Our scientific goals are:

• Physical, chemical and biological oceanography of the Gulf of Aqaba and of the Red Sea (there is still backlog demand and development to be done for the RSEC)
• Corals and coral reefs
• Ecology and community life of cartilaginous fishes, especially sharks
• Ecology and behavior of reef fish
• Invertebrates of the reef
• Marine botany, phycology (seaweed and algae in front of the door and in the neighboring lagoon)
• Ecology of any marine biological and terrestrial subject
• Ornithology (not much preparatory work has been done yet, but the area is well suited as a migratory zone for birds
• Herpetology (according to the region it is limited to reptiles, preliminary work has been done and a list of species for the Sinai does exist and snakes, lizards, geckos are not rare)
• Paleontology, fossil reefs and its inhabitants (in the near of the institute are wonderful fossil reefs which are located 10 m above sea level)
• Geoscience (geology, mineralogy geomorphology, geography, sedimentology, etc.) Ethnology and history (Investigation and description of the Bedouin inhabitants, their history and way of life)
• Applied nature conservation, sustainable development of the region, tourism, sociological and economical aspects