diff --git a/api/src/paths/project.test.ts b/api/src/paths/project.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e50b2cb974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/paths/project.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import chai, { expect } from 'chai';
+import { describe } from 'mocha';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
+import * as project from './project';
+import * as db from '../database/db';
+import * as project_create_queries from '../queries/project/project-create-queries';
+
+chai.use(sinonChai);
+
+describe('createProject', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sinon.restore();
+  });
+
+  const dbConnectionObj = {
+    systemUserId: () => {
+      return null;
+    },
+    open: async () => {
+      // do nothing
+    },
+    release: () => {
+      // do nothing
+    },
+    commit: async () => {
+      // do nothing
+    },
+    rollback: async () => {
+      // do nothing
+    },
+    query: async () => {
+      // do nothing
+    }
+  };
+
+  const sampleReq = {
+    keycloak_token: {},
+    body1: {
+      coordinator: {
+        first_name: 'John',
+        last_name: 'Smith',
+        email_address: 'a@b.com',
+        coordinator_agency: 'A Rocha Canada',
+        share_contact_details: 'false'
+      },
+      permit: { permits: [], existing_permits: [] },
+      project: {
+        project_name: 'Tatyana Douglas',
+        project_type: 2,
+        project_activities: [],
+        start_date: '1900-01-01',
+        end_date: ''
+      },
+      objectives: { objectives: 'an objective', caveats: '' },
+      location: {
+        regions: ['West Coast'],
+        location_description: '',
+        geometry: [
+          { type: 'Feature', properties: {}, geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [-124.716797, 52.88902] } }
+        ]
+      },
+      iucn: { classificationDetails: [] },
+      funding: { funding_sources: [] },
+      partnerships: { indigenous_partnerships: [], stakeholder_partnerships: [] }
+    },
+    params: {
+      projectId: 1
+    }
+  } as any;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sinon.restore();
+  });
+
+  it('should throw a 400 error when no request body present', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(db, 'getDBConnection').returns({
+      ...dbConnectionObj,
+      systemUserId: () => {
+        return 20;
+      }
+    });
+
+    try {
+      const result = project.createProject();
+
+      await result({ ...sampleReq, body: null }, (null as unknown) as any, (null as unknown) as any);
+      expect.fail();
+    } catch (actualError) {
+      expect(actualError.status).to.equal(400);
+      expect(actualError.message).to.equal('Failed to insert project general information data');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should throw a 400 error when no sql statement returned for postProjectSQLStatement', async () => {
+    sinon.stub(db, 'getDBConnection').returns({
+      ...dbConnectionObj,
+      systemUserId: () => {
+        return 20;
+      }
+    });
+
+    sinon.stub(project_create_queries, 'postProjectSQL').returns(null);
+
+    try {
+      const result = project.createProject();
+
+      await result(sampleReq, (null as unknown) as any, (null as unknown) as any);
+      expect.fail();
+    } catch (actualError) {
+      expect(actualError.status).to.equal(400);
+      expect(actualError.message).to.equal('Failed to build SQL insert statement');
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/api/src/paths/project.ts b/api/src/paths/project.ts
index 45c167efee..524fbba085 100644
--- a/api/src/paths/project.ts
+++ b/api/src/paths/project.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ POST.apiDoc = {
  *
  * @returns {RequestHandler}
  */
-function createProject(): RequestHandler {
+export function createProject(): RequestHandler {
   return async (req, res) => {
     const connection = getDBConnection(req['keycloak_token']);