diff --git a/httomolibgpu/misc/morph.py b/httomolibgpu/misc/morph.py
index f34d0d4a..e58d32d6 100644
--- a/httomolibgpu/misc/morph.py
+++ b/httomolibgpu/misc/morph.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 __all__ = [
     "sino_360_to_180",
     "data_resampler",
+    "average_projection_frames",
 ]
 
 
@@ -305,3 +306,65 @@ def data_resampler(
     if expanded:
         scaled_data = cp.squeeze(scaled_data, axis=axis)
     return scaled_data
+
+
+def average_projection_frames(
+    data: cp.ndarray,
+    projection_averaging_factor: int = 2,
+) -> cp.ndarray:
+    """
+    This method averages/downsamples by averaging data along the angular direction based on the provided projection_averaging_factor.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    data : cp.ndarray
+        3d cupy array given as (angles, detY, detX).
+    projection_averaging_factor : int
+        to average every (defined by the provided factor) consecutive projections into one effective projection.
+
+    Raises
+    ----------
+        ValueError: When data is not 3D
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+        cp.ndarray: 3D cupy array with averaged projection data
+    """
+
+    ### Data and parameters checks ###
+    methods_name = "average_projection_frames"
+    __check_if_data_3D_array(data, methods_name)
+    __check_if_data_correct_type(
+        data, accepted_type=["float32", "uint16"], methods_name=methods_name
+    )
+    __check_if_positive_nonzero(
+        projection_averaging_factor,
+        "projection_averaging_factor",
+        True,
+        True,
+        methods_name,
+    )
+
+    ###################################
+    if projection_averaging_factor > 1:
+        k = projection_averaging_factor
+        n_proj = data.shape[0]
+
+        n_full = n_proj // k
+        remainder = n_proj % k
+
+        n_out = n_full + (remainder > 0)
+
+        averaged = cp.empty((n_out, *data.shape[1:]), dtype=data.dtype)
+
+        if n_full:
+            averaged[:n_full] = (
+                data[: n_full * k].reshape(n_full, k, *data.shape[1:]).mean(axis=1)
+            )
+
+        if remainder:
+            averaged[-1] = data[n_full * k :].mean(axis=0)
+
+        return averaged
+    else:
+        return data
diff --git a/tests/test_misc/test_morph.py b/tests/test_misc/test_morph.py
index d7b015a1..065cab06 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc/test_morph.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc/test_morph.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 from cupy.cuda import nvtx
 import pytest
 from numpy.testing import assert_allclose
-from httomolibgpu.misc.morph import sino_360_to_180, data_resampler
+from httomolibgpu.misc.morph import (
+    sino_360_to_180,
+    data_resampler,
+    average_projection_frames,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -34,9 +38,9 @@ def test_sino_360_to_180_wrong_dims(ensure_clean_memory, shape):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("axis", [0, 1, 2])
 def test_data_resampler(data, axis, ensure_clean_memory):
     newshape = [60, 80]
-    scaled_data = data_resampler(
-        data, newshape=newshape, axis=axis, interpolation="linear"
-    ).get()
+    scaled_data = cp.asnumpy(
+        data_resampler(data, newshape=newshape, axis=axis, interpolation="linear")
+    )
 
     assert scaled_data.ndim == 3
     if axis == 0:
@@ -52,6 +56,58 @@ def test_data_resampler(data, axis, ensure_clean_memory):
     assert scaled_data.flags.c_contiguous
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("projection_averaging_factor", [1, 2, 3, 7])
+def test_average_projection_frames_testdata(
+    data, projection_averaging_factor, ensure_clean_memory
+):
+    averaged_data = cp.asnumpy(
+        average_projection_frames(
+            data, projection_averaging_factor=projection_averaging_factor
+        )
+    )
+
+    assert averaged_data.ndim == 3
+
+    if projection_averaging_factor == 1:
+        assert averaged_data.shape == (180, 128, 160)
+    if projection_averaging_factor == 2:
+        assert averaged_data.shape == (90, 128, 160)
+        assert_allclose(np.max(averaged_data), 1089)
+    if projection_averaging_factor == 3:
+        assert averaged_data.shape == (60, 128, 160)
+        assert_allclose(np.max(averaged_data), 1070)
+    if projection_averaging_factor == 7:
+        assert averaged_data.shape == (26, 128, 160)
+        assert_allclose(np.max(averaged_data), 1044)
+    assert averaged_data.dtype == np.uint16
+    assert averaged_data.flags.c_contiguous
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("projection_averaging_factor", [2, 3])
+def test_average_projection_frames_randdata(
+    projection_averaging_factor, ensure_clean_memory
+):
+    data_host = (
+        np.random.random_sample(size=(1801, 5, 2560)).astype(np.float32) * 2.0 + 0.001
+    )
+    data = cp.asarray(data_host, dtype=np.float32)
+
+    averaged_data = cp.asnumpy(
+        average_projection_frames(
+            data, projection_averaging_factor=projection_averaging_factor
+        )
+    )
+
+    assert averaged_data.ndim == 3
+
+    if projection_averaging_factor == 2:
+        assert averaged_data.shape == (901, 5, 2560)
+    if projection_averaging_factor == 3:
+        assert averaged_data.shape == (601, 5, 2560)
+    assert averaged_data.dtype == np.float32
+    assert averaged_data.flags.c_contiguous
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("rotation", ["left", "right"])
 @pytest.mark.perf
 def test_sino_360_to_180_performance(ensure_clean_memory, rotation):