Blogs & News

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Jennifer Hanlon Patterson

By Simon Helton posted 08-01-2023
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Alicia Scott

By Simon Helton posted 06-30-2023
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Karen Watson

By Simon Helton posted 05-01-2023
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Jeri-Anne Lyons, PhD

By Simon Helton posted 03-01-2023
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Charlie Resare

By Simon Helton posted 02-01-2023
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Holly Mace

By Simon Helton posted 09-30-2022
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Dave Harris

By Simon Helton posted 09-01-2022
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Jonathan Lew, MPA

By Simon Helton posted 08-01-2022
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Kris Monahan, Ph.D.

By Simon Helton posted 07-01-2022
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Lyndal Arceneaux, MRA, CRA

By Simon Helton posted 06-01-2022
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Zach Gill, J.D.

By Simon Helton posted 05-02-2022
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 ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Augusta Isley

By Simon Helton posted 03-01-2022
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, ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Ella Christiansen, CRA

By Simon Helton posted 11-01-2021
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) ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Jennifer Mills, CRA

By Simon Helton posted 10-01-2021
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 ...

CARA Regional Conferences 2021

By Michel Kafrouny posted 09-12-2021
There’s fresh, new energy in the air as our various institutions embark upon the return to ‘normal.’ Re-connecting with one another is a vital part of this process, the joys, and benefits of which we experienced at the recent National Annual Conference in May. CARA Ontario, East, and West are pleased to be offering the 2021 CARA Regional Conferences to keep up the momentum of forging and fostering ties with our colleagues in the provinces and beyond. More details about the CARA Regional Conferences 2021 are available here . The CARA West 2021 conference call for presentations deadline has been EXTENDED - Apply ...

The CARA Mentorship Program: The Advantages to Mentors

By Michel Kafrouny posted 09-08-2021
I have greatly benefitted from the mentorship generously provided by senior leaders throughout my career and I was honoured to become a mentor myself to serve others – I didn’t anticipate all the things I would gain: Gratitude for my own achievements and career journey by helping fellow professionals achieve their goals, improve their lives, career engagement and satisfaction Increased self-reflection on my own career progress and goals New skills, knowledge and perspectives from different institutions, professional roles, cultures, educational and professional backgrounds Increased commitment to collaboration as I was able to see the tangible ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Mollie Robbins, CRA

By Simon Helton posted 09-01-2021
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Mollie Robbins-Wint , CRA and Manager, eRA Systems & Business Processes at Kansas State University's Office of PreAward Services. Keep reading below to get to know Mollie better. Mollie Robbins How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? At K-State we use both Cayuse 424 and Cayuse SP; both of which I am the system administrator for. My role included the configuration and implementation of SP and has since evolved to the system manager and training coordinator for our campus. Additionally, we use Data Connect to feed into our home grown reporting ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Marshall Reed

By Simon Helton posted 08-01-2021
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Marshall Reed , Manager of Information Systems UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Keep reading below to get to know Marshall better. Marshall Reed How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? By helping others resolve their user related eSirius issues and by envisioning how to make data exchanges between related companion systems a reality. What do you like to do outside of work? Enjoy exploring natural settings on road trips with wife and our two long-haired Dachshunds: Samson and Delilah. What do you ...

Attend the 2021 AALAS National Meeting: Registration & Housing Are Open

By Liz Rozanski posted 07-30-2021
Registration for the 72nd AALAS National Meeting in Kansas City, MO is now open. Plus, now is the best time to book your hotel. The meeting will be held October 17-21 at the Kansas City Convention Center at 301 West 13 th Street. Each fall since 1950, the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science has held its annual National Meeting. During the five days of the meeting, members and nonmembers come together to enjoy the workshops, lectures, poster sessions, and exhibits. The program is designed to have topics relevant to the entire membership. Exhibitors have an opportunity to interact with AALAS members from the academic community, research institutions, ...

Cayuse Champion Spotlight: Kara King, PhD, CRA

By Simon Helton posted 06-30-2021
The Cayuse community is thrilled to shine its Champion Spotlight on @Kara King , Ph.D., CRA, and Director, Grants & Contracts and Systems Support at Atrium Health. Keep reading below to get to know Kara better. Kara King How do you interact with Cayuse products on a daily basis? We use Cayuse 424 for proposal submissions, Cayuse Sponsored Projects for non-financial pre- and post-award administration of sponsored programs, Data Connect for reporting, and Cayuse Analytics for snapshots of our organization's proposal and award profiles. Over the years, use of the various modules in the research suite has greatly facilitated our oversight ...