The purpose of this study was to assess the current status of research activity amongrnteaching staffs of DBU. To conduct this research, mixed research method and descriptivernsurvey design was employed. The primary sources of data were 114 instructors, 4 schoolrnand college head , ARQAD and RD. HEP, HERQAs documents, DBU senate legislation,rnResearch Records, Academic Year Plan and Research Proceedings were the secondaryrndata sources of the study. Purposive sampling, as well as stratified and simple randomrnsampling techniques were employed to select managements at different position andrnsampled instructors. Questionnaires were the main data gathering instruments while unstructuredrninterview and document analysis were employed to enrich the data gatheredrnthrough questionnaires. Moreover, the collected data were analyzed quantitatively byrnusing descriptive statistics, and qualitatively using descriptive narration. The finding ofrnthe study indicate that the educational qualification of instructors was belo;-the requiredrnminimum standard to give instruction at HEIs, which has its own effect on teaching staffrnresearch activity. Although about 74% of teaching staffs were conduct research beforernthey were hired in the university, only 36% were conducting research after hired in thernuniversity. Teaching staffs positive altitude toward research in university and theirrndespondency with a research practice of their university is pointed out. In addition, thernservices provided for those involved in research by the body that coordinates researchrnworks of the university were not suffiCient, even though the efforts made so far to musclernresearch capacity of the university is hopeful. The encouraging natures of top universityrnadministrators as well as institutional research policy were found to be low. Personal,rnInstitutional, and Injrastructural challenges effect on teaching stajfi research activityrnwas evidenced. The presence of various finding dissemination mean was enhancing thernresearch activity of the university, while in-service research training as well as reSearchrnsymposiums of the university is unsatisfactory. Furthermore, the research activity of thernuniversity is showing yearly progress, although what expected of teaching staffs by bothrnnational and institutional policy with regard to research is not yet accomplished.rnConsequently, the current status of research activity among teaching staffs of DBU wasrnfound to be unsatisfactory when it was evaluated from the point of both institutional andrnnational policy expectation. Finally, necessary recommendations were forwarded forrnimproving the current status of research activity among teaching staff of DBU