In addition to numerous industrial partners, K-State's academic partners and research sponsors include the following:

Academic Partners

• University of North Carolina 
• State University of New York Stony Brook
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• South Dakota State University
• University of Hawaii
• University of Kansas

Sponsors

• BP American Production Company
• ConAgra Grain Processing Companies
• Electric Power Research Institute
• Environmental Defense
• Kansas Corn Commission
• Kansas Corporation Commission
• Kansas Crop Improvement Association
• Kansas Dept. of Commerce
• Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission
• Kansas Inc.
• Kansas Soybean Commission
• Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation
• Kansas Water Office
• Kansas Wheat Commission
• Land Institute
• National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization
• National Science Foundation
• Pipeline Research Council International, Inc.
• Specialty Enzymes and Biochemicals Company
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce
• U.S Dept. of Defense
• U.S Dept. of Energy
• U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
• U.S. Dept. of Interior
• U.S. Dept. of Transportation
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency