Proposal Preparation (Pre-Award): The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Excellence Support (CARES) Team is available to assist with all your sponsored funding proposal development and submission. How? Identify a funding opportunity then fill out the Pre-Award Support Initiation Form to notify the CARES Team of your plans. Reach out to your CARES Team member directly or make contact by sending an email to cares-team@iastate.edu as early as possible in the submission process. (Shameless ad: We’re hiring a CARES Team member! Email Ásrún for details.)
Grant Consulting: The VPR website lists several grant consulting companies under contract to assist in writing proposals. You can request funding from CALS to support grant writing assistance. Funding is awarded based on availability of funds as well as the size of the potential grant and must be approved by the college prior to engaging a consultant.