diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
index 1c27d0ee..bb846513 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/config.py
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@
 # ZenodoRDM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
 
-"""Moderation config."""
+"""Curation config."""
 
 from .rules import (
+    additional_desc_contains_high_conf_keywords,
+    additional_desc_contains_low_conf_keywords,
+    award_acronym_in_additional_description,
     award_acronym_in_description,
     award_acronym_in_title,
     contains_high_conf_keywords,
@@ -25,22 +28,28 @@
     "user_verified": user_verified,
     "contains_low_conf_keywords": contains_low_conf_keywords,
     "contains_high_conf_keywords": contains_high_conf_keywords,
+    "additional_desc_contains_low_conf_keywords": additional_desc_contains_low_conf_keywords,
+    "additional_desc_contains_high_conf_keywords": additional_desc_contains_high_conf_keywords,
+    "award_acronym_in_additional_description": award_acronym_in_additional_description,
 }
 """Rules to run for EU Curation."""
 
 CURATION_SCORES = {
-    "award_acronym_in_title": 5,
-    "award_acronym_in_description": 10,
+    "award_acronym_in_title": 0,
+    "award_acronym_in_description": 0,
     "test_phrases_in_record": False,
     "published_before_award_start": False,
-    "user_verified": 5,
-    "contains_low_conf_keywords": 5,
-    "contains_high_conf_keywords": 10,
+    "user_verified": 0,
+    "contains_low_conf_keywords": 0,
+    "contains_high_conf_keywords": 0,
+    "additional_desc_contains_low_conf_keywords": 0,
+    "additional_desc_contains_high_conf_keywords": 0,
+    "award_acronym_in_additional_description": 0,
 }
 """Rule scores for EU Curation."""
 
 
-CURATION_THRESHOLDS = {"EU_RECORDS_CURATION": 15}
+CURATION_THRESHOLDS = {"EU_RECORDS_CURATION": 100}
 """Threshold values for curators/rules."""
 
 
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
index 0524154b..4e503daf 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/rules.py
@@ -113,3 +113,47 @@ def contains_high_conf_keywords(record):
         if word.lower() in record_data.lower():
             return True
     return False
+
+
+def additional_desc_contains_high_conf_keywords(record):
+    """Check if additional description contains high confidence keywords."""
+    high_conf_keywords_eu = current_app.config.get("CURATION_HIGH_CONF_KEYWORDS_EU")
+    additional_descriptions = record.metadata.get("additional_descriptions", [])
+    record_data = " ".join([x.get("description", "") for x in additional_descriptions])
+
+    for word in high_conf_keywords_eu:
+        # TODO could possibly return a number for higher conf
+        if word.lower() in record_data.lower():
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def additional_desc_contains_low_conf_keywords(record):
+    """Check if additional description contains low confidence keywords."""
+    low_conf_keywords_eu = current_app.config.get("CURATION_LOW_CONF_KEYWORDS_EU")
+    additional_descriptions = record.metadata.get("additional_descriptions", [])
+    record_data = " ".join([x.get("description", "") for x in additional_descriptions])
+
+    for word in low_conf_keywords_eu:
+        # TODO could possibly return a number for higher conf
+        if word.lower() in record_data.lower():
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def award_acronym_in_additional_description(record):
+    """Check if EU award name in record additional description."""
+    award_service = current_service_registry.get("awards")
+    additional_descriptions = record.metadata.get("additional_descriptions", [])
+    record_data = " ".join([x.get("description", "") for x in additional_descriptions])
+
+    funding = record.metadata.get("funding", [])
+    for f in funding:
+        if f["funder"].get("id") == "00k4n6c32":
+            if award_id := f.get("award", {}).get("id"):
+                award = award_service.record_cls.pid.resolve(award_id)
+                if award.get("acronym") and (
+                    award.get("acronym").lower() in record_data.lower()
+                ):
+                    return True
+    return False
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py
index d65833db..9b461949 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/curation/tasks.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ def run_eu_record_curation(since):
     }
     dry_run = not current_app.config.get("CURATION_ENABLE_EU_CURATOR")
     curator = EURecordCurator(dry=dry_run)
+    created_before = (datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=30)).isoformat()
+    updated_after = (datetime.fromisoformat(since) - timedelta(hours=12)).isoformat()
 
     query = dsl.Q(
         "bool",
@@ -38,16 +40,13 @@ def run_eu_record_curation(since):
             dsl.Q(
                 "range",
                 created={
-                    "lte": (
-                        datetime.now(timezone.utc) - timedelta(days=30)
-                    ).isoformat(),
+                    "lte": created_before,
                 },
             ),
             dsl.Q(
                 "range",
                 updated={
-                    "gte": datetime.fromisoformat(since).isoformat()
-                    - timedelta(hours=12),
+                    "gte": updated_after,
                 },
             ),
         ],