The Nautilus Exploration Program is funded by these major partners.

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Ocean Exploration Trust
• Office of Naval Research
• AltaSea
• Ocean Networks Canada
• University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
• Cobham / SeaTel
• CITGO
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• KVH Industries, Inc.
• Engineered Syntactic Systems
• Global Dynamix