diff --git a/backend/projects/views.py b/backend/projects/views.py
index 13ccae6c6..8db8b2572 100644
--- a/backend/projects/views.py
+++ b/backend/projects/views.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 import ast
 import csv
 import math
-
+from utils.search_response_by_keyword import search_response_by_keyword
+from utils.pagination import paginate_queryset
 from django.core.files import File
 from django.db.models import Count, Q, F, Case, When
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
@@ -1467,7 +1468,28 @@ def list_optimized(self, request):
                 projects = projects.order_by(F("published_at").desc(nulls_last=True))
 
             projects_json = ProjectSerializerOptimized(projects, many=True)
-            return Response(projects_json.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+            key_word = request.query_params.get("keyword", None)
+            key_values_list = [
+                "project_type",
+                "id",
+                "title",
+                "project_stage",
+                "tgt_language",
+                "workspace_id",
+            ]
+            projects_json_search = search_response_by_keyword(
+                key_word, key_values_list, list(projects_json.data)
+            )
+            projects_json_dict = {
+                project["id"]: project for project in projects_json_search
+            }
+            page = request.query_params.get("page", None)
+            recordes = request.query_params.get("records", 10)
+            projects_json_dict = paginate_queryset(projects_json_dict, page, recordes)
+            projects_json_response = list(projects_json_dict.values())
+            return JsonResponse(
+                projects_json_response, safe=False, status=status.HTTP_200_O
+            )
         except Exception:
             return Response(
                 {"message": "Please Login!"}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
diff --git a/backend/utils/search_response_by_keyword.py b/backend/utils/search_response_by_keyword.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5a1ac40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/utils/search_response_by_keyword.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from django.db.models import Q
+
+
+def search_response_by_keyword(keyword, key_values_list, queryset):
+    if keyword is None:
+        return queryset
+    keyword = str(keyword).lower()
+    # q_objects = Q()
+    # for key in key_values_list:
+    #     q_objects |= Q(**{f"{key}__icontains": keyword})
+    filtered_queryset = [
+        item
+        for item in queryset
+        if any(
+            keyword in str(item[key]).lower() for key in key_values_list if key in item
+        )
+    ]
+    return filtered_queryset