diff --git a/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscript.js b/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscript.js
index 96d80284704bda16b96ef3cb7aa7487913eab9f4..9ddb3ff7ffb3c839adbd6211cf4d103406e92009 100644
--- a/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscript.js
+++ b/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscript.js
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ const User = ({ manuscriptId, manuscript, submitter, history, ...props }) => {
       {process.env.INSTANCE_NAME === 'aperture' && (
         <Cell>{manuscript.meta && manuscript.meta.title}</Cell>
       )}
-      {['elife', 'ncrc'].includes(process.env.INSTANCE_NAME) && (
+      {['elife'].includes(process.env.INSTANCE_NAME) && (
         <Cell>{manuscript.submission && manuscript.submission.articleId}</Cell>
       )}
+      {['ncrc'].includes(process.env.INSTANCE_NAME) && (
+        <Cell><span style={{wordBreak: "break-word"}}>{manuscript.submission && manuscript.submission.articleDescription}</span></Cell>
+      )}
       <Cell>{convertTimestampToDate(manuscript.created)}</Cell>
       <Cell>{convertTimestampToDate(manuscript.updated)}</Cell>
       {process.env.INSTANCE_NAME === 'ncrc' && (
diff --git a/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscripts.jsx b/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscripts.jsx
index 2d904ac63c303a28edf9228c5176d836c84f84d4..7b8acd709aa75d4cebbd6b1bbbfa885a6dace04c 100644
--- a/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscripts.jsx
+++ b/app/components/component-manuscripts/src/Manuscripts.jsx
@@ -114,10 +114,15 @@ const Manuscripts = ({ history, ...props }) => {
               {process.env.INSTANCE_NAME === 'aperture' && (
                 <SortHeader thisSortName="meta:title">Title</SortHeader>
               )}
-              {['elife', 'ncrc'].includes(process.env.INSTANCE_NAME) && (
+              {['elife'].includes(process.env.INSTANCE_NAME) && (
                 <SortHeader thisSortName="submission:articleId">
                   Article Id
                 </SortHeader>
+              )}
+               {['ncrc'].includes(process.env.INSTANCE_NAME) && (
+                <SortHeader thisSortName="submission:articleDescription">
+                  Description
+                </SortHeader>
               )}
               <SortHeader thisSortName="created">Created</SortHeader>
               <SortHeader thisSortName="updated">Updated</SortHeader>