diff --git a/src/js/components/Beacon/BeaconCommon/BeaconQueryFormUi.tsx b/src/js/components/Beacon/BeaconCommon/BeaconQueryFormUi.tsx
index 2e92b6f2..06ee10f8 100644
--- a/src/js/components/Beacon/BeaconCommon/BeaconQueryFormUi.tsx
+++ b/src/js/components/Beacon/BeaconCommon/BeaconQueryFormUi.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { Button, Card, Col, Form, Row } from 'antd';
 import { useIsAuthenticated } from 'bento-auth-js';
 import { useAppDispatch, useQueryWithAuthIfAllowed, useTranslationFn } from '@/hooks';
+import { useSelectedScope } from '@/features/metadata/hooks';
 import VariantsForm from './VariantsForm';
 import Filters from './Filters';
 import SearchToolTip from './ToolTips/SearchToolTip';
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ const BeaconQueryFormUi = ({
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const isAuthenticated = useIsAuthenticated();
 
+  const { scope } = useSelectedScope();
+
   const formInitialValues = useMemo(
     () => ({
       'Assembly ID': beaconAssemblyIds.length === 1 && beaconAssemblyIds[0],
@@ -67,12 +70,18 @@ const BeaconQueryFormUi = ({
   const showError = hasError && !errorAlertClosed;
 
   const requestPayload = useCallback(
-    (query: PayloadVariantsQuery, payloadFilters: PayloadFilter[]): BeaconQueryPayload => ({
-      meta: { apiVersion: '2.0.0' },
-      query: { requestParameters: { g_variant: query }, filters: payloadFilters },
-      bento: { showSummaryStatistics: true },
-    }),
-    []
+    (query: PayloadVariantsQuery, payloadFilters: PayloadFilter[]): BeaconQueryPayload => {
+      const payload: BeaconQueryPayload = {
+        meta: { apiVersion: '2.0.0' },
+        query: { requestParameters: { g_variant: query }, filters: payloadFilters },
+        bento: { showSummaryStatistics: true },
+      };
+      if (scope.dataset) {
+        payload['datasets'] = { datasetIds: [scope.dataset] };
+      }
+      return payload;
+    },
+    [scope]
   );
 
   const launchEmptyQuery = useCallback(
diff --git a/src/js/features/beacon/beacon.store.ts b/src/js/features/beacon/beacon.store.ts
index 55e84691..d17b4bb1 100644
--- a/src/js/features/beacon/beacon.store.ts
+++ b/src/js/features/beacon/beacon.store.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 import { makeAuthorizationHeader } from 'bento-auth-js';
 
 import { EMPTY_DISCOVERY_RESULTS } from '@/constants/searchConstants';
-import { BEACON_INDIVIDUALS_ENDPOINT, BEACON_INFO_ENDPOINT } from '@/features/beacon/constants';
+import { BEACON_INFO_ENDPOINT } from '@/features/beacon/constants';
 import type { RootState } from '@/store';
 import type { BeaconConfigResponse, BeaconAssemblyIds, BeaconQueryResponse, BeaconQueryPayload } from '@/types/beacon';
 import type { DiscoveryResults } from '@/types/data';
 import { beaconApiError, errorMsgOrDefault } from '@/utils/beaconApiError';
 import { printAPIError } from '@/utils/error.util';
 
-import { extractBeaconDiscoveryOverview } from './utils';
+import { extractBeaconDiscoveryOverview, scopedBeaconIndividualsUrl } from './utils';
 
+// config response is not scoped
 export const getBeaconConfig = createAsyncThunk<BeaconConfigResponse, void, { state: RootState; rejectValue: string }>(
   'beacon/getBeaconConfig',
   (_, { rejectWithValue }) => {
@@ -33,9 +34,10 @@ export const makeBeaconQuery = createAsyncThunk<
   { state: RootState; rejectValue: string }
 >('beacon/makeBeaconQuery', async (payload, { getState, rejectWithValue }) => {
   const token = getState().auth.accessToken;
+  const projectId = getState().metadata.selectedScope.scope.project;
   const headers = makeAuthorizationHeader(token);
   return axios
-    .post(BEACON_INDIVIDUALS_ENDPOINT, payload, { headers: headers as Record<string, string> })
+    .post(scopedBeaconIndividualsUrl(projectId), payload, { headers: headers as Record<string, string> })
     .then((res) => res.data)
     .catch(beaconApiError(rejectWithValue));
 });
diff --git a/src/js/features/beacon/utils.ts b/src/js/features/beacon/utils.ts
index 87e2a698..d282977e 100644
--- a/src/js/features/beacon/utils.ts
+++ b/src/js/features/beacon/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import { BEACON_NETWORK_URL } from '@/config';
+import { BEACON_URL, BEACON_NETWORK_URL } from '@/config';
+import { BEACON_INDIVIDUALS_PATH } from './constants';
 import type { BeaconAssemblyIds, BeaconNetworkResponses, BeaconQueryResponse } from '@/types/beacon';
 import type { ChartData, DiscoveryResults, OptionalDiscoveryResults } from '@/types/data';
 import type { NetworkBeacon } from '@/types/beaconNetwork';
+import type { Project } from '@/types/metadata';
 import { serializeChartData } from '@/utils/chart';
 
 type TempChartObject = Record<string, number>;
@@ -84,3 +86,8 @@ export const extractBeaconDiscoveryOverview = (response: BeaconQueryResponse): O
 
 export const atLeastOneNetworkResponseIsPending = (responses: BeaconNetworkResponses) =>
   Object.values(responses).some((r) => r.isFetchingQueryResponse);
+
+export const scopedBeaconIndividualsUrl = (projectId: Project['identifier'] | undefined): string => {
+  const projectPath: string = projectId ? '/' + projectId : '';
+  return BEACON_URL + projectPath + BEACON_INDIVIDUALS_PATH;
+};
diff --git a/src/js/types/beacon.ts b/src/js/types/beacon.ts
index 92a03a5d..1dbdda35 100644
--- a/src/js/types/beacon.ts
+++ b/src/js/types/beacon.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Datum } from '@/types/overviewResponse';
 import type { makeBeaconQuery } from '@/features/beacon/beacon.store';
 import type { beaconNetworkQuery } from '@/features/beacon/network.store';
 import type { OptionalDiscoveryResults } from '@/types/data';
+import type { Dataset } from '@/types/metadata';
 
 // ----------------------------
 // form handling
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export interface BeaconQueryPayload {
   meta: { apiVersion: string };
   query: { requestParameters: { g_variant: PayloadVariantsQuery }; filters: PayloadFilter[] };
   bento?: { showSummaryStatistics: boolean };
+  datasets?: { datasetIds: Dataset['identifier'][] };
 }
 
 export type BeaconQueryAction = ActionCreator<