Funding of research comes from two main sources: The Ministry of Agriculture and external assistance. External funds are secured through bilateral or multilateral agreements with different donors.

AGERI sought assistance from bilateral and multilateral donors like UNDP, USAID, ICARDA, FAO, ROSTAS/UNESCO. A good portion of these funds is allocated for equipment and facility improvement of laboratories and other research assets. Another part of this support serves in conducting a series of training courses in genetic engineering, molecular biology and related fields. AGERI has ongoing scientific collaborations sponsored by the following organizations:

United Nations Development Program (UNDP), as the funding agency which supported the initial research at AGERI. UNDP assistance is sought for its neutrality and objectivity. The multilateral nature of UNDP allows access of the best technology, purchase of the best equipment and the best training irrespective of where it is found in the industrial world.

An agreement for funding research under the new initiatives component of the USAID funded National Agricultural Research Program (NARP) was signed in 1993. This activity allowed interaction between AGERI scientists and researchers from a number of eminent American Universities, i.e. Michigan State University, University of California, University of Wyoming and the Scripps Research Institute located in California, under the ABSP (Agricultural Biotechnology for Sustainable Productivity) Project.

The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), located in Aleppo, Syria, has contracted AGERI for a proposal on ‘Wide Crosses in Lentils and Embryo Rescue’.