Redefining Indirect Costs in Healthcare Research
2025 has proven to be an unpredictable year for research teams in the United States, with many proposed federal changes creating uncertainty around current and future research projects. The...
Congratulations to The 2023 Connect Award Winners
With another excellent Connect virtual conference behind us, we at Cayuse would like to extend our sincere thanks to all attendees who joined for three days of discovery, engagement, and...
Planning Your Implementation Journey: Introducing the Cayuse Mutual Project Plan
At Cayuse, we understand that investing in a new eRA software solution is a significant undertaking, regardless of your institution’s size. The process involves collaboration from multiple teams...
Navigating eRA Implementation: Answering the Top 5 Questions Your IT Team Will Ask
Implementing eRA software is a significant undertaking that requires at least some involvement from your institution’s IT team. Whether you’re designing a homegrown system or purchasing...
Retro Allocations: How to Handle Ever-Changing Effort
The landscape of research administration is dynamic and challenging, with a wide range of complexities. One of the complexities that can trip up teams is effort reporting. The concept of...
Managing Multi-Core Research Projects
Multi-core projects are unique and complex entities within sponsored projects, requiring meticulous organization and diligent oversight. These large-scale endeavors involve multiple interrelated...
Best Practices for Onboarding and Ongoing Training
One of the biggest challenges research administration professionals face is developing an effective approach to training and onboarding. The lack of time, resource documentation, and an organized...
Conducting Accurate Workload Assessments in Research Administration
In our 2022 Benchmark Report on the state of research administration, we surveyed more than 1,000 individuals from 437 organizations. When asked about the most significant barriers they faced in...
Attracting, Motivating, and Retaining Talent in Research Administration: Onboarding
In the final post of our three-part series on talent acquisition and retention in research administration, we’re focusing on Onboarding. Read Part 1: Retention here, and Part 2: Recruitment here....
4 Ways to Increase Research Proposal Submissions
The number of grant proposal submissions a research department processes is a key indicator of whether an organization’s research endeavors are thriving. While every higher education institution...