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Cayuse, a simple, web-based proposal creation and submission system for federal grant applications is being rolled out this summer to assist principal investigators across the UGA campus.
Beginning August 3, UGA requires Cayuse for submission of all grants.gov opportunities. If allowed by the agency, and if the PI prefers, the NSF Fastlane or NASA NSPIRES systems may be used for a specific opportunity.
Why Cayuse?
In a test this spring, the new system – called Cayuse 424 – validated proposals submitted to NIH in minutes, while validations for proposals submitted with Adobe-based forms through grants.gov required up to 13 days.
Cayuse:
- Provides electronic system-to-system submission to grants.gov servers for almost 95% of all federal opportunities.
- Auto fills many proposal form fields from stored PI and institutional data.
- Web-based: You can work on it from anywhere.
- Eliminates worries about Adobe Reader compatibility.
- Version control capabilities for collaborative writing.
- Real-time validations against grants.gov, federal agencies, and RFP rules.
- Re-use a proposal or transfer it to another opportunity.
Learn How to Use Cayuse
The Office for Sponsored Programs will provide hands-on training through September at multiple times and locations across campus. As PIs in departments are trained, they can go live with the system. All UGA departments will have access to Cayuse in August.
Immediate Relief, But Not a Long-Term Solution
While Cayuse will provide immediate relief for PIs submitted proposals through grants.gov, it will not simplify many of the administrative burdens required of an investigator, e.g., the completion of the Transmittal Form or compliance protocol forms for human or animal subjects, for example. Cayuse is neither a permanent nor a comprehensive solution to reducing administrative burden on investigators.
Beginning fall 2009, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) will begin implementing a commercial software solution to provide researchers and administrative staff with an efficient integrated online process for proposal and compliance protocol development, proposal and award tracking, and research compliance activities.
This solution, termed an electronic research administration solution (eRA), like Cayuse, will interface directly to grants.gov. But it will also provide a single portal for investigators to develop and maintain all their research-related activities; draw from multiple authoritative data sources to pre-populate form fields and reduce the need for repetitive data entry; and will provide extensive automated electronic workflows for transmittal and approval. Once the eRA system is fully implemented – anticipated in 2011 – Cayuse will be discontinued.
For more information about Cayuse and training opportunities, contact Gary Rachel, gcrachel@uga.edu, 706/542-5905.