University Research Partnerships
Applied research with real commercialization pathways and recurring royalty yield for faculty and students. Most university research ends at publication.
AFG ensures it ends in deployment. We partner with engineering, materials science, and agricultural research programs to co-develop industrial innovations that move directly into automotive, defense, filtration, construction, and energy supply chains.
Your students don't just study the future economy. They build it.
A Commercialization Model That Pays the Innovators
We do not request grants. We do not extract university IP. We do not bury technology in licensing vaults.
We use a film-finance model:
| Stage | University Role | AFG Role |
|---|---|---|
| Research & Prototyping | Faculty + students develop & test | AFG funds materials, equipment, and research costs |
| Validation & Scale Testing | University verifies performance | AFG provides industrial partners for real-world testing |
| Commercial Deployment | University approves release | AFG manufactures, supplies, and distributes |
| Royalty Yield | University & students receive revenue share | AFG handles market rollout |
This creates:
Real IP value
Real workforce readiness
Real royalty revenue
Real industry impact
Not theoretical work. Commercial work.
A Materials Class with Open Frontiers
The U.S. lost 100+ years of natural fiber & carbon innovation due to:
The 1918 bamboo propagation quarantine
The 1937–2018 hemp fiber prohibition
Petrochemical subsidy dominance
Meaning: Entire research fields are undeveloped.
Your university can lead first-principles discovery in:
Structural composites
Acoustic & thermal systems
Carbon filtration media
Hard carbon anode formation
Supercapacitor charge surface engineering
These are career-defining research tracks with federal funding priority.
Why Hemp & Bamboo Research Is Strategic
Aligned With Federal & State Funding Priorities
Your research qualifies for:
USDA & NSF agricultural and materials research grants
DOE energy storage & carbon materials initiatives
EPA remediation and bio-based filtration studies
DoD strategic materials and supply chain security programs
State workforce and regional economic development funds
AFG provides:
Letters of industrial support
Market validation & commercialization plans
Cost-share participation where applicable
Your proposals become fundable because they are real-world deployable.
Students Don't Leave With Coursework. They Leave With Portfolio & Royalty Potential.
Senior design projects become commercial prototypes
Graduate research becomes deployable IP
Students gain industrial facility experience
Employment pipelines run straight into AFG and partner OEMs
This is education → prototype → manufacturing → market.
Student Impact & Career Development
Request Partnership Framework
We provide a standard Research & Commercialization Partnership Packet for faculty, department heads, and tech transfer offices.
