The Three Pillars of Research Resilience
By its very nature, scientific research is a process that often ventures into the unknown. While the pursuit of knowledge is inherently rewarding, the path to discovery is often fraught with challenges. Funding landscapes shift, technological advancements introduce...
Tailored Administration: How Cayuse Fits Different Needs
Research and grant administration are not one-size-fits-all processes, so why do many teams still rely on general-use management software? Healthcare organizations, higher education research institutions, and even schools not involved in research that still oversee...
Three Tips to Successfully Move from Manager to Leader in Animal Research Administration
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Managing Uncertainty in Research Administration
With research teams across the country facing a rapidly changing federal landscape, the role of research administrators is more important than ever before. That’s why speakers from LSU Health Shreveport, Eastern Michigan University, and Denver Health joined Cayuse to...
How to Grow Your Research Program: Lessons from Oakland University
Growing any research program requires strategic planning, strong institutional support, and a commitment to staff development. In our February 2025 webinar, Dr. Andrea Buford from Oakland University shared her experiences in research administration and provided...
Overcoming Obstacles in Healthcare Research Compliance
It’s no secret that researchers don’t exactly love to talk about compliance. While a necessary step for any research project to ensure funding is secured and ethical standards are maintained, compliance is often seen as a time-consuming process involving lots of red...
Six Factors for Better Compliance
Maintaining compliance can be a time-consuming task for research teams, but it’s an essential part of any research project. From IACUC to IBC and IRB, the boards, committees, and protocols in place to support compliance ensure research is conducted safely and...
Essential Strategies for Funding Your Research
The search for research funding is always a high priority for researchers and administrators across industries, but it comes with a set of unique challenges. From uncertainty around new limitations on federal research funding to intense competition to secure available...
10 Research Management Trends to Watch in 2025
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The What, the Who, and the How of a Successful Implementation
At the 2024 Connect by Cayuse Virtual Conference, Bobbie Bowling, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Programs and Integration at Central State University, and Thomas Keller, Senior Professional Services Consultant with Cayuse, presented a session on successfully...
The Art and Science of Knowledge Transfer: Bridging the Gap for Future Success
At the Connect by Cayuse 2024 virtual conference, The University of Alabama, Birmingham's Gina Hedberg and Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Heather Darlin explored practical strategies for building a sustainable knowledge transfer process in their session The...
Project Management in Sponsored Projects
The complex network of collaborators involved in sponsored research often requires careful management to ensure the accurate and timely completion of projects. During the 2024 Connect by Cayuse Virtual Conference, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Nicole Carleton,...
The State of Research Administration 2024: Trends and Analysis
For research professionals around the world, each year brings new discoveries, obstacles, and opportunities that shape the landscape of science and medicine, as well as the field of research itself. That’s why Cayuse conducts an annual benchmark survey of over 1,100...
Congratulations to The 2024 Connect Award Winners!
As we conclude the 2024 Connect Virtual Conference, Cayuse would like to extend our sincere thank you to all attendees who participated in three days of unity, transformation, and celebration with peers throughout the research community. We would also like to take...
2024 ListEdTech Report: Trends and Analysis in Higher Education Grants Management
The market researchers at ListEdTech recently published their 2024 report on the state of grants management practices and software used in higher education. As always, there’s plenty of interesting data and analysis to help organizations understand the market and...
You Asked, Cayuse Delivered!
Product Enhancements in Sponsored Projects Result in a 67.6% Improvement in Administrative Customer Satisfaction Scores Blog by Sara Sell, Cayuse Director of Project Management At Cayuse, our ability to listen and respond to customers' needs is the key to our success....
IRB Administrator Woes: A Tale of Elusive Training
Blog by Darlene Nawrocki, Cayuse Sr. Solutions Consultant and former Research Administrator, Compliance “I know I took that training months ago!” “I don’t remember where I'm supposed to go to take that required training.” “Can’t I just take it while it’s sitting...
Award Management: What You Need to Know
Award management is a critical element of research administration involving a series of processes that must be carefully administered and monitored from the moment an award is received to its closeout. At our 2023 Connect Virtual Conference, Tolise Dailey (Director of...