diff --git a/Containerfile.debugpy b/Containerfile.debugpy
index 528eb50240..0d9862fffe 100644
--- a/Containerfile.debugpy
+++ b/Containerfile.debugpy
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 ENV PLUGIN_SLURM=True
 ENV PLUGIN_XDMOD=True
 ENV PLUGIN_API=True
+ENV EMAIL_ENABLED=True
 ENV XDMOD_API_URL="localhost"
 EXPOSE 8000
 EXPOSE 5678
diff --git a/coldfront/core/user/management/commands/pi_grants_publications_request.py b/coldfront/core/user/management/commands/pi_grants_publications_request.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22c7a2dfe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coldfront/core/user/management/commands/pi_grants_publications_request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from coldfront.core.grant.models import Grant
+from coldfront.core.project.models import Project
+from coldfront.core.publication.models import Publication
+from coldfront.core.user.models import UserProfile
+from coldfront.core.utils.common import import_from_settings
+from coldfront.core.utils.mail import send_email_template
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+EMAIL_SIGNATURE = import_from_settings("EMAIL_SIGNATURE")
+EMAIL_SENDER = import_from_settings("EMAIL_SENDER")
+CENTER_BASE_URL = import_from_settings("CENTER_BASE_URL")
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Send emails to PIs with projects that have no grants/publications associated with them"
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--dry-run",
+            action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
+            default=False,
+            help="dry run, log email content and recipients without sending the emails",
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        dry_run: bool = options["dry_run"]
+        for pi_profile in UserProfile.objects.filter(is_pi=True):
+            try:
+                logger.info(f"processing projects for PI: {pi_profile.user.username}")
+                projects_for_pi = Project.objects.filter(pi=pi_profile.user, status__name__in=["Active", "New"])
+                projects_without_grants = {}
+                projects_without_publications = {}
+
+                for project in projects_for_pi:
+                    logger.info(f"processing project: {project}")
+                    if Grant.objects.filter(project=project).count() == 0:
+                        projects_without_grants[project.title] = f"{CENTER_BASE_URL.strip('/')}/project/{project.pk}/"
+
+                    if Publication.objects.filter(project=project).count() == 0:
+                        projects_without_publications[project.title] = (
+                            f"{CENTER_BASE_URL.strip('/')}/project/{project.pk}/"
+                        )
+
+                grant_notification_context = {
+                    "pi_first_name": pi_profile.user.first_name,
+                    "project_dict": projects_without_grants,
+                    "signature": EMAIL_SIGNATURE,
+                }
+                logger.info(f"grant nudge context: {grant_notification_context}")
+                if projects_without_grants and not dry_run:
+                    logger.info(f"sending grant nudge to {pi_profile.user.username}")
+                    send_email_template(
+                        "Please update grant info for HPC project",
+                        "email/request_to_add_grants.txt",
+                        grant_notification_context,
+                        EMAIL_SENDER,
+                        pi_profile.user.email,
+                    )
+
+                publication_notification_context = {
+                    "pi_first_name": pi_profile.user.first_name,
+                    "project_dict": projects_without_publications,
+                    "signature": EMAIL_SIGNATURE,
+                }
+                logger.info(f"publication nudge context: {publication_notification_context}")
+                if projects_without_publications and not dry_run:
+                    logger.info(f"sending publication nudge to {pi_profile.user.username}")
+                    send_email_template(
+                        "Please update publication info for HPC projects",
+                        "email/request_to_add_publications.txt",
+                        publication_notification_context,
+                        EMAIL_SENDER,
+                        pi_profile.user.email,
+                    )
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception("Exception occurred with traceback:", exc_info=True)
diff --git a/coldfront/templates/email/request_to_add_grants.txt b/coldfront/templates/email/request_to_add_grants.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e5180b21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coldfront/templates/email/request_to_add_grants.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Dear {{pi_first_name}},
+
+The following projects within the HPC projects portal currently have no grants associated with them:
+{% for project_key, project_url in project_dict.items %}
+  Project Title: {{ project_key }}
+  Project URL: {{ project_url }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+Please add grants that are associated with your project(s) as it will enable us to justify the necessity of offering the HPC service.
+
+Thank you,
+{{ signature }}
diff --git a/coldfront/templates/email/request_to_add_publications.txt b/coldfront/templates/email/request_to_add_publications.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0aa5534fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coldfront/templates/email/request_to_add_publications.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Dear {{pi_first_name}},
+
+Your project(s) within the HPC projects portal currently have no publications associated with them:
+{% for project_key, project_url in project_dict.items %}
+  Project Title: {{ project_key }}
+  Project URL: {{ project_url }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+Please add publications that have resulted from the use of HPC resources for this project as it will enable us to justify the necessity of offering the HPC service.
+
+Thank you,
+{{ signature }}