91°µÍø

Cayuse

At 91°µÍø, we use an electronic sponsored programs administration system known as Cayuse to help manage research administration and electronic submission of proposals. Within this system are two key tools to help you speed the proposal process: Cayuse 424, a federal proposal development and system-to-system platform, and Cayuse SP, which reduces the need for paperwork and transforms proposal routing into an electronic process.

Benefits of Cayuse

Moving from a paper-based system to Cayuse's electronic research administration benefits our community in several ways:

• More efficient process of obtaining approvals. Not only are resources conserved by eschewing the paper Proposal Approval Form (PAF), but designated approvers are able to sign off on proposals without having to be physically present in the office.
• Less data entry and fewer errors. Cayuse allows for easy retrieval of frequently used institutional and personal information, minimizing work and associated errors.
• Automatic error-checking and validation of federal proposals. This feature eliminates the chance of a proposal submission being rejected, while system-to-system submission facilitates faster confirmation of successful submission.
• More robust reporting of proposal activity. Cayuse was designed specifically for research administration, so it captures a more complete and up-to-date activity at the individual, department, and college levels than previous systems.

is an online consortium to help researchers like you write data management plans. It is customized with specific step-by-step guidance for each of the major funders, including DOD, DOE, DOJ, DOT, IMLS, Moor Foundation, NASA, NEH, NIH, NIJ, NOAA, National Science Foundation (NSF), Sloan Foundation, US Department of Agriculture, US Department of Education, US Geological Survey. The tool also provides sample plans for reference to copy and build upon.

Most major funders are requiring data management plans to be included with grant applications. These one- to two-page documents detail how the principal investigators will collect, manage, process, store and disseminate data collected or created by their project. A driving factor for funders is to encourage dissemination and sharing of research data subsidized by their grant.

To help grant applicants achieve Data Management Plan requirements, Research & Sponsored Programs and 91°µÍø Libraries have established a collaborative partnership. Researchers consult with a data or metadata librarian about best practices for data management. This prepares them for writing the data management portion of their grant application and along with the DMPTool.org guidance, assures that the plans follow existing guidelines and standards.

The 91°µÍø Libraries also offers and encourages researchers to store their data (along with associated metadata) in the data repository section of – our university’s preservation system for scholarly works.

These services are offered free of charge by the libraries, requiring no additional budget line for data management. You can submit a private draft of your work for professional review prior to submitting a grant proposal.