diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coAuthorPersonLevelD3.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coAuthorPersonLevelD3.ftl
index 1caa441d3..7024f0528 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coAuthorPersonLevelD3.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coAuthorPersonLevelD3.ftl
@@ -246,15 +246,6 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 	<div  class="sub_headings"><h2><a href="${egoVivoProfileURL}" title="${i18n().author_name}"><span id="ego_label"></span></a><br />${i18n().co_author_network} </h2></div>
     <#if (numOfCoAuthorShips?? && numOfCoAuthorShips > 0) || (numOfAuthors?? && numOfAuthors > 0) > 
         <div class = "graphml-file-link">(<a href="${egoCoAuthorshipNetworkDataFileURL}" title="GraphML ${i18n().file}">GraphML ${i18n().file}</a>)</div>
-    <#else>
-
-        <#if numOfAuthors?? && numOfAuthors <= 0 >
-            <#assign authorsText = "multi-author" />
-        </#if>
-
-        <div id="no_coauthorships">${i18n().currently_no_papers_for(authorsText!)}
-            <a href="${egoVivoProfileURL}" title="${i18n().co_authorship}"><span id="no_coauthorships_person" class="author_name">${i18n().this_author}</span></a> ${i18n().in_the_vivo_db}
-        </div>
     </#if>
 
     <div class = "toggle_visualization">
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coPIPersonLevelD3.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coPIPersonLevelD3.ftl
index c10bb28b4..312207b4f 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coPIPersonLevelD3.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/visualization/personlevel/coPIPersonLevelD3.ftl
@@ -254,23 +254,8 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         
         <#if (numOfCoInvestigations?? && numOfCoInvestigations > 0) || (numOfInvestigators?? && numOfInvestigators > 0) > 
                 <div class = "graphml-file-link"><a href="${egoCoInvestigationNetworkDataFileURL}" title="${i18n().co_investigator}">(GraphML ${i18n().file_capitalized})</a></div>
-        <#else>
-
-            <#if numOfInvestigators?? && numOfInvestigators <= 0 >
-                <#assign investigatorsText = "multi-investigator" />
-            </#if>
-            
-            <span id="no_coinvestigations">${i18n().currently_no_grants_for(investigatorsText!)} 
-                <a href="${egoVivoProfileURL}" title="${i18n().investigator_name}"><span id="no_coinvestigations_person" class="investigator_name">${i18n().this_investigator}</span></a> ${i18n().in_the_vivo_db}
-            </span>                     
         </#if>
     
-    <#else>
-    
-        <span id="no_coinvestigations">${i18n().no_grants_for}
-            <a href="${egoVivoProfileURL}" title="${i18n().co_investigator}"><span id="no_coinvestigations_person" class="investigator_name">${i18n().this_investigator}</span></a> ${i18n().in_the_vivo_db}
-        </span>
-    
     </#if>
     
     <div class = "toggle_visualization">
@@ -290,6 +275,14 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         <div id="bodyPannel">
             <div id="chord" style="float: right;"></div>
         </div>
+    <#else>
+        <#if numOfInvestigators?? && numOfInvestigators <= 0 >
+            <#assign investigatorsText = "multi-investigator" />
+        </#if>
+
+        <span id="no_coinvestigations">${i18n().currently_no_grants_for(investigatorsText!)}
+            <a href="${egoVivoProfileURL}" title="${i18n().investigator_name}"><span id="no_coinvestigations_person" class="investigator_name">${i18n().this_investigator}</span></a> ${i18n().in_the_vivo_db}
+        </span>
     </#if>
 
 
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java
index 3bc10c651..ca9e3fe9c 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipQueryRunner.java
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.query.QueryExecutionFactory;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Model;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.ModelFactory;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.rdfservice.RDFService;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.rdfservice.RDFServiceException;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.rdfservice.ResultSetConsumer;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.visualization.utilities.VisualizationCaches;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.visualization.visutils.UtilityFunctions;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.jena.iri.IRI;
@@ -59,14 +61,16 @@ public class CoAuthorshipQueryRunner implements QueryRunner<CoAuthorshipData> {
 	private String egoURI;
 
 	private RDFService rdfService;
+
+	private VitroRequest vitroRequest;
 	
 	private Log log;
 
-	public CoAuthorshipQueryRunner(String egoURI,
-			RDFService rdfService, Log log) {
+	public CoAuthorshipQueryRunner(String egoURI, VitroRequest vreq, Log log) {
 
 		this.egoURI = egoURI;
-		this.rdfService = rdfService;
+		this.rdfService = vreq.getRDFService();
+		this.vitroRequest = vreq;
 		this.log = log;
 
 	}
@@ -541,6 +545,10 @@ private synchronized CoAuthorshipData getQueryResultAndCache()
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (consumer.egoNode == null) {
+			consumer.egoNode = makeEgoNode();
+		}
+
 		data = consumer.getCollaborationData();
 		if (cacheTime != null) {
 			data.setBuiltFromCacheTime(cacheTime);
@@ -561,6 +569,13 @@ private synchronized CoAuthorshipData getQueryResultAndCache()
 		return data;
 	}
 
+	private Collaborator makeEgoNode() {
+		Collaborator collab = new Collaborator(egoURI, new UniqueIDGenerator());
+		collab.setCollaboratorName(UtilityFunctions.getIndividualLabelFromDAO(vitroRequest, egoURI));
+
+		return collab;
+	}
+
 	private synchronized void expireCache() {
 		for (String key : collaborationDataCache.keySet()) {
 			CollaborationDataCacheEntry entry = collaborationDataCache.get(key);
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipRequestHandler.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipRequestHandler.java
index a938ba81b..032fe2800 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipRequestHandler.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coauthorship/CoAuthorshipRequestHandler.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public Map<String, String> generateDataVisualization(
 								.VIS_MODE_KEY);
 
 		CoAuthorshipQueryRunner queryManager =
-		new CoAuthorshipQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest.getRDFService(), log);
+		new CoAuthorshipQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest, log);
 		
 		CollaborationData authorNodesAndEdges = 
 		queryManager.getQueryResult();
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner.java
index 4c2d9d7c5..07dd3f025 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner.java
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.rdfservice.RDFService;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.rdfservice.RDFServiceException;
 import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.rdfservice.ResultSetConsumer;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.visualization.visutils.UtilityFunctions;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ public class CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner implements QueryRunner<CollaborationData>
 	private String egoURI;
 	
 	private RDFService rdfService;
+	private VitroRequest vitroRequest;
 
 	private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner.class.getName());
 
@@ -78,11 +81,11 @@ public class CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner implements QueryRunner<CollaborationData>
 		+ 		"}";	
 	
 	
-	public CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner(String egoURI,
-			RDFService rdfService, Log log) {
+	public CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner(String egoURI, VitroRequest vreq, Log log) {
 
 		this.egoURI = egoURI;
-		this.rdfService = rdfService;
+		this.rdfService = vreq.getRDFService();
+		this.vitroRequest = vreq;
 	//	this.log = log;
 	}
 	
@@ -283,6 +286,9 @@ private synchronized CoInvestigationData getQueryResultAndCache()
 		try {
 			QueryResultConsumer consumer = new QueryResultConsumer();
 			rdfService.sparqlSelectQuery(generateEgoCoPIquery(this.egoURI), consumer);
+			if (consumer.egoNode == null) {
+				consumer.egoNode = makeEgoNode();
+			}
 			data = consumer.getData();
 		} catch (RDFServiceException e) {
 			log.error("Unable to execute query", e);
@@ -306,6 +312,13 @@ private synchronized CoInvestigationData getQueryResultAndCache()
 		return data;
 	}
 
+	private Collaborator makeEgoNode() {
+		Collaborator collab = new Collaborator(egoURI, new UniqueIDGenerator());
+		collab.setCollaboratorName(UtilityFunctions.getIndividualLabelFromDAO(vitroRequest, egoURI));
+
+		return collab;
+	}
+
 	private synchronized void expireCache() {
 		for (String key : collaborationDataCache.keySet()) {
 			CollaborationDataCacheEntry entry = collaborationDataCache.get(key);
@@ -656,6 +669,7 @@ private String getEdgeUniqueIdentifier(int nodeID1, int nodeID2) {
 			}
 
 		}
+
 		/** END QUERY RESULT CONSUMER **/
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountRequestHandler.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountRequestHandler.java
index 4804a0098..46b030884 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountRequestHandler.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/coprincipalinvestigator/CoPIGrantCountRequestHandler.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public Map<String, String> generateDataVisualization(
 		Model constructedModel = constructQueryRunner.getConstructedModel();
 		
 		QueryRunner<CollaborationData> queryManager = 
-				new CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest.getRDFService(), log);
+				new CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest, log);
 		
 		CollaborationData investigatorNodesAndEdges = queryManager.getQueryResult();
 				
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personlevel/PersonLevelRequestHandler.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personlevel/PersonLevelRequestHandler.java
index 289d9f650..273d25fc6 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personlevel/PersonLevelRequestHandler.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/visualization/personlevel/PersonLevelRequestHandler.java
@@ -105,19 +105,10 @@ private ResponseValues generateStandardVisualizationForPersonLevelVis(
 			String visMode) throws MalformedQueryParametersException {
 		
 		if (VisualizationFrameworkConstants.COPI_VIS_MODE.equalsIgnoreCase(visMode)) {
-			CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner coPIQueryManager = new CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest.getRDFService(), log);
+			CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner coPIQueryManager = new CoPIGrantCountQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest, log);
 
 			CoInvestigationData coPIData = coPIQueryManager.getQueryResult();
 
-	    	/*
-	    	 * grants over time sparkline
-	    	 */
-    		SubEntity person = new SubEntity(egoURI,
-											 UtilityFunctions
-											 	.getIndividualLabelFromDAO(vitroRequest, egoURI));
-
-//    		Map<String, Activity> grantsToURI = SelectOnModelUtilities.getGrantsForPerson(vitroRequest.getRDFService(), person, false);
-
 			Map<String, Activity> grantsToURI = coPIData.getGrants();
 
         	/*
@@ -136,8 +127,7 @@ private ResponseValues generateStandardVisualizationForPersonLevelVis(
 	    			yearToGrantCount,
 	    			log);
 	    	
-	    	SparklineData grantSparklineVO = personGrantCountVisCodeGenerator
-			.getValueObjectContainer();
+	    	SparklineData grantSparklineVO = personGrantCountVisCodeGenerator.getValueObjectContainer();
 	    	
 	    	
 	    	/*
@@ -151,10 +141,8 @@ private ResponseValues generateStandardVisualizationForPersonLevelVis(
 	    			UtilityFunctions.getActivityYearToCollaborators(coPIData),
 	    			log);
 	    	
-	    	SparklineData uniqueCopisSparklineVO = uniqueCopisVisCodeGenerator
-			.getValueObjectContainer();
-	    	
-	    	
+	    	SparklineData uniqueCopisSparklineVO = uniqueCopisVisCodeGenerator.getValueObjectContainer();
+
 	    	return prepareCoPIStandaloneResponse(
 					egoURI, 
 					grantSparklineVO,
@@ -165,7 +153,7 @@ private ResponseValues generateStandardVisualizationForPersonLevelVis(
         } else {
         	
         	CoAuthorshipQueryRunner coAuthorshipQueryManager =
-        			new CoAuthorshipQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest.getRDFService(), log);
+        			new CoAuthorshipQueryRunner(egoURI, vitroRequest, log);
 
 			CoAuthorshipData coAuthorshipData = coAuthorshipQueryManager.getQueryResult();