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The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Sharla Miles , Research Compliance Specialist in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Sam Houston State University. Keep reading below to get to know Sharla better! How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? We have been Cayuse customers since 2010 when we launched 424/Proposals. We have since implemented IRB/Human Ethics (HE) in 2018, IACUC/Animal Oversight (AO) in 2019, and most recently SP, Outside Interests, and IBC/Hazard Safety (HS) last year. We are in the process of finalizing our implementation of Fund Manager and Effort ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Jorja Cenin , Project Manager at the Graduate Research School, The University of Western Australia. Keep reading below to get to know Jorja better, as well as see some of her award-winning photography! How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? As the Project Manager for UWA’s Cayuse Graduate Education Manager project, I interact with Graduate Education Manager daily. UWA implemented Graduate Education Manager in June 2022 and is the first university to work with Cayuse to develop a second module as part of the product for higher degree by research recruitment, ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Sherrie Hixon , Ed.D., CRA, and Director of Strategic Research Initiatives at California State University, Northridge. Keep reading below to get to know Sherrie better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? We implemented SP, 424/Proposals S2S, IRB/Human Ethics in 2015-16, and added Hazard Safety in 2020. As the Cayuse product manager for CSUN, I am monitoring system updates,  troubleshooting issues, managing data and user access,, and conducting periodic audits across all modules. I also use Data Connect for monthly reporting and special requests ...
ASU Job Title: Financial Specialist Sr Posted Rate of Pay: $50,823 - $63,000 per year; DOE Close Date: 1/4/24 Job Summary: The School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence (SCAI) Research Advancement (RA) Team is looking for an individual interested in making a difference in the world by directly supporting researchers who are making globally impactful advances in research, and is seeking a career with various opportunities for growth. The successful candidate will have the responsibility of assisting university faculty with the development, preparation, and submission of sponsored project proposals to various funding agencies. In this role the ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Domenica Pappas , Associate Vice Provost for Research at Illinois Institute of Technology. Keep reading below to get to know Domenica better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? Sponsored Projects and Human Ethics. What do you see as the hottest trends in research today? Artificial Intelligence! Cybersecurity. What do   you  consider most promising in the era  of   big data? I believe that big data can improve the quality of life for all individuals in all facets of life.  Imagine how big data could improve medical care, create safer ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Rowynn Spencer , Pre-Award Sponsored Programs Lead at California State University, Los Angeles. Keep reading below to get to know Rowynn better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? I use Cayuse SP for our campus approval process What do you like to do outside of work? I love to travel, watch movies. I’m a huge Star Wars Fan. What do you see as the hottest trends in research today? Hottest trend is thinking outside the box and going for it. What  do   you  consider most promising in the era  of   big data? Using data and being able ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Jennifer Hanlon-Patterson , Director of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Stephen F. Austin State University. Keep reading below to get to know Jennifer better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? We launched Cayuse SP in September 2022 and are currently wrapping up Fund Manager implementation. I work with SP daily – either assisting faculty/staff as they complete their proposals, setting up awards, or updating forms. The ability to have everything in one place and online has made the grants process more transparent to the ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Alicia Scott , IRB Director at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Keep reading below to get to know Alicia better! How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? I use Cayuse Human Ethics daily for our social behavioral research protocol reviews. We switched from a different electronic submission system last year to Cayuse and we have not regretted that decision at all. As the IRB Director, I complete pre-reviews, Exempt, Expedite, and Full Reviews of applications to the IRB. What do you like to do outside of work? Outside of working, I love ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Karen Watson , Project Manager in the Office of Research at LSU Health Shreveport. Keep reading below to get to know Karen better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? I am the project manager for implementation here in the research department so I have gotten to implement several Cayuse modules. Once implemented I get to stay involved in optimizing the use of it and making sure the workflows meet the needs of the organization. What do you like to do outside of work? I am addicted to my Pure Barre class and have done almost 350 classes in past ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Jeri-Anne Lyons , Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Northern Colorado. Keep reading below to get to know Jeri better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? We are in the process of implementing the Cayuse Graduation Education Manager. We are working closely with our Cayuse team to tailor the system to our needs and implement a platform that will support graduate student success. What do you like to do outside of work? I like to make jewelry and practice yoga. I like to run, walk, hike, bike, and ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Charlie Resare , Senior Director, Research Grants & Finance at Providence St. Joseph Health. Keep reading below to get to know Charlie better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? At Providence, we currently use 424 (now called Proposals), and SP, to manage the pre-award and certain aspect of post-award for our external Grants and Federal Contracts Portfolio. For better or worse, I don’t go into the system myself that often as I have other folks smarter than I that manage the day to day pre- or post-award functions. When I’m interacting with our Cayuse ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Holly Mace , Assistant Director, Pre-Award at NYU Abu Dhabi. Keep reading below to get to know Holly better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? At NYU Abu Dhabi, we use two Cayuse systems. One tracks our external grants and is managed by the Office of Sponsored Programs in New York, and the other manages our internal funding mechanisms in Abu Dhabi. Unlike most US schools, most of our research funding is internal and having a system that tracks all our faculty grants and proposals is crucial for reporting. For our external grants, we operate as departmental ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Dave Harris , Assistant Vice President in the Office for Research at Idaho State University. Keep reading below to get to know Dave better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? At Idaho State University, we us Cayuse SP along with Cayuse IRB on a daily basis for proposal preparation and oversight of human subject related projects. Cayuse SP facilitates the routing and approval of all proposals for external funding in considerably less time than it took us using hard copy routing. We have actually seen a proposal be fully routed for complete approval ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Jonathan Lew , MPA, eRA Officer at University of California, Irvine. Keep reading below to get to know Jonathan better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? Here at UC Irvine, we currently use Cayuse Proposal (S2S) for proposal preparation and submission. We integrated Cayuse with the campus routing system (Kuali Research) so that the two systems can talk to each other and exchange data for reporting and tracking. We have heard nothing but praise for Cayuse from the campus users. It has made successful proposal submissions so much easier. Users appreciate ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Kris Monahan , Ph.D., Senior Director of Sponsored Projects and Research Compliance at Providence College. Keep reading below to get to know Kris better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? Providence College has the Grants module. The Cayuse Grants module is the center of all of our information. The team at PC has the system open throughout the day updating proposal records as activity occurs so each member of the team has shared, up-to-date to proposal information at any time and any place. As a manager, I can query information, look for trends, and ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Lyndal Arceneaux , MRA, CRA, Senior Proposal Administrator II at Texas A&M University. Keep reading below to get to know Lyndal better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? We use Cayuse Proposal (S2S) only, and myself and a handful of colleagues were heavily involved in the implementation process in 2019. Since we integrated Proposals (S2S) (then 424) with our current system of record, MAESTRO, and imported more than 16,000 users and more than 20 member institutions, the implementation process was a bit of a beast. We became the “experts” by ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Zach Gill ,  Director of Sponsored Programs, Award Contracting at Oregon State University. Keep reading below to get to know Zach better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? I am in Cayuse Sponsored Projects every day seeing who is doing what. I use it to track progress of large proposals and to see the history of certain sponsors and faculty. We recently started the Modernization upgrade to Sponsored Projects 4.0 so that will be an exciting project this summer. What do you like to do outside of work? I love the outdoor activities in Oregon. I trail ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Augusta Isley , Senior Proposal Manager at Ball State University. Keep reading below to get to know Augusta better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? I am in Cayuse SP daily working on proposals and maintaining data integrity.​ I also do a fair amount of troubleshooting oddball issues that are just quirks of the system.​ I am constantly trying to find ways to ​maximize the use of Cayuse ​to meet the needs of the University​. What do you like to do outside of work? My partner​ & I have 6 cats that we love to hang out with. During the warm months, ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Ella Christiansen , CRA and Director, Office of Research at the College of Health Sciences at Boise State University. Keep reading below to get to know Ella better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? I am the Director for the Office of Research within the College of Health Sciences at Boise State University. We are currently using two Cayuse apps: Grants and Fund Manager. We use Grants as our "database" to keep track of our sponsored projects portfolio throughout the life cycle of each project. We use Grants to keep track of salary allocations, (unofficially) ...
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Jennifer Mills , CRA and Manager of Electronic Research Administration, Training and Reporting at the University of Alabama. Keep reading below to get to know Jennifer better. How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? I am the Electronic Research Administrator at The University of Alabama. I am responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operation of Cayuse SP and 424. I am also in charge of reporting for the Office for Research and Economic Development. What do you like to do outside of work? I enjoy photography and traveling in my free time. I ...