diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ProjectForm/ProjectFormView.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ProjectForm/ProjectFormView.js
index 67397978ff96378c0be5e27ba058d66d09281d25..4ce098a9fb4f4424a97ece930ee640d19c97b63e 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ProjectForm/ProjectFormView.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ProjectForm/ProjectFormView.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function ProjectFormView(projectFormController, projectFormModel) {
 							if (experimentType) {
 								defaultValue = _this._projectFormModel.project.spaceCode;
 							} else {
-								defaultValue = "";
+								defaultValue = "COLLECTION";
 							}
 						} else {
 							defaultValue = "DEFAULT_EXPERIMENT";