diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/experiments.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/experiments.scss
index 98bc4b117..ac62ade47 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/experiments.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/experiments.scss
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@
           }
         }
       }
+
+      &.readonly {
+        .experiment-name-cell {
+          margin-left: 0 !important;
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/permissions/project.rb b/app/permissions/project.rb
index 84bd0243b..92347ff64 100644
--- a/app/permissions/project.rb
+++ b/app/permissions/project.rb
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@ Canaid::Permissions.register_for(Project) do
   end
 
   # experiment: create
-  can :create_experiments do |user, project|
-    user.is_user_or_higher_of_project?(project)
+  %i(create_experiments
+     manage_experiments)
+    .each do |perm|
+    can perm do |user, project|
+      user.is_user_or_higher_of_project?(project)
+    end
   end
 
   # project: create comment
diff --git a/app/views/projects/show.html.erb b/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
index 469c4fb13..5e5b4a58f 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/show.html.erb
@@ -11,14 +11,18 @@
   <%= render partial: 'projects/show/header' %>
 
   <div class="project-show-container">
-    <div class="cards-wrapper" id="cardsWrapper" data-experiments-cards-url="<%= experiments_cards_project_path(@project) %>">
+    <div class="cards-wrapper <%= 'readonly' unless can_manage_experiments?(@project) %>"
+         id="cardsWrapper"
+         data-experiments-cards-url="<%= experiments_cards_project_path(@project) %>">
       <!-- list -->
       <div class="table-header">
         <div class="table-header-cell select-all-checkboxes">
-          <div class="sci-checkbox-container">
-            <input value="1" type="checkbox" class="sci-checkbox select-all">
-            <span class="sci-checkbox-label"></span>
-          </div>
+          <% if can_manage_experiments?(@project) %>
+            <div class="sci-checkbox-container">
+              <input value="1" type="checkbox" class="sci-checkbox select-all">
+              <span class="sci-checkbox-label"></span>
+            </div>
+          <% end %>
         </div>
         <div class="table-header-cell"><%= t('experiments.card.name') %></div>
         <div class="table-header-cell"><%= t('experiments.card.start_date') %></div>
diff --git a/app/views/projects/show/_experiment_card.html.erb b/app/views/projects/show/_experiment_card.html.erb
index e919b9db2..ebc229e5a 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/show/_experiment_card.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/show/_experiment_card.html.erb
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
      data-restorable="<%= experiment.archived? && can_restore_experiment?(experiment) %>"
      data-duplicable="<%= can_clone_experiment?(experiment) %>"
 >
-  <div class="checkbox-cell table-cell">
-    <div class="sci-checkbox-container">
-      <input value="1" type="checkbox" class="sci-checkbox experiment-card-selector">
-      <span class="sci-checkbox-label"></span>
+    <div class="checkbox-cell table-cell">
+      <% if can_manage_experiments?(experiment.project) %>
+        <div class="sci-checkbox-container">
+          <input value="1" type="checkbox" class="sci-checkbox experiment-card-selector">
+          <span class="sci-checkbox-label"></span>
+        </div>
+      <% end %>
     </div>
-  </div>
   <div class="experiment-name-cell table-cell">
     <div class="workflow-img-container" list-render="true">
     </div>
@@ -22,9 +24,11 @@
       <%= link_to experiment.name, canvas_experiment_path(experiment), title: experiment.name %>
     <% end %>
   </div>
-  <div class="actions actions-cell table-cell">
-    <%= render partial: 'projects/show/experiment_actions_dropdown.html.erb', locals: { experiment: experiment } %>
-  </div>
+    <div class="actions actions-cell table-cell">
+      <% if can_manage_experiments?(experiment.project) %>
+        <%= render partial: 'projects/show/experiment_actions_dropdown.html.erb', locals: { experiment: experiment } %>
+      <% end %>
+    </div>
   <div class="dates-and-img-container">
     <div class="dates-container">
       <div class="data-row start-date-cell table-cell">