The ORIC has established strong partnerships with a range of sponsoring agencies that provide funding for research and development initiatives. The current major sponsors of research and capacity building projects at MNS-UAM include:
National:
- Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB)
- Higher Education Commission (HEC)
- Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC)
- Punjab Agricultural Research Council (PARC)
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
- Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)
- Endowment Fund Sectarian-UAF
- Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
- Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives
- Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF)
- Sugarcane Research and Development Board (SRDB)
International:
- Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) – Australia
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) –Germany
- Foundation of science and technology development
- (FOSTECT) – Vietnam
- Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation -Germany
- Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Pakistan
- European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG)
- International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD-SADNEE)
- Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF)
- United Nations (UN)
- International climate initiative
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Horizon Europe
- The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and hygiene (RSTMH)
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP)
- Accelerating Investment for Climate and Clean energy
- Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
- United Kingdom- Global Challenge Research Fund (UK-GCRF)