Cayuse, Inc.

About Cayuse

Cayuse, Inc. was founded by Dr. Christian Harker, a research physiologist and entrepreneur. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Cayuse has set the industry standard in software solutions for grant proposal development since 1994.

In 1992, Christian Harker, PhD was working as a faculty member in the Division of Vascular Surgery and the Department of Physiology at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. As he built his lab and career, Chris confronted the complex and time-consuming process of applying for federal grant funding. In the absence of tools and resources that ease the inherent inefficiencies in the process, Chris built his own software to ensure that his proposal was reviewed for content rather than format.

That initial product evolved into GrantSlam, Cayuse, Inc.’s first commercial proposal development software. The first two packages of GrantSlam, Cayuse’s legacy desktop product, were shipped in 1994. Loyal customers still use GrantSlam today.

With the introduction of Grants.gov, Cayuse approached the changes to the federal grant landscape with the benefit of eight full years of highly specialized experience in the forms and mechanisms that comprise federal funding applications. Cayuse424, the current product, was designed from the outset to take advantage of the Web-based technology. As one of the original System-to-System (S2S) solutions, Cayuse424 continues to set the bar as the premium interface to Grants.gov, and the most efficient commercial alternative to the government-provided downloadable forms.

Named after the western pony known to be small, speedy and able to adapt to change, Cayuse continues to live up to its name. Adapting quickly to the massive change from paper to electronic submission and the creation of Grants.gov, Cayuse now offers the industry standard for proposal development and submission – Cayuse424.