diff --git a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
index f7e23402..2aa3cbb4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/entity/Project.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ import { Organization } from './Organization';
 import { ProjectMember } from './ProjectMember';
 import { Deployment } from './Deployment';
 
-export interface ApplicationDeploymentAuction {
-  application: string;
-  auction: string;
-  type: string;
-}
-
 @Entity()
 export class Project {
   @PrimaryGeneratedColumn('uuid')
@@ -55,9 +49,6 @@ export class Project {
   @Column('varchar', { nullable: true })
     applicationDeploymentAuctionId?: string | null;
 
-  @Column('simple-json', { nullable: true })
-    applicationDeploymentAuctionData?: ApplicationDeploymentAuction | null;
-
   @Column('varchar', { nullable: true })
     deployerLrn?: string[] | null;
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts b/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
index 971ee73a..138595ca 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/resolvers.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Permission } from './entity/ProjectMember';
 import { Domain } from './entity/Domain';
 import { Project } from './entity/Project';
 import { EnvironmentVariable } from './entity/EnvironmentVariable';
-import { AddProjectFromTemplateInput } from './types';
+import { AddProjectFromTemplateInput, AuctionData } from './types';
 
 const log = debug('snowball:resolver');
 
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ export const createResolvers = async (service: Service): Promise<any> => {
         {
           organizationSlug,
           data,
-        }: { organizationSlug: string; data: AddProjectFromTemplateInput },
+          lrn,
+          auctionData
+        }: { organizationSlug: string; data: AddProjectFromTemplateInput; lrn: string; auctionData: AuctionData },
         context: any,
       ) => {
         try {
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ export const createResolvers = async (service: Service): Promise<any> => {
             context.user,
             organizationSlug,
             data,
+            lrn,
+            auctionData
           );
         } catch (err) {
           log(err);
@@ -223,11 +227,13 @@ export const createResolvers = async (service: Service): Promise<any> => {
         {
           organizationSlug,
           data,
-        }: { organizationSlug: string; data: DeepPartial<Project> },
+          lrn,
+          auctionData
+        }: { organizationSlug: string; data: DeepPartial<Project>; lrn: string; auctionData: AuctionData },
         context: any,
       ) => {
         try {
-          return await service.addProject(context.user, organizationSlug, data);
+          return await service.addProject(context.user, organizationSlug, data, lrn, auctionData);
         } catch (err) {
           log(err);
           throw err;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/schema.gql b/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
index e7e9d4bd..567fe0d4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
+++ b/packages/backend/src/schema.gql
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ type Project {
   repository: String!
   prodBranch: String!
   description: String
+  lrn: string[]
+  auctionId: string
   template: String
   framework: String
   webhooks: [String!]
@@ -182,6 +184,11 @@ input FilterDomainsInput {
   status: DomainStatus
 }
 
+input AuctionData {
+  maxPrice: string,
+  numProviders: number,
+}
+
 type Query {
   user: User!
   organizations: [Organization!]
@@ -215,8 +222,15 @@ type Mutation {
   addProjectFromTemplate(
     organizationSlug: String!
     data: AddProjectFromTemplateInput
+    lrn: string
+    auctionData: AuctionData
+  ): Project!
+  addProject(
+    organizationSlug: String!,
+    data: AddProjectInput,
+    lrn: string,
+    auctionData: AuctionData
   ): Project!
-  addProject(organizationSlug: String!, data: AddProjectInput): Project!
   updateProject(projectId: String!, data: UpdateProjectInput): Boolean!
   redeployToProd(deploymentId: String!): Boolean!
   deleteProject(projectId: String!): Boolean!