Abu Tbeirah: Excavations by a Sapienza University of Rome and an Iraqi team.

Bab-w-Kur: University of Copenhagen excavations on this Late Chalcolithic site near Tell Shemshara.

Bakr Awa: This is an excavation being conducted by the University of Heidelberg at a large, multi-period tell located in the Shahrizor Plain. Both the lower and upper town are being excavated.

Bazian: University of Paris excavations at this Sasanian period site and recent investigations by University of Pennsylvania.

Eastern Habur Survey: University of Tübingen survey of the region.

Ecohistories Project: Geo-archaeological study of palaeo-channels in southern Iraq (from Diyala to Nasariya) led by Osaka Gakuin University, Qadisiyah University, and University College London.

Erbil: There was a University of West Bohemia Plzeň project working on the Erbil citadel. UNESCO has also sponsored restoration work and the German Archaeological Institute has conducted excavations.

Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey: Survey of the region around Erbil led by Harvard University.

Galatga Darband: A British Museum led excavation and regional archaeological project.

Girsu: A British Museum led effort excavating the site of Girsu and investigating its surrounding region.

Grd-I Tle: A Tsukuba University led excavation in Suleymaniyah Province.

Kunara: Bronze Age site being investigated by University of Paris/CNRS.

Land of Nineveh Project: Survey north of Nineveh in Dohuk province led by the Italian Archaeological Mission to Assyria.

Long-Term Environmental and Social Change: A University of Chicago and collaborators effort focused on environmental history of the southern Mesopotamian Plain.

Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments: Multi-period mapping and digital recording project led by Columbia University. The first season (2013) concentrated on documenting the major monuments and historical architecture of the Dohuk region and the city of Erbil.

Mapping Rock Reliefs: A Heidelberg University effort to map rock reliefs in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Paikuli Project: A Sasanian monument near Darband-i Khan investigated by an Italian-Kurdish mission from Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente and the Suleymaniyah Board of Antiquities. Local survey as well.

Peshdar Plain Project: Project led by University of Munich. Excavations of a Neo-Assyrian site (Girdi Bazar and Qalat Dinka) with a survey and paleoecological study in the region.

Qalat Said Ahmadan: Excavation by Tsukuba University on the Neolithic site.

Qasr Shamamuk: A University of Lyon excavation.

Satu Qala: A University of Innsbruck excavation.

Shahrizor Survey Project: A multidisciplinary team from University College London, Leiden University, University of Munich, and the Suleymaniyah Board of Antiquities conducting palaeo-ecological, archaeological survey, and historical analysis in the Shahrizor Plain.

Shanidar Cave: Investigation of Neanderthals habitation by the University of Cambridge.

Sirwan Project: Survey of the Upper Diyala/Sirwan region led by Glasgow University, University of Arkansas, and Bitlis Eren University.

Slemania Regional Survey: Slemania Governorate survey with IFPO.

Soran Survey: Boston University project incorporating excavation and survey.

Tell Khaiber: Excavations led by Manchester University at a site near Ur in Dhi Qar province. See www.urarchaeology.org for further information.

Tell Nader: This is a small site, excavated by the University of Athens, now within the city of Erbil that has Hassuna to Middle/Neo-Assyrian remains.

Tell Shamlu: Excavation by the University of Munich on a 3^rd and 2^nd millennium BC site in the Shahrizor region.

Tell Shemshara: Excavations being conducted by University of Reading (focusing on prehistoric periods) and the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (historic periods).

Tell Surghul: A joint excavation by Sapienza University of Rome and Perugia University

Ur: Archaeological investigations of the mound of Ur by the State University of New York and collaborators.