Working with Industry

Many domestic industries rely on domestically-grown or imported tropical fruit crops but have difficulty identifying suitable partners for Research and Development.  Our program facilitates tropical fruit research by leveraging our in-house capabilities and external networks to offer complete solutions for your R&D needs.  We will manage the entire project and provide regular updates depending on your needs.

​We can begin the discussion under non-disclosure agreements and offer a range of sponsored program options depending on the required level of intellectual property protection.  We work with potential sponsors to also fulfill our mission to support domestic growers and communicate research advances.  We work exclusively through Florida Foundation Seed Producers (ffsp.net) to license and commercialize new cultivars to protect your investment and our domestic growers.