Well, this is me, being Miss Cranky Pants.
Technically, our faculty can upload documents, start records, and some do choose to do that. But I hate it. Now, me being me, I frame this as "we want our office to be as faculty-facing as possible. We can create records faster and better than PIs. We can't do the science. Let's eliminate even the small burden of updating Cayuse from the PIs' plates." And I mean that, actually. I do. But also..... as a data wonk who's pushing 424 to the limits in terms of what we can report out to the campus, it's really important to me that our data be valid and reliable. At least when we enter records, most of the time it's done right - or at least consistently. But I can't say to PIs, "let us do it because ya'll are bound to mess it up and you're causing us extra work." While also kind of true, that's a harder sell ;)
And, here's my biggest fear about a PI starting a record. They think that doing that somehow pings us that a proposal is there, waiting for someone to bring it across the finish line. What if they think they're notifying us and we miss it? I hover like a wild person over the Proposal Created status to make sure that all the proposals are claimed by a Grants and Contracts Officer. But.... it scares me.
Andrea
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Andrea Buford
Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Oakland University
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-17-2021 10:28
From: Audrey Wineglass Foster
Subject: Principal Investigators Uploading to Cayuse
Hi, everyone! I hope you're all safe and looking forward to the holidays. I know I am. The holidays can't come fast enough. Currently, people in our office are the only folks uploading documents to Cayuse. We're small and can do that with $6.3 in awards.
However, it's always been my intention to have faculty begin uploading their proposals to Cayuse. I had a plan to do so prior to COVID19. We know how that went. I was going to start with a small group and then roll it out to the rest of the faculty...perhaps in phases. What approach did you take? I have some faculty who are technology savvy and others who are not. Are your faculty fully immersed and able to do the uploading or do you upload for them? Did you get direction/support from Cayuse? At some point, I plan to do this. I would like to hear from others how you approached this or was it faculty inputting into Cayuse from the start. Thanks in advance for any feedback/suggestions you can provide.
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Audrey Wineglass Foster
Assistant Dean for OSP + Research Svcs
Gallaudet University
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