diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/AdditionalURIsForObjectPropertiesTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/AdditionalURIsForObjectPropertiesTest.java
index 3a5a5f6f3..eeacf0e6f 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/AdditionalURIsForObjectPropertiesTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/indexing/AdditionalURIsForObjectPropertiesTest.java
@@ -98,4 +98,62 @@ public class AdditionalURIsForObjectPropertiesTest {
         Assert.assertNotNull(uris);
         Assert.assertTrue("uris was not empty", uris.size() == 0 );                        
     }
+    
+    // For NIHVIVO-2902
+    @Test
+    public void testNIHVIVO_2902 (){
+        //Update search index for research area when a statement is
+        //removed between a person and the research area.
+        
+        Model model = ModelFactory.createDefaultModel();
+        model.read(new StringReader( n3ForNIHVIVO_2902 ), null , "N3");
+        
+        AdditionalURIsForObjectProperties aufop = new AdditionalURIsForObjectProperties(model);
+        List<String> uris = aufop.findAdditionalURIsToIndex( 
+                ResourceFactory.createStatement(
+                        ResourceFactory.createResource("http://caruso-laptop.mannlib.cornell.edu:8090/vivo/individual/n2241"),
+                        ResourceFactory.createProperty("http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hasResearchArea"),
+                        ResourceFactory.createResource("http://caruso-laptop.mannlib.cornell.edu:8090/vivo/individual/n7416")));
+        
+        Assert.assertNotNull(uris);
+        Assert.assertTrue("uris was empty", uris.size() > 0 );
+        
+        Assert.assertTrue("NIHVIVO-2902 regression, research area is not getting reindexed", uris.contains("http://caruso-laptop.mannlib.cornell.edu:8090/vivo/individual/n7416"));       
+    }
+    
+    // For NIHVIVO-2902
+    String n3ForNIHVIVO_2902 = 
+        "@prefix dc:      <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> . \n" +
+        "@prefix pvs:     <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/provenance-support#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix geo:     <http://aims.fao.org/aos/geopolitical.owl#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix foaf:    <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> . \n" +
+        "@prefix scires:  <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/scientific-research#>  . \n" +
+        "@prefix scripps:  <http://vivo.scripps.edu/> . \n" +
+        "@prefix dcterms:  <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . \n" +
+        "@prefix rdfs:    <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix swrl:    <http://www.w3.org/2003/11/swrl#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix vitro:   <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/0.7#>. \n" +
+        "@prefix event:   <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix bibo:    <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> . \n" +
+        "@prefix xsd:     <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix owl:     <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix swrlb:   <http://www.w3.org/2003/11/swrlb#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix rdf:     <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix core:    <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix skos:    <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix vivo:    <http://vivo.library.cornell.edu/ns/0.1#> . \n" +
+        "@prefix dcelem:  <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> . \n" +
+        "@prefix ero:     <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> . \n" +
+        " \n" +
+        "<http://caruso-laptop.mannlib.cornell.edu:8090/vivo/individual/n2241> \n" +
+        "      a       core:FacultyMember , foaf:Person , owl:Thing , foaf:Agent ; \n" +
+        "      rdfs:label \"Faculty, Jane\" ; \n" +
+        "      vitro:modTime \"2011-07-15T15:08:35\"^^xsd:dateTime ; \n" +
+        "      vitro:mostSpecificType \n" +
+        "              core:FacultyMember ; \n" +
+        "      core:hasResearchArea \n" +
+        "              <http://caruso-laptop.mannlib.cornell.edu:8090/vivo/individual/n7416> ; \n" +
+        "      core:mailingAddress <http://caruso-laptop.mannlib.cornell.edu:8090/vivo/individual/n5993> ; \n" +
+        "      foaf:firstName \"Jane\"^^xsd:string ; \n" +
+        "      foaf:lastName \"Faculty\"^^xsd:string . ";
 }