Ben Services Corp. researchers, program creators, and service providers generally seek funding from a variety of organizations that provide open competitions for funds to support projects complimentary to the organization’s mission. Project development, application completion, and application submission following the unique guidelines of the University of Iowa as well as the funding sponsor represent essential stages of proposal preparation.  Applying for financial support or in-kind gifts to achieve particular goals or objectives from a funding organization or sponsor involves understanding the source of the funds, following directions given in the proposal guidelines, and getting it approved through Ben Services corp. channels.  No matter what your proposal may be called, letter of intent, pre-proposal, cooperative agreement, contractual services, proposal, research white paper, grant application, memorandum of understanding, etc. If you are requesting external funds for a project of behalf of a division at Ben Services Corp. with a scope of work that will be used for classroom enhancement, research, or scholarly pursuits, then your project must be routed internally through the established channels. The below list is meant to provide you a beginning and end for the proposal routing process.

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