University Research Admininistration Blog for Higher Education

Supporting Research Growth With More Efficient IRB Processes

Our grant funding has grown, but so has our workload. We needed to make our IRB processes less painful and time-consuming. Here’s how we did that.

What Is a Conflict of Interest Disclosure, and Why Is It Important?

Conflict of interest disclosure is more important than ever. Find out the risks of nondisclosure, potential conflicts of interest, and what the disclosure process entails.

Introducing the Sheri Pulis Outstanding Service in Research Administration Award

This year’s Cayuse Round-Up, our annual customer conference, ended with the start of a new tradition: an award dedicated to honoring the memory of Sheri Pulis.

5 Benefits of Animal Lab Facility Management Software

Managing a lab research facility efficiently is difficult on a good day. Facility management software provides an easier way to collaborate.

Curious About Electronic Research Administration Tools? Here’s What You Need To Know

How do you figure out which of all the different research administration tools will actually help speed up your processes? Here’s what you need to know.

Developing an In-House Time and Effort Reporting System? Beware of Hidden Costs

Organizations routinely underestimate the real cost of building and operating in-house research administration systems, according to a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers for ADP.

Should You Enforce Internal Grant Proposal Deadlines?

We all know sponsor deadlines govern research administration, but what about your own internal proposal deadlines? How strictly should you enforce such policies? Here’s what two Cayuse customers said.

Top 3 Financial Management Challenges in Research Administration

Here are the top three challenges we hear most often and how Cayuse Financials can help ease the administrative burden of managing grant funds.

Facilitating Better Fiscal Oversight by Principal Investigators

Institutions should provide tools that facilitate proper PI stewardship of sponsored funds. Research administration offices have had great success improving fiscal monitoring and reporting by using software solutions such as Cayuse Financials.

2018 SRA International Annual Meeting Retrospective

What We Learned From SRA 2018 While there continues to be a refinement of government regulations around things like tech transfer, at the moment there aren't any new substantial government policy changes causing angst in the research community. However, four themes...

Rounding Up the Round-Up for Research Administration Day

Well, how do Cayuse Customers Round Up the Round-Up? We believe each day is National Research Administration Day and proof was found all around at the Cayuse Round-Up, our annual customer event. So, how do Cayuse customers round up the Round-Up? It’s simple. With...

An Inside Look at a High-Volume Research Office

Cayuse recently had the opportunity to speak with Melinda Cotton, Assistant Vice President of Sponsored Programs at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB). UAB handles over $480 million in awards each year.

In an ever-changing research environment, research offices of all sizes are continually being forced to evolve. With mounting pressures on campuses to increase their funding when there is less funding overall to be won, large and small research…

Chris Harker and the Story of Cayuse, From 1994 to Today

The Cayuse Research Suite is centered on the Cayuse solutions first developed by Dr. Chris Harker in 1994. At the time Dr. Harker was a medical researcher, faculty member, and Laboratory Director at Oregon Health Sciences University. He wanted to develop an easier way to…

5 Tips for Surviving the Next Big Proposal Deadline

I don't need to tell you how stressful proposal deadlines can be. Here are five tips to help you make it through: 1. Eat Lunch Let’s face it. It’s a miracle on a normal day to eat lunch away from your desk, let alone out of the office. And, now that you have a big...

Reflections on Research Administration

At Cayuse, we understand the amazing yet thankless work that research administrators do on a daily basis. If it weren’t for them (and the great researchers they serve, of course) we wouldn’t benefit from many of the societal and scientific advancements that enhance...

Why Cayuse Loves Research Administrator Day

It’s safe to assume that for most people September 25 is just another regular day, unless it’s your birthday or you’re a fan of National One-Hit Wonder Day or National Comic Book Day. But thanks to our friends at the National Council of University Research...

Software for Managing Crowdfunded Research Projects

What do you know about crowdfunded research projects? Most college and university research administrators are very familiar with the term “sponsored research,” meaning projects that are funded by a specific sponsor, that are restricted in the use of the funds, and...

Top 5 Reasons Your Principal Investigators (PIs) Will Benefit from eRA

Principal investigators (PIs), the people at your institution ultimately responsible for generating and carrying out sponsored projects, will benefit significantly from electronic research administration (eRA). In our blog posts and public presentations, we offer...