Since 2008, more than 20 research groups in 15 institutions across 7 countries have contributed to the C₄ Rice Project. The current team comprises:

Professor Robert Furbank Australian National University, Canberra

Professor Su-May Yu Academia Sinica Institute of Molecular Biology, Taipei

Professor Julian Hibberd University of Cambridge; & Professor Jane Langdale; University of Oxford

Professor Asaph Cousins Washington State University, Pullman