diff --git a/admin/cedar/forms.py b/admin/cedar/forms.py
index f2eb43c6a9b..e446dde4196 100644
--- a/admin/cedar/forms.py
+++ b/admin/cedar/forms.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-from django.forms import ModelForm, CharField, JSONField
+from django.forms import ModelForm, CharField, JSONField, BooleanField
 
 from osf.models import CedarMetadataTemplate
 
+
 class CedarMetadataTemplateForm(ModelForm):
     schema_name = CharField(
         disabled=True,
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ class CedarMetadataTemplateForm(ModelForm):
     template = JSONField(
         disabled=True
     )
+    is_for_collections = BooleanField(label='For collections only:', required=False)
 
     class Meta:
         model = CedarMetadataTemplate
-        fields = ['schema_name', 'cedar_id', 'template_version', 'template', 'active', 'should_index_for_search']
+        fields = ['schema_name', 'cedar_id', 'template_version', 'template', 'is_for_collections', 'active', 'should_index_for_search']
diff --git a/admin/templates/cedar/list.html b/admin/templates/cedar/list.html
index 9d089714e50..0717d1c342b 100644
--- a/admin/templates/cedar/list.html
+++ b/admin/templates/cedar/list.html
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ <h2>List of Cedar Metadata Templates</h2>
             <th>Name</th>
             <th>Version</th>
             <th>Active</th>
+            <th>For Collections only</th>
         </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ <h2>List of Cedar Metadata Templates</h2>
             <td>
                 {{ template.active }}
             </td>
+            <td>
+                {{ template.is_for_collections }}
+            </td>
         </tr>
     {% endfor %}
     </tbody>
diff --git a/api/cedar_metadata_templates/serializers.py b/api/cedar_metadata_templates/serializers.py
index dd3570f9c79..f2463e8a648 100644
--- a/api/cedar_metadata_templates/serializers.py
+++ b/api/cedar_metadata_templates/serializers.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class CedarMetadataTemplateSerializer(JSONAPISerializer):
     class Meta:
         type_ = 'cedar-metadata-templates'
 
-    filterable_fields = frozenset(['schema_name', 'cedar_id', 'active'])
+    filterable_fields = frozenset(['schema_name', 'cedar_id', 'active', 'is_for_collections'])
 
     id = ser.CharField(source='_id', read_only=True)
     schema_name = ser.CharField(read_only=True)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Meta:
     template = ser.DictField(read_only=True)
     active = ser.BooleanField(read_only=True)
     template_version = ser.IntegerField(read_only=True)
+    is_for_collections = ser.BooleanField(read_only=True)
 
     links = LinksField({'self': 'get_absolute_url'})
 
diff --git a/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template.py b/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template.py
index 36a59117fc0..d154c70730b 100644
--- a/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template.py
+++ b/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template.py
@@ -30,8 +30,19 @@ def active_template_alt(self):
         )
 
     @pytest.fixture()
-    def active_template_ids(self, active_template, active_template_alt):
-        return [active_template._id, active_template_alt._id]
+    def active_template_for_collections(self):
+        return CedarMetadataTemplate.objects.create(
+            schema_name=fake.bs(),
+            cedar_id=fake.md5(),
+            template_version=1,
+            template={},
+            active=True,
+            is_for_collections=True
+        )
+
+    @pytest.fixture()
+    def active_template_ids(self, active_template, active_template_alt, active_template_for_collections):
+        return [active_template._id, active_template_alt._id, active_template_for_collections._id]
 
     @pytest.fixture()
     def inactive_template(self):
diff --git a/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template_list.py b/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template_list.py
index 512ee84a03f..f4bbc6cd513 100644
--- a/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template_list.py
+++ b/api_tests/cedar_metadata_templates/views/test_template_list.py
@@ -11,5 +11,19 @@ def test_template_list(self, app, active_template_ids):
         resp = app.get('/_/cedar_metadata_templates/')
         assert resp.status_code == 200
         data = resp.json['data']
-        assert len(data) == 2
+        assert len(data) == 3
         assert set(active_template_ids) == {datum['id'] for datum in data}
+
+    def test_filter_templates_for_collections_only(self, app, active_template_for_collections, active_template_ids):
+        resp = app.get('/_/cedar_metadata_templates/?filter[is_for_collections]=true')
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        data = resp.json['data']
+        assert len(data) == 1
+        assert data[0]['id'] == active_template_for_collections._id
+
+        resp = app.get('/_/cedar_metadata_templates/?filter[is_for_collections]=false')
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        data = resp.json['data']
+        assert len(data) == 2
+        for template in data:
+            assert template['id'] != active_template_for_collections._id
diff --git a/osf/migrations/0042_cedarmetadatatemplate_is_for_collections.py b/osf/migrations/0042_cedarmetadatatemplate_is_for_collections.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f793a8f71aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osf/migrations/0042_cedarmetadatatemplate_is_for_collections.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.26 on 2026-05-28 07:13
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('osf', '0041_cedarmetadatatemplate_should_index_for_search'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='cedarmetadatatemplate',
+            name='is_for_collections',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=False),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/osf/models/cedar_metadata.py b/osf/models/cedar_metadata.py
index df8d4cda4d3..b062f38128e 100644
--- a/osf/models/cedar_metadata.py
+++ b/osf/models/cedar_metadata.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class CedarMetadataTemplate(ObjectIDMixin, BaseModel):
     active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     template_version = models.PositiveIntegerField()
     should_index_for_search = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    is_for_collections = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 
     class Meta:
         unique_together = ('cedar_id', 'template_version')