diff --git a/api_tests/requests/views/test_node_request_institutional_access.py b/api_tests/requests/views/test_node_request_institutional_access.py
index 72b0fcce03b..c3fdc4e111b 100644
--- a/api_tests/requests/views/test_node_request_institutional_access.py
+++ b/api_tests/requests/views/test_node_request_institutional_access.py
@@ -194,6 +194,53 @@ def test_institutional_admin_unauth_institution(self, app, project, institution_
         assert res.status_code == 403
         assert 'Institutional request access is not enabled.' in res.json['errors'][0]['detail']
 
+        @mock.patch('api.requests.serializers.send_mail')
+        @mock.patch('osf.utils.machines.mails.send_mail')
+        def test_email_send_institutional_request_specific_email(
+                self,
+                mock_send_mail_machines,
+                mock_send_mail_serializers,
+                user_with_affiliation,
+                app,
+                project,
+                url,
+                create_payload,
+                institutional_admin,
+                institution
+        ):
+            """
+            Test that the institutional request triggers email notifications to appropriate recipients.
+            """
+            # Set up mock behaviors
+            project.is_public = True
+            project.save()
+
+            # Perform the action
+            res = app.post_json_api(url, create_payload, auth=institutional_admin.auth)
+
+            # Ensure response is successful
+            assert res.status_code == 201
+
+            assert mock_send_mail_serializers.call_count == 1
+            assert mock_send_mail_machines.call_count == 0
+
+            # Check calls for osf.utils.machines.mails.send_mail
+            mock_send_mail_serializers.assert_called_once_with(
+                to_addr=user_with_affiliation.username,
+                mail=NODE_REQUEST_INSTITUTIONAL_ACCESS_REQUEST,
+                user=user_with_affiliation,
+                bcc_addr=None,
+                reply_to=None,
+                **{
+                    'sender': institutional_admin,
+                    'recipient': user_with_affiliation,
+                    'comment': create_payload['data']['attributes']['comment'],
+                    'institution': institution,
+                    'osf_url': mock.ANY,
+                    'node': project,
+                }
+            )
+
     @mock.patch('api.requests.serializers.send_mail')
     def test_email_not_sent_without_recipient(self, mock_mail, app, project, institutional_admin, url,
                                                  create_payload, institution):
diff --git a/osf/utils/machines.py b/osf/utils/machines.py
index 9687e19749d..ac63b1b7894 100644
--- a/osf/utils/machines.py
+++ b/osf/utils/machines.py
@@ -226,15 +226,15 @@ def notify_submit(self, ev):
         context = self.get_context()
         context['contributors_url'] = f'{self.machineable.target.absolute_url}contributors/'
         context['project_settings_url'] = f'{self.machineable.target.absolute_url}settings/'
-
-        for admin in self.machineable.target.get_users_with_perm(permissions.ADMIN):
-            mails.send_mail(
-                admin.username,
-                mails.ACCESS_REQUEST_SUBMITTED,
-                admin=admin,
-                osf_contact_email=OSF_CONTACT_EMAIL,
-                **context
-            )
+        if not self.machineable.request_type == NodeRequestTypes.INSTITUTIONAL_REQUEST.value:
+            for admin in self.machineable.target.get_users_with_perm(permissions.ADMIN):
+                mails.send_mail(
+                    admin.username,
+                    mails.ACCESS_REQUEST_SUBMITTED,
+                    admin=admin,
+                    osf_contact_email=OSF_CONTACT_EMAIL,
+                    **context
+                )
 
     def notify_resubmit(self, ev):
         """ Notify admins that someone is requesting access again