The Program has active research projects including the following:

1. Hite Megeyta Paleoanthropological Research Project, Afar Region
2.  Mush Paleoenvironmental Research, North Shewa
3. Provenancing Obsidians, the Rift System
4. Paleoenvironmental, paleoclimatic reconstruction using stalagmites, sedimentary terrains
5. Tree Ring Research Project