diff --git a/archive_api/service/essdive_transfer/crosswalk.py b/archive_api/service/essdive_transfer/crosswalk.py
index 8523c9d2..67dd29a8 100644
--- a/archive_api/service/essdive_transfer/crosswalk.py
+++ b/archive_api/service/essdive_transfer/crosswalk.py
@@ -270,14 +270,16 @@ def dataset_transform(dataset) -> Tuple[Dict, Optional[TextIO]]:
     # --- Funding Organization and Contract Numbers ---
     funders = [JSONLD_FUNDER]
     if dataset.funding_organizations:
-        # if there are line breaks, commas, or semicolons, we assume multiple funders
-        for f in re.split('[\n,;]', dataset.funding_organizations):
+        # if there are line breaks, we assume multiple funders
+        for f in re.split('\n', dataset.funding_organizations):
             funders.append({"name": f.strip()})
 
     # --- DOE Funding Contract Numbers --
-    awards = None
+    awards = []
     if dataset.doe_funding_contract_numbers:
-        awards = re.split('[\n,;]', dataset.doe_funding_contract_numbers)
+        # if there are line breaks, we assume multiple funders
+        for f in re.split('[\n,]', dataset.doe_funding_contract_numbers):
+            awards.append(f.strip())
 
     # --- ASSIGN TO JSON-LD ----
 
diff --git a/ui/static/js/metadata/dataset.json b/ui/static/js/metadata/dataset.json
index 15a37739..8514e3c5 100644
--- a/ui/static/js/metadata/dataset.json
+++ b/ui/static/js/metadata/dataset.json
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         "description": "<p style='font-size: small;'>(BER is assumed by default.)</p><p>U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)</p>",
         "sequence": 16,
         "multiple": false,
-        "tooltip": "<p>Identify the agencies and offices that funded the work to generate the dataset. Separate multiple funders with a comma and a space. <b>This field has a limit of 1024 characters.</b></p>",
+        "tooltip": "<p>Identify the agencies and offices that funded the work to generate the dataset. Separate multiple funders with a newline. <b>This field has a limit of 1024 characters.</b></p>",
         "placeholder": "Add additional funding organizations other than the default."
     },
     "doe_funding_contract_numbers": {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
         "description": "<p style='font-size: small;'>(NGEE-Tropics is assumed by default through LBNL contract)</p><p>DE-AC02-05CH11231 will be automatically prepended</p>",
         "sequence": 17,
         "multiple": false,
-        "tooltip": "<p>List the numbers of any DOE contract under which the work was funded. If no DOE funding for this dataset or field is empty set as 'DE-AC02-05CH11231'. If the dataset is a result of a joint effort between two or more DOE Site/Facility Management Contractors, etc., additional DOE contract numbers may be entered. <b>This field has a limit of 100 characters.</b></p>",
+        "tooltip": "<p>List the numbers of any DOE contract under which the work was funded.If no DOE funding for this dataset or field is empty set as 'DE-AC02-05CH11231'. If the dataset is a result of a joint effort between two or more DOE Site/Facility Management Contractors, etc., additional DOE contract numbers may be entered. <b>This field has a limit of 100 characters.  Separate multiple funders with a newline or comma(,). </b></p>",
         "placeholder": "Add additional contract numbers other than the default."
     },
     "acknowledgement": {