diff --git a/db/db.code.version.txt b/db/db.code.version.txt
index dde92dd..76a8b2b 100644
--- a/db/db.code.version.txt
+++ b/db/db.code.version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-82
+83
diff --git a/db/db.update.83.sql b/db/db.update.83.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3efe61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/db.update.83.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+INSERT INTO `config` ( `var` , `val` , `category`, `ord` , `description` , `year`) VALUES ('participant_project_summary_wordmin', 0, 'Participant Registration', 1110, 'The minimum number of words acceptable in the project summary', -1);
diff --git a/register_participants_project.php b/register_participants_project.php
index 5c413ac..5601356 100644
--- a/register_participants_project.php
+++ b/register_participants_project.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ echo mysql_error();
 		{
 			$summarywords=preg_split("/[\s,]+/",$_POST['summary']);
 			$summarywordcount=count($summarywords);
-			if($summarywordcount>$config['participant_project_summary_wordmax'])
+			if($summarywordcount>$config['participant_project_summary_wordmax'] || $summarywordcount<$config['participant_project_summary_wordmin'])
 				$summarycountok=0;
 			else
 				$summarycountok=1;
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ else if($newstatus=="complete")
 function countwords()
 {
 	var wordmax=<?=$config['participant_project_summary_wordmax'];?>;
+	var wordmin=<?=$config['participant_project_summary_wordmin'];?>;
 	var summaryobj=document.getElementById('summary');
 	var wordcountobj=document.getElementById('wordcount');
 	var wordcountmessageobj=document.getElementById('wordcountmessage');
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ function countwords()
 	var wordarray=summaryobj.value.replace(/\s+/g," ").split(" ");
 	var wordcount=wordarray.length;
 
-	if(wordcount>wordmax)
+	if(wordcount>wordmax || wordcount<wordmin)
 		wordcountmessageobj.className="incomplete";
 	else
 		wordcountmessageobj.className="complete";
@@ -315,6 +316,10 @@ function countwords()
 
  echo "<span id=\"wordcount\">$summarywordcount</span>/";
  echo i18n("%1 words maximum",array($config['participant_project_summary_wordmax']));
+ if($config['participant_project_summary_wordmin'] > 0)
+ {
+ 	echo i18n(", %1 words minimum", array($config['participant_project_summary_wordmin']));
+ }
  echo "</div>";
 
  echo "</td></tr>";