Abu Tbeirah: Excavations by a Sapienza University of Rome and an Iraqi team.
al-Hira: Archaeological work, including excavation and survey, undertaken by the German Archaeological Institute and Goethe Universität Frankfurt at this late Antiquity and early Medieval city.
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.
Bestansur: A University of Reading excavation on the prehistoric site.
CharaxSpasinu: A training and excavation project led by the University of Manchester on the historic site.
Eastern Fertile Crescen Prehistoric Project: A University of Liverpool led effort focusing on landscape, environment and archaeology in the region of Chamchamal.
Eastern Habur Survey: University of Tübingen survey of the region.
Erbil Citadel Projects: 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 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.
Gird i-Rostam: An excavation and survey project located in the Penjwin Region and led by New York University.
Grd-i Tle: A Tsukuba University led excavation in Suleymaniyah Province.
Gurgachiya/Tepe Marani: Excavations of primarily Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites
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 Historical Change: A University of Chicago, University College London 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.
Nimrud Stabilization Project: A project led by the Smithsonian Institute focused on stabilizing and damage assessment of Nimrud.
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.
Qasr Shamamuk: A University of Lyon excavation.
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.
Surgal (Nina): Project led by the University of Chicago on the ancient waterworks and city of Nina.
Tell Khaiber: A University of Manchester project focused on excavation and historical study of the Bronze Age site.
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 3rd and 2nd 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).
Upper Great Zab Survey: A survey of the Upper Zab region led by the University in Poznań.
Ur: Archaeological investigations of the mound of Ur by the State University of New York and collaborators.
Uruk: Renewed archaeological work conducted by the German Archaeological Institute.
Yazin Tepe: A Tsukuba University led excavation focused on the historical periods.
