As per the senate legislation of JU, Institutes are expected to generate research fund in sustainable manner to ensure their existence. Accordingly, the institute has been developing several project proposals together with other national and international partners. Most of these proposals are submitted to several funding organizations. In Table 3 below, you can find some of the projects running by the academic staff affiliated to IICoR.
Some of the Research projects running on different aspects of coffee science in JU
| S.N. | Project title | Responsible personnel | Funding organization |
| 1 | Incidence and Ecology of rust (Hemileia vastatrix) on Wild Coffea arabica in moist Ethiopian mountain forest | Gerba Daba &Olivier Honnay | VLIR-UOS; Belgium |
| 2 | The Adaptation for food security and Ecosystem Resilience in Africa (AFERIA)) | Fikre Lemessa, Gezahegn Berecha, Wayesa Garedew, J. Tino | ICIEPE, Kenya |
| 3 | Responses of coffee (Coffea arabica l.) Diseases to change in climate along an altitudinal variation in southwestern Ethiopia | Weyessa Garedew & Fabrice Pinard | CHIESA, Finland |
| 4 | Comparative Analysis of Alternative Coffee Value Chains in Southwest Ethiopia: A way Forward to Enhance Competitiveness and Income of Smallholders | Zekarias Shumet & Marieke D’hause | NICHE-Nuffic; the Netherlands |
| 5 | Examining Ethiopian Coffee Quality in Relation to Environment, Resources, Tree Management and Procedures Applied in the Coffee Chain | Adugna Debela Bote & Jan Vos | Nuffic; the Netherlands |
| 6 | Association of Arabica Coffee Quality with Geographic Origins in Ethiopia | Adugna Mintesinote & Pascal Boeckx | VLIR-UOS; Belgium |
| 7 | Analysis of Ethiopian Coffee Quality as Influenced by Environment, Genotypes, Cultivation Practices and Postharvest Management Techniques | Kassaye Tolessa & Pascal Boeckx | NICHE-Nuffic; the Netherlands |
| 8 | Genetic Diversity, Pollination Ecology and Organoleptic Characteristics of Coffea arabica L. in Ethiopian Moist Forests of Different Management Intensity | Gezahegn Berecha & Olivier Honnay | VLIR-UOS; Belgium |
| 9 | Effect of Coffee Management and Fragmentation on Plant Communities and Regeneration Patterns in Afromontane Moist Evergreen Forests in South West Ethiopia | Kitessa Hundera & Bart Muys | VLIR-UOS; Belgium |