diff --git a/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb b/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
index 83c119f..6cba2fb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
     authorize Plan
     @plans = Plan.active(current_user).page(1)
     @organisationally_or_publicly_visible = Plan.organisationally_or_publicly_visible(current_user).page(1)
+
+    if params[:plan].present?
+      @template = Template.find(params[:plan][:template_id])
+    end
   end
 
   # GET /plans/new
@@ -153,18 +157,18 @@
   def edit
     plan = Plan.find(params[:id])
     authorize plan
-    
+
     plan, phase = Plan.load_for_phase(params[:id], params[:phase_id])
-    
+
     readonly = !plan.editable_by?(current_user.id)
-    
+
     guidance_groups_ids = plan.guidance_groups.collect(&:id)
-    
+
     guidance_groups =  GuidanceGroup.where(published: true, id: guidance_groups_ids)
     # Since the answers have been pre-fetched through plan (see Plan.load_for_phase)
     # we create a hash whose keys are question id and value is the answer associated
     answers = plan.answers.reduce({}){ |m, a| m[a.question_id] = a; m }
-    
+
     render('/phases/edit', locals: {
       base_template_org: phase.template.base_org,
       plan: plan, phase: phase, readonly: readonly,
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@
       guidance_groups: guidance_groups,
       answers: answers })
   end
-  
+
   # PUT /plans/1
   # PUT /plans/1.json
   def update
@@ -186,7 +190,7 @@
         guidance_group_ids = params[:guidance_group_ids].blank? ? [] : params[:guidance_group_ids].map(&:to_i).uniq
         @plan.guidance_groups = GuidanceGroup.where(id: guidance_group_ids)
         @plan.save
-      
+
         if @plan.update_attributes(attrs)
           format.html { redirect_to overview_plan_path(@plan), notice: success_message(_('plan'), _('saved')) }
           format.json {render json: {code: 1, msg: success_message(_('plan'), _('saved'))}}
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@
           format.html { render action: "edit" }
           format.json {render json: {code: 0, msg: flash[:alert]}}
         end
-        
+
       rescue Exception
         flash[:alert] = failed_update_error(@plan, _('plan'))
         format.html { render action: "edit" }
diff --git a/app/helpers/template_helper.rb b/app/helpers/template_helper.rb
index bfe0888..3ed80ea 100644
--- a/app/helpers/template_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/template_helper.rb
@@ -6,15 +6,17 @@
     a.join(separator)
   end
 
-  def direct_link(template, hidden = false)
-    params = {
-      org_id: template.org.id,
-      funder_id: '-1',
-      template_id: template.id,
-    }
+  def direct_link(template, hidden = false, text = nil)
+    params = { org_id: template.org.id, funder_id: '-1', template_id: template.id }
+    cls = text.nil? ? 'direct-link' : 'direct-link btn btn-default'
+    style = hidden ? 'display: none' : ''
 
-    link_to(plans_url(plan: params), method: :post, title: _('Create plan'), class: 'direct-link', style: hidden ? 'display: none' : '') do
-      '<span class="fa fa-plus-square"></span>'.html_safe
+    link_to(plans_url(plan: params), method: :post, title: _('Create plan'), class: cls, style: style) do
+      if text.nil?
+        '<span class="fa fa-plus-square"></span>'.html_safe
+      else
+        text.html_safe
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/plans/index.html.erb b/app/views/plans/index.html.erb
index 862d276..e8e9397 100644
--- a/app/views/plans/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/plans/index.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <% title _('My Dashboard') %>
 <div class="row">
-  <div class="col-md-12">    
+  <div class="col-md-12">
     <h1><%= _('My Dashboard') %></h1>
     <!-- if the user has projects -->
     <p>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <%= paginable_renderise(
       partial: '/paginable/plans/privately_visible',
       controller: 'paginable/plans',
-      action: 'privately_visible', 
+      action: 'privately_visible',
       scope: @plans,
       query_params: { sort_field: 'plans.updated_at', sort_direction: 'desc' }) %>
   </div>
@@ -43,3 +43,5 @@
     <% end %>
   </div>
 </div>
+
+<%= render 'shared/create_plan_modal' unless @template.nil? %>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_copy_link_modal.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_copy_link_modal.html.erb
index 5f62bfc..c9c8d07 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_copy_link_modal.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_copy_link_modal.html.erb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       <input type="text" id="link" readonly="readonly" style="width: 100%">
     </div>
     <div class="modal-footer">
-      <button id="copy-link-btn" class="btn btn-default pull-right"><%= _('Copy link') %></button>
+      <button id="copy-link-btn" class="btn btn-default"><%= _('Copy link') %></button>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_create_plan_modal.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_create_plan_modal.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6523ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/shared/_create_plan_modal.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<div id="create-modal" class="modal in" role="dialog">
+  <div class="modal-dialog">
+    <div class="modal-header">
+      <button class="close" type="button" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
+      <h4 class="modal-title"><%= _('Create plan') %></h4>
+    </div>
+    <div class="modal-body">
+      <p><%= _('Would you like to create a plan based on the "%{name}" template?') % { name: @template.title }%></p>
+    </div>
+    <div class="modal-footer">
+      <%= direct_link(@template, false, _('Yes')) %>
+      <button class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal"><%= _('No') %></button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/lib/assets/javascripts/views/plans/index.js b/lib/assets/javascripts/views/plans/index.js
index b030b67..b3cd74c 100644
--- a/lib/assets/javascripts/views/plans/index.js
+++ b/lib/assets/javascripts/views/plans/index.js
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@
   $(paginableSelector).on('ajax:error', '.set_test_plan', () => {
     // TODO adequate error handling for network error
   });
+
+  $('#create-modal').modal('show');
 });