IAI INVESTMENT FUNDS VII INC
497, 1997-03-31
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                                                  Filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)
                                                      Registration No. 2-39560


                       SUPPLEMENT DATED MARCH 31, 1997
                  TO THE JOINT PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 1, 1996
                                       OF
         IAI GROWTH FUND (a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds II, Inc.)
        IAI REGIONAL FUND (a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds IV, Inc.)
  IAI CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND (a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds VI, Inc.)
    IAI EMERGING GROWTH FUND (a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds VI, Inc.)
     IAI MIDCAP GROWTH FUND (a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds VI, Inc.)
   IAI GROWTH AND INCOME FUND (a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds VII, Inc.)
        IAI VALUE FUND (a portfolio of IAI Investment Funds VIII, Inc.)


     The following  replaces the disclosure  beginning on page 23 concerning the
management of each Fund:


     Each Fund is managed  by a team of IAI  investment  professionals  which is
responsible  for making the day-to-day  investment  decisions for such Fund. The
team leads for each Fund are as follows:

     Martin   Calihan  has   responsibility   for  the   management  of  Capital
Appreciation  Fund.  Mr. Calihan is a Vice President and has served as an equity
analyst  for IAI since  1992.  Before  joining  IAI,  Mr.  Calihan was an equity
analyst with Morgan Stanley and Company from 1991 to 1992, and with State Street
Research  management  from  1990  to  1991.  Mr.  Calihan  has  managed  Capital
Appreciation Fund since its inception.

     David  Himebrook has  responsibility  for the management of Emerging Growth
Fund. Mr. Himebrook,  an IAI Vice-President  and equity portfolio  manager,  has
been involved in the management of the Fund since  November 1994.  Prior to that
time Mr. Himebrook had been employed as an equity portfolio  manager by Lutheran
Brotherhood since 1987.

     Mark Hoonsbeen has  responsibility  for the management of Regional Fund and
Midcap Growth Fund. Mr.  Hoonsbeen is a Vice President and has managed  Regional
Fund since he joined IAI in 1994 and Midcap  Growth  Fund since  February  1997.
Before joining IAI, Mr. Hoonsbeen served as an equity portfolio  manager for the
St. Paul Companies Inc. from 1986 to 1994.

     Mr. Hoonsbeen and David McDonald have  responsibility for the management of
Growth Fund. Mr.  McDonald has managed Growth Fund since September 1994, when he
joined IAI as a Vice President and equity portfolio manager. Before joining IAI,
Mr. McDonald was a Managing  Director of Wessels Arnold & Henderson from 1989 to
1994 and an Associate Portfolio Manager with IDS Financial Services from 1986 to
1989. Mr. Hoonsbeen has managed Growth Fund since February 1997.

     Donald Hoelting has  responsibility for the management of Growth and Income
Fund and Value Fund.  Mr.  Hoelting has managed each Fund since August 1996. Mr.
Hoelting is a Vice  President and has served as an equity  portfolio  manager of
IAI since  joining IAI in April 1996.  Prior to joining  IAI,  Mr.  Hoelting was
Chief Investment  Officer and Portfolio Manager for Jefferson  National Bank and
Trust from 1986 to 1996.


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