The Purchasing and Accounts Payable Department works together with the Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) and the Grant Accounting Office (GAO) on the review, approval and processing of Subaward related purchase orders and payments. Click on the link below to view a step by step process flowchart detailing each department’s responsibilities related to outgoing Subaward Agreements for the University of Iowa. This is an interactive Acrobat file. You may click the boxes to take you to the next process.
If additional funding is awarded causing the PO total to go over $25,000, a sole source justification form is required before the funding can be applied to an existing purchase order if a SSJ or SSSJ was not submitted with the original PReq.