diff --git a/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb b/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
index 526f76a..d431436 100644
--- a/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
   def new
     @plan = Plan.new
     authorize @plan
-    
+
     # Get all of the available funders and non-funder orgs
     @funders = Org.funders.sort{|x,y| x.name <=> y.name }
     @orgs = (Org.institutions + Org.managing_orgs).flatten.uniq.sort{|x,y| x.name <=> y.name }
-    
+
     # Get the current user's org
     @default_org = current_user.org if @orgs.include?(current_user.org)
-      
+
     respond_to :html
   end
 
@@ -32,42 +32,42 @@
   def create
     @plan = Plan.new
     authorize @plan
-    
+
     @plan.principal_investigator = current_user.surname.blank? ? nil : "#{current_user.firstname} #{current_user.surname}"
     @plan.data_contact = current_user.email
     @plan.funder_name = plan_params[:funder_name]
-    
+
     # If a template hasn't been identified look for the available templates
     if plan_params[:template_id].blank?
       template_options(plan_params[:org_id], plan_params[:funder_id])
 
       # Return the 'Select a template' section
       respond_to do |format|
-        format.js {} 
+        format.js {}
       end
-    
+
     # Otherwise create the plan
     else
       @plan.template = Template.find(plan_params[:template_id])
-      
+
       if plan_params[:title].blank?
-        @plan.title = current_user.firstname.blank? ? _('My Plan') + '(' + @plan.template.title + ')' : 
+        @plan.title = current_user.firstname.blank? ? _('My Plan') + '(' + @plan.template.title + ')' :
                                     current_user.firstname + "'s" + _(" Plan")
       else
         @plan.title = plan_params[:title]
       end
-      
+
       if @plan.save
         @plan.assign_creator(current_user)
-    
+
         default = Template.find_by(is_default: true)
-        
+
         msg = "#{_('Plan was successfully created.')} "
-        
+
         if !default.nil? && default == @plan.template
           # We used the generic/default template
           msg += _('This plan is based on the default template.')
-                 
+
         elsif !@plan.template.customization_of.nil?
           # We used a customized version of the the funder template
           msg += "#{_('This plan is based on the')} #{plan_params[:funder_name]} #{_('template with customisations by the')} #{plan_params[:org_name]}"
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@
           # We used the specified org's or funder's template
           msg += "#{_('This plan is based on the')} #{@plan.template.org.name} template."
         end
-        
+
         flash[:notice] = msg
-        
+
         respond_to do |format|
           format.js { render js: "window.location='#{plan_url(@plan)}?editing=true'" }
         end
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         # Something went wrong so report the issue to the user
         flash[:notice] = failed_create_error(@plan, 'Plan')
         respond_to do |format|
-          format.js {} 
+          format.js {}
         end
       end
     end
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
   def show
     @plan = Plan.eager_load(params[:id])
     authorize @plan
+
     @editing = (!params[:editing].nil? && @plan.administerable_by?(current_user.id))
 
     # Get all Guidance Groups applicable for the plan and group them by org
@@ -109,8 +110,8 @@
     @important_ggs = []
     @important_ggs << [current_user.org, @all_ggs_grouped_by_org.delete(current_user.org)]
     @all_ggs_grouped_by_org.each do |org, ggs|
-      if org.organisation? 
-        @important_ggs << [org,ggs] 
+      if org.organisation?
+        @important_ggs << [org,ggs]
         @all_ggs_grouped_by_org.delete(org)
       end
     end
@@ -377,11 +378,26 @@
     end
   end
 
+  def duplicate
+    plan = Plan.find(params[:id])
+    authorize plan
+    @plan = Plan.deep_copy(plan)
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @plan.save
+        @plan.assign_creator(current_user)
+        format.html { redirect_to @plan, notice: _('Plan was successfully duplicated.') }
+        format.json { head :no_content }
+      else
+        flash[:notice] = failed_update_error(@plan, _('plan'))
+        format.html { render action: "edit" }
+      end
+    end
+  end
 
 
   private
 
-  def plan_params 
+  def plan_params
     params.require(:plan).permit(:org_id, :org_name, :funder_id, :funder_name, :template_id, :title)
   end
 
@@ -452,7 +468,7 @@
   # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   def template_options(org_id, funder_id)
     @templates = []
-    
+
     if !org_id.blank? || !funder_id.blank?
       if funder_id.blank?
         # Load the org's template(s)
@@ -461,15 +477,15 @@
           @templates = Template.where(published: true, org: org, customization_of: nil).to_a
           @msg = _("We found multiple DMP templates corresponding to the research organisation.") if @templates.count > 1
         end
-        
+
       else
         funder = Org.find(funder_id)
         # Load the funder's template(s)
         @templates = Template.where(published: true, org: funder).to_a
-        
+
         unless org_id.blank?
           org = Org.find(org_id)
-          
+
           # Swap out any organisational cusotmizations of a funder template
           @templates.each do |tmplt|
             customization = Template.find_by(published: true, org: org, customization_of: tmplt.dmptemplate_id)
@@ -479,17 +495,17 @@
             end
           end
         end
-        
+
         msg = _("We found multiple DMP templates corresponding to the funder.") if @templates.count > 1
       end
     end
-    
+
     # If no templates were available use the generic templates
     if @templates.empty?
       @msg = _("Using the generic Data Management Plan")
       @templates << Template.find_by(is_default: true)
     end
-    
+
     @templates = @templates.sort{|x,y| x.title <=> y.title } if @templates.count > 1
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/answer.rb b/app/models/answer.rb
index 54ac937..04b26e5 100644
--- a/app/models/answer.rb
+++ b/app/models/answer.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Answer < ActiveRecord::Base
-  
+
   ##
   # Associations
 	belongs_to :question
@@ -13,27 +13,40 @@
   ##
   # Possibly needed for active_admin
   #   -relies on protected_attributes gem as syntax depricated in rails 4.2
-  attr_accessible :text, :plan_id, :lock_version, :question_id, :user_id, :question_option_ids, 
+  attr_accessible :text, :plan_id, :lock_version, :question_id, :user_id, :question_option_ids,
                   :question, :user, :plan, :question_options, :notes, :note_ids, :id,
                   :as => [:default, :admin]
 
   ##
   # Validations
 #  validates :user, :plan, :question, presence: true
-#  
+#
 #  # Make sure there is only one answer per question!
-#  validates :question, uniqueness: {scope: [:plan], 
+#  validates :question, uniqueness: {scope: [:plan],
 #                                    message: I18n.t('helpers.answer.only_one_per_question')}
-#                                    
+#
 #  # The answer MUST have a text value if the question is NOT option based or a question_option if
-#  # it is option based. 
-#  validates :text, presence: true, if: Proc.new{|a| 
+#  # it is option based.
+#  validates :text, presence: true, if: Proc.new{|a|
 #    (a.question.nil? ? false : !a.question.question_format.option_based?)
 #  }
-#  validates :question_options, presence: true, if: Proc.new{|a| 
+#  validates :question_options, presence: true, if: Proc.new{|a|
 #    (a.question.nil? ? false : a.question.question_format.option_based?)
 #  }
-#  
+#
 #  # Make sure the plan and question are associated with the same template!
 #  validates :plan, :question, answer_for_correct_template: true
+
+
+
+  ##
+  # deep copy the given answer
+  #
+  # @params [Answer] question_option to be deep copied
+  # @return [Answer] the saved, copied answer
+  def self.deep_copy(answer)
+    answer_copy = answer.dup
+    answer_copy.save!
+    return answer_copy
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/guidance.rb b/app/models/guidance.rb
index 8ba321b..ca9ab48 100644
--- a/app/models/guidance.rb
+++ b/app/models/guidance.rb
@@ -129,5 +129,4 @@
     # pass the list of viewable guidances to the view
     return all_viewable_guidances.flatten
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/app/models/guidance_group.rb b/app/models/guidance_group.rb
index 892a47e..79f4ec4 100644
--- a/app/models/guidance_group.rb
+++ b/app/models/guidance_group.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   has_and_belongs_to_many :plans, join_table: :plans_guidance_groups
   # depricated but needed for migration "single_group_for_guidance"
   # has_and_belongs_to_many :guidances, join_table: "guidance_in_group"
-  
+
 
   ##
   # Possibly needed for active_admin
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 
 
-  
+
 
   ##
   # Converts the current guidance group to a string containing the display name.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   # @return [Array<GuidanceGroup>] a list of guidance groups
   def self.guidance_groups_excluding(excluded_orgs)
     excluded_org_ids = Array.new
-    
+
     if excluded_orgs.is_a?(Array)
       excluded_orgs.each do |org|
         excluded_org_ids << org.id
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     else
       excluded_org_ids << excluded_orgs
     end
-    
+
     return_orgs =  GuidanceGroup.where("org_id NOT IN (?)", excluded_org_ids)
     return return_orgs
   end
diff --git a/app/models/org.rb b/app/models/org.rb
index e11d5e1..22c5f98 100644
--- a/app/models/org.rb
+++ b/app/models/org.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   has_many :templates
   has_many :users
   has_many :suggested_answers
-  
+
   has_and_belongs_to_many :token_permission_types, join_table: "org_token_permissions", unique: true
 
   ##
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #	attr_accessible :abbreviation, :banner_text, :logo, :remove_logo,
 #                  :logo_file_name, :name, :target_url,
 #                  :organisation_type_id, :wayfless_entity, :parent_id, :sort_name,
-#                  :token_permission_type_ids, :language_id, :contact_email, 
+#                  :token_permission_type_ids, :language_id, :contact_email,
 #                  :language, :org_type, :region, :token_permission_types
 
   ##
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   # What do they do? do they do it efficiently, and do we need them?
 
   # Determines the locale set for the organisation
-  # @return String or nil 
+  # @return String or nil
   def get_locale
     if !self.language.nil?
       return self.language.abbreviation
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     end
     return children
   end
-  
+
   ##
   # returns a list of all guidance groups belonging to other organisations
   #
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 		end
 		return organisations_list
 	end
-  
+
   ##
   # returns a list of all sections of a given version from this organisation and it's parents
   #
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 			return sections.where("version_id = ? ", version_id).all + parent.all_sections(version_id)
 		end
 	end
-  
+
   ##
   # returns the guidance groups of this organisation and all of it's children
   #
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 		end
 		return ggs
 	end
-  
+
   ##
   # returns the highest parent organisation in the tree
   #
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 		end
 	end
 =end
-  
+
   ##
   # returns all published templates belonging to the organisation
   #
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
       end
     end
   end
-  
+
   private
     ##
     # checks size of logo and resizes if necessary
@@ -233,5 +233,5 @@
           self.logo = logo.thumb('x100')  # resize height and maintain aspect ratio
         end
       end
-    end 
+    end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/plan.rb b/app/models/plan.rb
index 8c8d3c7..324c1af 100644
--- a/app/models/plan.rb
+++ b/app/models/plan.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   ##
   # Possibly needed for active_admin
   #   -relies on protected_attributes gem as syntax depricated in rails 4.2
-  attr_accessible :locked, :project_id, :version_id, :version, :plan_sections, 
+  attr_accessible :locked, :project_id, :version_id, :version, :plan_sections,
                   :exported_plans, :project, :title, :template, :grant_number,
                   :identifier, :principal_investigator, :principal_investigator_identifier,
                   :description, :data_contact, :funder_name, :visibility, :exported_plans,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   # public is a Ruby keyword so using publicly
   enum visibility: [:organisationally_visible, :publicly_visible, :is_test, :privately_visible]
 
-  #TODO: work out why this messes up plan creation : 
+  #TODO: work out why this messes up plan creation :
   #   briley: Removed reliance on :users, its really on :roles (shouldn't have a plan without at least a creator right?) It should be ok like this though now
 #  validates :template, :title, presence: true
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
         end
       end
     end
-    
+
     # Get guidance by theme from any guidance groups currently selected
     self.guidance_groups.each do |group|
       group.guidances.each do |guidance|
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
       format = rec.qformat
 
       answer = nil
-      if qa_map.has_key?(qid) 
+      if qa_map.has_key?(qid)
         answer = qa_map[qid]
       end
 
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
       opt_hash[aid] << optid
     end
 
-    status["questions"].each_key do |questionid| 
+    status["questions"].each_key do |questionid|
       answerid = status["questions"][questionid]["answer_id"]
       status["questions"][questionid]["answer_option_ids"] = opt_hash[answerid]
     end
@@ -634,10 +634,10 @@
     user_id = user_id.id if user_id.is_a?(User)
     add_user(user_id, true, true, true)
   end
-  
 
 
-# TODO: commenting these out because they are overriden by private methods below, so this 
+
+# TODO: commenting these out because they are overriden by private methods below, so this
 #       is unreachable
 =begin
   ##
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@
   end
 =end
 
-# TODO: What are these used for? Should just be using self.org and self.org.funder? 
+# TODO: What are these used for? Should just be using self.org and self.org.funder?
 =begin
   ##
   # sets a new funder for the project
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
     self.dmptemplate.try(:organisation).try(:abbreviation)
   end
 =end
-  
+
 
 
   # the following two methods are for eager loading. One gets used for the plan/show
@@ -979,6 +979,26 @@
       ]).find(id)
   end
 
+  # deep copy the given plan and all of it's associations
+  #
+  # @params [Plan] plan to be deep copied
+  # @return [Plan] saved copied plan
+  def self.deep_copy(plan)
+    plan_copy = plan.dup
+    plan_copy.title = "Copy of " + plan.title
+    plan_copy.save!
+    plan.answers.each do |answer|
+      answer_copy = Answer.deep_copy(answer)
+      answer_copy.plan_id = plan_copy.id
+      answer_copy.save!
+    end
+    plan.guidance_groups.each do |guidance_group|
+      if guidance_group.present?
+        plan_copy.guidance_groups << GuidanceGroup.where(id: guidance_group.id).first
+      end
+    end
+    return plan_copy
+  end
 
 
   private
@@ -1026,12 +1046,12 @@
     end
 
     role.save
-    
-    # This is necessary because we're creating the associated record but not assigning it 
+
+    # This is necessary because we're creating the associated record but not assigning it
     # to roles. Auto-saving like this may be confusing when coding upstream in a controller,
-    # view or api. Should probably change this to: 
+    # view or api. Should probably change this to:
     #    self.roles << role
-    # and then let the save be called manually via: 
+    # and then let the save be called manually via:
     #    plan.save!
     #self.reload
   end
@@ -1111,7 +1131,7 @@
   # --------------------------------------------------------
   def set_creation_defaults
     # Only run this before_validation because rails fires this before save/create
-    if self.id.nil? 
+    if self.id.nil?
       self.title = "My plan (#{self.template.title})" if self.title.nil? && !self.template.nil?
       self.visibility = 1
     end
diff --git a/app/policies/plan_policy.rb b/app/policies/plan_policy.rb
index d6c8703..173b284 100644
--- a/app/policies/plan_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/plan_policy.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     @user = user
     @plan = plan
   end
-  
+
   def show?
     @plan.readable_by?(@user.id)
   end
@@ -39,15 +39,19 @@
   def destroy?
     @plan.editable_by?(@user.id)
   end
-  
+
   def status?
     @plan.readable_by?(@user.id)
   end
-  
+
   def possible_templates?
     @plan.id.nil?
   end
 
+  def duplicate?
+    @plan.editable_by?(@user.id)
+  end
+
 # TODO: These routes are no lonmger used
 =begin
   def section_answers?
diff --git a/app/views/plans/_plan_list_item.html.erb b/app/views/plans/_plan_list_item.html.erb
index ad1dff2..64a6e99 100644
--- a/app/views/plans/_plan_list_item.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/plans/_plan_list_item.html.erb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
       <%= link_to _('Export'), show_export_plan_path(plan), :class => "dmp_table_link"%>
 
+      <%= link_to _('Duplicate'), duplicate_plan_path(plan), method: :post, :class => "dmp_table_link"%>
+
       <% if plan.administerable_by?(current_user.id) then %>
         <%= link_to _('Delete'), plan_path(plan), :class => "dmp_table_link",
           :method => :delete, :data => {
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 1f4d9a1..5f82f75 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -31,26 +31,26 @@
   end
 
   devise_for :users, controllers: {
-        registrations: "registrations", 
-        passwords: 'passwords', 
-        sessions: 'sessions', 
+        registrations: "registrations",
+        passwords: 'passwords',
+        sessions: 'sessions',
         omniauth_callbacks: 'users/omniauth_callbacks'} do
-        
+
     get "/users/sign_out", :to => "devise/sessions#destroy"
   end
-  
+
   # WAYFless access point - use query param idp
   #get 'auth/shibboleth' => 'users/omniauth_shibboleth_request#redirect', :as => 'user_omniauth_shibboleth'
   #get 'auth/shibboleth/assoc' => 'users/omniauth_shibboleth_request#associate', :as => 'user_shibboleth_assoc'
   #post '/auth/:provider/callback' => 'sessions#oauth_create'
-  
+
   # fix for activeadmin signout bug
   devise_scope :user do
     get '/users/sign_out' => 'devise/sessions#destroy'
   end
 
   delete '/users/identifiers/:id', to: 'user_identifiers#destroy', as: 'destroy_user_identifier'
-  
+
   #ActiveAdmin.routes(self)
 
   #organisation admin area
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@
     get "public_plans" => 'static_pages#public_plans'
     get "public_export/:id" => 'static_pages#public_export', as: 'public_export'
     get "existing_users" => 'existing_users#index'
-  
+
     #post 'contact_form' => 'contacts', as: 'localized_contact_creation'
     #get 'contact_form' => 'contacts#new', as: 'localized_contact_form'
-    
+
     resources :orgs, :path => 'org/admin', only: [] do
       member do
         get 'children'
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
         get 'section_answers'
         get 'share'
         get 'show_export'
+        post 'duplicate'
         get 'export'
         post 'invite'
       end