diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index cc5b25b9c558607dc7089ee47d8e3a7bee35f7d2..73f4038e8767a3c2f532855f42093729ce867a3a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     ],
 	"require": {
 		"silex/silex": ">=2.0",
-		"jards/eventsapiclient": "=3.0",
+		"jards/eventsapiclient": "=3.1",
 		"jards/gcsjardsapiclient": "=2.1",
 		"phpmailer/phpmailer": ">=6.0"
 	},
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index ab6186a62e946fdf546cb0c27fb1a63fc2f3f6ae..0cc0caeceed686bb7e510f090d3a36a662409b1d 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {
     "_readme": [
         "This file locks the dependencies of your project to a known state",
-        "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
+        "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "59a3b1ffcc680df0da87660605b8e38c",
+    "content-hash": "817b1b07c4d12ae5dabfa859d38696b4",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "jards/eventsapiclient",
-            "version": "v3.0",
+            "version": "v3.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://gitlab.version.fz-juelich.de/jards/EventsAPIClient.git",
-                "reference": "ebb8d6f6e1d10fcebc46974e4b8886a489ef97fc"
+                "reference": "cad3fd33956e8daa1f368f06fc8da50b3d08bebe"
             },
             "require": {
                 "ext-curl": "*",
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 "sdk",
                 "swagger"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-01-16T07:04:14+00:00"
+            "time": "2018-06-07T07:00:45+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "jards/gcsjardsapiclient",
diff --git a/composer.phar b/composer.phar
index 041775a1274ffc0a74952eec9ceedfc062644408..4055d874a1a1f195c0a08966e4e0e9dbaaf0a5e0 100755
Binary files a/composer.phar and b/composer.phar differ
diff --git a/rest/events/events_api.json b/rest/events/events_api.json
index ad18ec194329dc4bc500f5bc18f9ede5e321f9c3..e498b08a4258fd145e9653b2d844aab69cf02786 100644
--- a/rest/events/events_api.json
+++ b/rest/events/events_api.json
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@
 			            	 "type": {
 			            	   "description": "Proposal type such as extension or new",
 			            		 "type": "string"
+			            	 },
+			            	 "projecttype": {
+			            	   "description": "Type of requested project, e.g. regular, test or large scale",
+			            		 "type": "string"
 			            	 }
 			             }
 		}