diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/BrAPIV2Controller.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/BrAPIV2Controller.java
index 6737b5aec..5550df913 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/BrAPIV2Controller.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/BrAPIV2Controller.java
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@
 import io.micronaut.security.rules.SecurityRule;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import okhttp3.*;
-import org.brapi.client.v2.JSON;
 import org.brapi.client.v2.model.exceptions.ApiException;
 import org.brapi.v2.model.core.BrAPIListSummary;
 import org.brapi.v2.model.core.BrAPIServerInfo;
-import org.brapi.v2.model.core.response.BrAPIListsListResponse;
 import org.brapi.v2.model.core.response.BrAPIServerInfoResponse;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.auth.AuthenticatedUser;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.auth.ProgramSecured;
@@ -40,8 +38,7 @@
 import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.validators.QueryValid;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v1.controller.BrapiVersion;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v1.model.request.query.BrapiQuery;
-import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.response.mappers.GermplasmQueryMapper;
-import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.response.mappers.ListQueryMapper;
+import org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.mappers.ListQueryMapper;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.services.BrAPIGermplasmService;
 import org.breedinginsight.model.ProgramBrAPIEndpoints;
 import org.breedinginsight.services.ProgramService;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/ExperimentController.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/ExperimentController.java
index d76bacb0e..e68202a6b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/ExperimentController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/ExperimentController.java
@@ -11,16 +11,19 @@
 import org.brapi.v2.model.core.BrAPITrial;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.auth.ProgramSecured;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.auth.ProgramSecuredRoleGroup;
+import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.request.query.SearchRequest;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.response.DataResponse;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.response.Response;
+import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.validators.QueryValid;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v1.controller.BrapiVersion;
-import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v1.model.request.query.BrapiQuery;
+import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.request.query.ExperimentQuery;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.services.BrAPITrialService;
 import org.breedinginsight.services.exceptions.DoesNotExistException;
 import org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.ResponseUtils;
 import org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.mappers.ExperimentQueryMapper;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.validation.Valid;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -42,14 +45,14 @@ public ExperimentController(BrAPITrialService experimentService, ExperimentQuery
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     @ProgramSecured(roleGroups = {ProgramSecuredRoleGroup.ALL})
     public HttpResponse<Response<DataResponse<List<BrAPITrial>>>> getExperiments(
-            @PathVariable("programId") UUID programId, @QueryValue BrapiQuery queryParams,
-            @QueryValue boolean metadata) {
+            @PathVariable("programId") UUID programId,
+            @QueryValue @QueryValid(using = ExperimentQueryMapper.class) @Valid ExperimentQuery queryParams) {
         try {
             log.debug("fetching trials for program: " + programId);
 
             List<BrAPITrial> experiments = experimentService.getExperiments(programId);
-            return ResponseUtils.getBrapiQueryResponse(experiments, experimentQueryMapper, queryParams);
-
+            SearchRequest searchRequest = queryParams.constructSearchRequest();
+            return ResponseUtils.getBrapiQueryResponse(experiments, experimentQueryMapper, queryParams, searchRequest);
         } catch (ApiException e) {
             log.info(e.getMessage(), e);
             return HttpResponse.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, "Error retrieving experiments");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmController.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmController.java
index 9d2b0285e..0141fa3db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmController.java
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v1.model.request.query.BrapiQuery;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.dao.BrAPIGermplasmDAO;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.request.query.GermplasmQuery;
-import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.response.mappers.GermplasmQueryMapper;
+import org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.mappers.GermplasmQueryMapper;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.services.BrAPIGermplasmService;
-import org.breedinginsight.brapps.importer.model.base.Germplasm;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapps.importer.model.exports.FileType;
 import org.breedinginsight.daos.ProgramDAO;
 import org.breedinginsight.model.DownloadFile;
 import org.breedinginsight.services.exceptions.DoesNotExistException;
-import org.breedinginsight.utilities.Utilities;
 import org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.ResponseUtils;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/request/query/ExperimentQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/request/query/ExperimentQuery.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04da564bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/request/query/ExperimentQuery.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.request.query;
+
+import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Introspected;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.request.query.FilterRequest;
+import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.request.query.SearchRequest;
+import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v1.model.request.query.BrapiQuery;
+import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Getter
+@Introspected
+public class ExperimentQuery extends BrapiQuery {
+    private String name;
+    private String active;
+
+    public SearchRequest constructSearchRequest() {
+        List<FilterRequest> filters = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(getName())) {
+            filters.add(constructFilterRequest("name", getName()));
+        }
+        if (!StringUtils.isBlank(getActive())) {
+            filters.add(constructFilterRequest("active", getActive()));
+        }
+        return new SearchRequest(filters);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/ExperimentQueryMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/ExperimentQueryMapper.java
index d4429b798..6452d1161 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/ExperimentQueryMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/ExperimentQueryMapper.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import lombok.Getter;
 import org.brapi.v2.model.core.BrAPITrial;
+import org.breedinginsight.api.v1.controller.metadata.SortOrder;
 
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -28,9 +29,17 @@
 @Singleton
 public class ExperimentQueryMapper extends AbstractQueryMapper {
 
+    private final String defaultSortField = "name";
+    private final SortOrder defaultSortOrder = SortOrder.ASC;
+
     private Map<String, Function<BrAPITrial,?>> fields;
 
-    public ExperimentQueryMapper() { fields = Map.ofEntries(); }
+    public ExperimentQueryMapper() {
+        fields = Map.ofEntries(
+                Map.entry("name", BrAPITrial::getTrialName),
+                Map.entry("active", BrAPITrial::isActive)
+        );
+    }
 
     @Override
     public boolean exists(String fieldName) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/response/mappers/GermplasmQueryMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/GermplasmQueryMapper.java
similarity index 98%
rename from src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/response/mappers/GermplasmQueryMapper.java
rename to src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/GermplasmQueryMapper.java
index d4ec67d0f..a8b29503c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/response/mappers/GermplasmQueryMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/GermplasmQueryMapper.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.response.mappers;
+package org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.mappers;
 
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import lombok.Getter;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/response/mappers/ListQueryMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/ListQueryMapper.java
similarity index 93%
rename from src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/response/mappers/ListQueryMapper.java
rename to src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/ListQueryMapper.java
index 4c2c08e19..302fe3b49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/model/response/mappers/ListQueryMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/utilities/response/mappers/ListQueryMapper.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.response.mappers;
+package org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.mappers;
 
 import lombok.Getter;
 import org.brapi.v2.model.core.BrAPIListSummary;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmControllerIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmControllerIntegrationTest.java
index 39920cb67..bc8a109aa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmControllerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/GermplasmControllerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.request.query.FilterRequest;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.model.v1.request.query.SearchRequest;
 import org.breedinginsight.api.v1.controller.TestTokenValidator;
-import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.model.response.mappers.GermplasmQueryMapper;
+import org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.mappers.GermplasmQueryMapper;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2.services.BrAPIGermplasmService;
 import org.breedinginsight.brapps.importer.daos.BrAPIListDAO;
 import org.breedinginsight.dao.db.tables.pojos.BiUserEntity;
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.breedinginsight.model.Program;
 import org.breedinginsight.model.Species;
 import org.breedinginsight.services.SpeciesService;
-import org.breedinginsight.utilities.response.mappers.FilterField;
 import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;