diff --git a/src/js/widgets/search_bar/quick-field-desc.js b/src/js/widgets/search_bar/quick-field-desc.js
index 2b0a06911..4abafe579 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/search_bar/quick-field-desc.js
+++ b/src/js/widgets/search_bar/quick-field-desc.js
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@ define({
     syntax: ['title:"phrase"'],
     example: ['title:"weak lensing"'],
   },
+  uat: {
+    title: 'UAT keyword',
+    description: 'Search for a UAT keyword',
+    syntax: ['uat:"keyword"'],
+    example: ['uat:"cosmology"'],
+  },
   volume: {
     title: 'volume',
     description: 'Search for papers with a given volume',
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/option-dropdown.html b/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/option-dropdown.html
index 886bc7ee5..da68dd060 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/option-dropdown.html
+++ b/src/js/widgets/search_bar/templates/option-dropdown.html
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       >date published</option
     >
     <option value="title">title</option>
+    <option value="uat">uat</option>
     <option value="volume">volume</option>
     <option value="year" data-field="year">year</option>
   </optgroup>