diff --git a/app/dashboard/controller.ts b/app/dashboard/controller.ts
index 8f24ac8ad..66f0bae04 100644
--- a/app/dashboard/controller.ts
+++ b/app/dashboard/controller.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default class Dashboard extends Controller {
     popular!: QueryHasManyResult<Node>;
     useSimplePage: boolean = simplePage;
     useSearch: string = useSearch ? 'true' : 'false';
+    canCreateNewProject: boolean = true;
 
     @task({ restartable: true })
     setupTask = task(function *(this: Dashboard) {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export default class Dashboard extends Controller {
             this.findNodes.perform(),
             this.getPopularAndNoteworthy.perform(popularNode, 'popular'),
             this.getPopularAndNoteworthy.perform(noteworthyNode, 'noteworthy'),
+            this.checkCreateProjectPermission.perform(),
         ]);
 
         this.set('institutions', institutions.toArray());
@@ -119,6 +121,20 @@ export default class Dashboard extends Controller {
         }
     });
 
+    @task({ restartable: true })
+    checkCreateProjectPermission = task(function *(this: Dashboard) {
+        const user = yield this.currentUser.user;
+        const url: string = `${config.OSF.apiUrl}/v2/users/${user.id}/settings/create-project-permission/`;
+        try {
+            const response = yield this.currentUser.authenticatedAJAX({ url });
+            if (response) {
+                this.set('canCreateNewProject', response.can_create_new_project);
+            }
+        } catch (e) {
+            this.set('canCreateNewProject', true);
+        }
+    });
+
     @alias('currentUser.user') user!: User;
 
     @or('nodes.length', 'filter', 'findNodes.isRunning') hasNodes!: boolean;
diff --git a/app/dashboard/template.hbs b/app/dashboard/template.hbs
index a350b3471..d7a3809e9 100644
--- a/app/dashboard/template.hbs
+++ b/app/dashboard/template.hbs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                                         @onClick={{action this.openModal}}
                                         @type='success'
                                         @class='m-t-md f-w-xl'
+                                        @disabled={{not this.canCreateNewProject}}
                                     >
                                         {{t 'dashboard.create_new_project_button'}}
                                     </OsfButton>
diff --git a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/component.ts b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/component.ts
index 67f124ec0..ecc2ab329 100644
--- a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/component.ts
+++ b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/component.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export default class NewProjectModal extends Component {
     regions: Region[] = [];
     running: boolean = false;
     createError: boolean = false;
+    createErrorMessage?: string;
 
     makeProjectAffiliate: boolean = projectAffiliate;
 
@@ -147,6 +148,16 @@ export default class NewProjectModal extends Component {
             this.afterProjectCreated(node);
         } catch (error) {
             this.toast.error(this.intl.t('new_project.create_failed_header'));
+            let errorMessage = this.intl.t('new_project.create_failed_msg');
+            const errorObj = error.errors.firstObject;
+            if (errorObj && errorObj.status) {
+                if (errorObj.status === 403) {
+                    errorMessage = this.intl.t('new_project.forbidden');
+                } else if (errorObj.status === 400 && errorObj.type === 1) {
+                    errorMessage = this.intl.t('new_project.limited');
+                }
+            }
+            this.set('createErrorMessage', errorMessage);
             this.set('createError', true);
         }
     });
diff --git a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/template.hbs b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/template.hbs
index bce166c19..ccf72b616 100644
--- a/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/template.hbs
+++ b/lib/osf-components/addon/components/new-project-modal/template.hbs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             <h3 data-test-create-project-header class='modal-title'>{{t 'new_project.create_failed_header'}}</h3>
         </modal.header>
         <modal.body>
-            <div class='text-left'>{{t 'new_project.create_failed_msg'}}</div>
+            <div class='text-left'>{{this.createErrorMessage}}</div>
         </modal.body>
         <modal.footer data-analytics-scope='New project modal footer'>
             <OsfButton
diff --git a/translations/en-us.yml b/translations/en-us.yml
index c99d3a378..25957e394 100644
--- a/translations/en-us.yml
+++ b/translations/en-us.yml
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ new_project:
     creating: 'Saving your project...'
     create_failed_header: 'Couldn''t create your project'
     create_failed_msg: 'There was an unknown error. Please try again later.'
+    forbidden: 'You do not have permission to operate a project.'
+    limited: 'The new project cannot be created due to the created project number is greater than or equal the project number can create.'
 banners:
     prereg:
         description: 'Improve your next study. Enter the Prereg Challenge and you could win $1,000.'
diff --git a/translations/ja.yml b/translations/ja.yml
index c43423d1d..9e01bfb1d 100644
--- a/translations/ja.yml
+++ b/translations/ja.yml
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ new_project:
     creating: プロジェクトを保存中...
     create_failed_header: プロジェクトを作成できませんでした
     create_failed_msg: '不明なエラーが発生しました。 後でもう一度やり直してください。'
+    forbidden: 'プロジェクトに対する操作権限がありません。'
+    limited: '作成したプロジェクト数が作成可能なプロジェクトの数以上であるために、新規プロジェクトを作成できません。'
 banners:
     prereg:
         description: 'あなたの次の研究を改善してください。 Prereg Challengeに参加すれば$ 1,000を獲得できます。'