The Business Development section processed 23 agreements through the UI Division of Sponsored Programs, totaling more than $5.2 million in external funding.

Business Development coordinates pre- and post-award administrative functions for internal (University of Iowa) and external funding sources. These external sources include state agencies, federal agencies, and various other public and private sources of funding.

State agency partners include the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa Department of Public Health, the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, and agencies in other states.

Federal and national partners include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Agriculture and the Association of Public Health Laboratories.

Client Outreach is part of Business Development. It carries out the Hygienic Laboratory’s service, education and research mission by increasing understanding and use of the state’s public health and environmental laboratory system. Strategic planning, process improvement, market research and analysis, and customer feedback are key parts of this unit, which is a liaison between the laboratory and its clients.