diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/pipeline-selection/pipeline-selection-sim.template.html b/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/pipeline-selection/pipeline-selection-sim.template.html
index c9c7f44a4..384043fe2 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/pipeline-selection/pipeline-selection-sim.template.html
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/pipeline-selection/pipeline-selection-sim.template.html
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ <h3 class="text-center">
                 <i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> Loading...
             </h3>
         </div>
-        <!-- Simulation Reports -->
-        <div ng-hide="$ctrl.ui.loading" ng-repeat="report in $ctrl.browser.project.report_set | orderBy: 'value.title'"
+        <!-- Simulation Reports --> <!-- this shouldn't be showing outside of the Simulation itself -->
+        <!-- <div ng-hide="$ctrl.ui.loading" ng-repeat="report in $ctrl.browser.project.report_set | orderBy: 'value.title'"
              ng-if="$ctrl.matchingGroup(simulation, report)"
         >
             <div class="dropdown dropdown-spacer-sm" id="details-{{report.uuid}}">
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ <h3 class="text-center">
                     on-browse="$ctrl.onBrowse(file)"
                 >&nbsp;</files-listing>                 </div>
             </div>
-        </div>
+        </div> -->
+
         <div ng-hide="$ctrl.ui.loading" ng-repeat="simulation in $ctrl.browser.project.simulation_set">
             <div class="dropdown dropdown-spacer-lg" id="details-{{simulation.uuid}}" style="margin-top: 15px">
                 <a ng-click="$ctrl.selectEntity(simulation)">Select this Simulation and all of its files</a>
diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/publication-preview/publication-preview-sim.component.html b/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/publication-preview/publication-preview-sim.component.html
index a2994d213..b4bd212e0 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/publication-preview/publication-preview-sim.component.html
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/data-depot/components/projects/publication-preview/publication-preview-sim.component.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ <h3 class="text-center">
         </h3>
     </div>
     <!-- Project Reports -->
-    <div ng-if="$ctrl.matchingGroup(simulation, report) && !$ctrl.ui.fileNav && !$ctrl.ui.loading"
+    <!-- <div ng-if="$ctrl.matchingGroup(simulation, report) && !$ctrl.ui.fileNav && !$ctrl.ui.loading"
          ng-repeat="report in $ctrl.project.report_set | orderBy: 'value.title'"
     >
         <div class="dropdown dropdown-spacer-sm" id="details-{{report.uuid}}">
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ <h3 class="text-center">
             listing="$ctrl.FileListingService.listings.main"
             on-browse="$ctrl.onBrowse(file)"
         >&nbsp;</files-listing>
-    </div>
+    </div> -->
+
     <div ng-if="!$ctrl.ui.fileNav && !$ctrl.ui.loading" ng-repeat="simulation in $ctrl.project.simulation_set" style="margin-bottom:20px">
         <div class="dropdown dropdown-spacer-sm" id="details-{{simulation.uuid}}">
             <div class="citation-gray" id="anchor-{{simulation.uuid}}">    
diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js
index f96214e23..260433863 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/ng-designsafe/services/project-service.js
@@ -217,9 +217,10 @@ export class ProjectService {
             sensor_list: 'Sensor Information',
             event: 'Event',
             simulation: 'Simulation',
-            model: 'Model',
+            model: 'Model',      
             input: 'Input',
             output: 'Output',
+            report: 'Report',
             hybrid_simulation: 'Hybrid Simulation',
             global_model: 'Global Model',
             coordinator: 'Coordinator',
@@ -311,13 +312,18 @@ export class ProjectService {
             Simulation Requirements:
             Condition 1)
                 + If a Simulation is published it must have:
-                    - Model Set
+                    - Model Set (no files required)
                     - Input Set
                     - Output Set
+                    - Report Set
                 + Sets must include categorized files
             */
-            let requirements = ['model', 'input', 'output'];
-            let subentities = [].concat(project.model_set || [], project.input_set || [], project.output_set || []);
+            let requirements = ['model', 'input', 'output', 'report'];
+            let subentities = [].concat(
+                project.model_set || [], 
+                project.input_set || [], 
+                project.output_set || [], 
+                project.report_set || []);
             let simulations = selPrimEnts.filter((ent) => ent.name.endsWith('simulation'));
             // let reports = selPrimEnts.filter(ent => ent.name.endsWith('report'));
             if (simulations.length) {
diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-categories/manage-categories.component.html b/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-categories/manage-categories.component.html
index 32a2bbbd9..026e70694 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-categories/manage-categories.component.html
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-categories/manage-categories.component.html
@@ -47,21 +47,22 @@ <h3 class="text-center">
                 <!-- Simulation Categories -->
                 <div ng-if="$ctrl.ui.simulation">
                     <div>
-                        <span class="category-blue">Simulation Model</span> Files and/or information describing the design, geometry, and/or code of a simulation.
+                        <span class="category-blue">Simulation Model</span> Information and/or files describing the design, geometry, workflow, 
+                        runtime environment and/or code of a simulation. This includes referencing research software or a community model and version when applicable.
                     </div>
                     <div>
-                        <span class="category-teal">Simulation Input</span> Files containing the parameters of the simulation.
+                        <span class="category-teal">Simulation Input</span> Files and references to the files containing the parameters of the simulation.
                     </div>
                     <div>
                         <span class="category-yellow">Simulation Output</span> Files containing the results of a simulation.
                     </div>
                     <div>
-                        <span class="category-light-blue">Analysis</span> Tables, graphs, visualizations, Jupyter Notebooks,
-                        or other representations of the results.
+                        <span class="category-light-blue">Analysis</span> Tables, graphs, visualizations, Jupyter Notebooks, or other representations of the results.
                     </div>
                     <div>
-                        <span class="category-gray">Report</span> Written accounts made to convey information about an
-                        entire project or simulation.
+                        <span class="category-gray">Report</span> Detailed written account/s to convey information about the way in which the simulation was organized, 
+                        how to run it, about the file contents and the file naming convention used. It could be one or a group of files including a readme file and 
+                        a data dictionary, depending on the complexity and components of the simulation.
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <!-- Hybrid Simulation Categories -->
@@ -177,7 +178,8 @@ <h3 class="text-center">
                     Summarize the purpose of the category and its files. What is it about? What are its features?
                 </div>
                 <div>
-                    <textarea class="form-textbox" type="text" id="add-exp-desc" ng-model="$ctrl.form.projectTagToAdd.description" ng-minlength="50" ng-maxlength="5000"></textarea>
+                    <textarea ng-required="$ctrl.form.projectTagToAdd.name === 'designsafe.project.simulation.model'" 
+                              class="form-textbox" type="text" id="add-exp-desc" ng-model="$ctrl.form.projectTagToAdd.description" ng-minlength="50" ng-maxlength="5000"></textarea>
                     <span ng-if="addForm.$error.minlength[0].$invalid || addForm.$error.maxlength[0].$invalid" class="label-form-desc-error">Description length is invalid </span>
                 </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-simulations/manage-simulations.template.html b/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-simulations/manage-simulations.template.html
index c76d82b8c..d4910c06c 100644
--- a/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-simulations/manage-simulations.template.html
+++ b/designsafe/static/scripts/projects/components/manage-simulations/manage-simulations.template.html
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ <h4 class="modal-title" style="border:none;">
     </h4>
 </div>
 <div class="modal-body">
+    <div style="margin-bottom: 20px;">
+        <span style="font-weight: bold;">
+            Simulation: </span>
+        <span>
+            A stand-alone dataset published under a unique citation and DOI. 
+            One or more can be published under a project and each can be published progressively.
+        </span>
+    </div>
     <div class="error" ng-if="$ctrl.ui.error">
         {{$ctrl.ui.error}}
     </div>