Cayuse Research is a set of integrated, Web-based software modules that deliver flexibility and control in research administration.

• Initital Cayuse Login and Profile Setup (PDF)

Introduction to Cayuse: (PDF)

• Sign in
• Change your password
• Recover your username or password
• Creating/Editing your professional profile
• Proposal creation

Module 2: Intro to Cayuse (PDF)

• Sign in
• Navigate Cayuse424
• Understand the Cayuse424 icons
• Change your password
• Recover your username or password

Module 3: Professional Profiles (PDF)

• Professional Profile basics
• How to create a Professional Profile
• How to add biosketches
• How to assign permissions to a Professional Profile
• How to avoid duplicate Professional Profiles
• How to link the Cayuse424 user account to the Professional Profile 2

Module 4: Funding Opportunities (PDF)

• Understand what an "opportunity" is
• Determine if an opportunity has already been downloaded into Cayuse424
• Download opportunities from Grants.gov into Cayuse424
• Manage opportunities 2

Module 5: Proposal Creation (PDF)

• Create a new proposal
• Navigate the proposal
• Assign proposal permissions
• Validate and track errors
• Lock/Break Lock
• Copy/Transform proposals

Module 6: Proposal Basics (PDF)

• Autofill data into the proposal
• Add Performance Sites
• Add and Sort Key Personnel
• Attach Biosketches
• Use the Targeted Plan and Inclusion Enrollment forms

Module 7: Proposal Budgets (PDF)

• Basic Budget Concepts
• How to use Cayuse424 to create a:
• Detailed Budget
• Modular Budget
• Subaward Budget
• Link to a subaward proposal
• Import a subaward proposal
• Export a subaward proposal

Module 8: Attaching Documents (PDF)

• Attach documents to your grant proposal
• Attach your Research Plan
• Use the Research Plan "Exploder" in 5 easy steps
• View proposals in PDF format

Module 9: Proposal Routing, Review and Approval (PDF)

• The basic concepts of routing
• The rules that apply to delegates
• How to create a routing chain
• How to edit a routing chain
• How to initiate the proposal routing process
• How to use the Routing List
• How to approve the proposal
• How to retract the proposal

Module 10: Submit (PDF)

• Assess readiness and determine who can submit proposals
• Submit a proposal to Grants.gov
• Discern the proposal submission status
• Review Grants.gov tracking information
• View status of submitted proposal