 @@ export class CommonConfigsService {
 
   readonly isoLanguageMap = ISO_LANGUAGE_MAP;
 
+  readonly affiliationAutocompletionConfig: AutocompletionConfig = {
+    url: `${environment.baseUrl}/api/institutions/_suggest?affiliation=`,
+    path: '/affiliation/0/options',
+    size: 20,
+    itemTemplateName: 'affiliationAutocompleteTemplate',
+    onCompletionSelect: (path, completion, store) => {
+      path.splice(-1, 1, 'record', '$ref');
+      store.setIn(path, completion.payload['$ref']);
+
+      path.splice(-2, 2, 'curated_relation');
+      store.setIn(path, true);
+    }
+  };
+
   readonly anchorBuilder = (url: string): RefAnchorAttributes => {
     let parts = url.split('/');
     let type = parts[parts.length - 2];
@@ -95,4 +110,6 @@ export class CommonConfigsService {
     keyStore.buildKeysMapRecursivelyForPath(jsonStore.getIn(referencePath), referencePath);
   }
 
+
+
 }