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Overall, Cayuse is a great product and it has made our jobs easier. And hallelujah that NSF is going to Grants.gov and that Cayuse handles that too.

Cayuse424 Product FAQ

COMPARE CAYUSE424 TO FREE SOLUTIONS

Does Cayuse424 submit proposals to Grants.gov? Grants.gov submissions are completely handled by Cayuse424. Cayuse424 provides many functions critical to the proposal development process, including full budget development, routing, approval, tracking and electronic submission. Review our Features page for a list of the many productivity enhancements offered by Cayuse424.

What about the "free" PureEdge viewer from Grants.gov? If by "free" you mean free to download, then yes, Grants.gov has supplied an application that allows individual PC and Mac users to prepare and electronically submit proposals directly to Grants.gov. But free has a hefty price tag. PureEdge increases the difficulty of many tasks from collaborating on proposals to printing. Cayuse424 is a superior solution in every way. The comment we most often hear in our conversations with customers who have used the free product, "PureEdge is not an institutional solution." Check out our Product Comparison page for further details.

How will Adobe Forms affect Cayuse424? Since Cayuse424 is a complete replacement for the free solutions, Cayuse customers will be completely insulated from any transition issues from Grants.gov. Without Cayuse 424, your institution will have to train on yet another system for submission.

But won't the Adobe Forms solve all the problems with PureEdge? Tests of beta software versions of the Adobe forms for NIH revealed that Grants.gov has fixed a few things in Adobe but has, in essence, designed this latest solution to behave exactly like PureEdge. The short answer is no, it will not solve the problems with PureEdge.

WORKING IN CAYUSE424

How much more efficient is Cayuse424 compared to PureEdge? Our most experienced customers tell us that it takes about 35 minutes to complete and submit a standard size R01 to NIH.

How much training will it take to use Cayuse424? While training is always recommended, many users are able to work in Cayuse424 with minimal to no training. Keep in mind that you have already done the hard work of using the system: training your staff on the new forms and the institutional procedures for submission to Grants.gov. Using Cayuse424 is easy compared to training on those issues.

How can Cayuse424 help us with our Research Plan and BioSketch Documents? Since Word is the dominant method for creating Research Plans, we've enhanced it with special templates to help you become more productive. A Cayuse add-in allows you to take a pre-existing Research Plan and format it for paper or electronic submission without tedious cut-and-paste operations.

A powerful feature of Cayuse424 is its ability to break apart a single, properly formatted PDF of the Research Plan and attach as many as 16 sections to the correct forms with one click of the mouse. Finally, Cayuse424 uses a document repository for both the submission PDFs and the source documents on the server for backup and collaboration.

Can Cayuse424 manage data on non-federal proposals and route them for approval? Through a variety of product innovations, we have created a Generic Proposal workspace that allows you to upload primary documents and enter information about proposals to any federal and non-federal agency. This allows you to use Cayuse424 as a comprehensive proposal repository for managing, routing and approving all grant proposals.

Security is very important to us. How good is Cayuse424 security? Security controls are built into every aspect of Cayuse424, giving you the greatest amount of flexibility and productivity. Highly configurable institutional business rules also control many of the higher level activities, such as reports and submission.

AGENCY SUPPORT

Does Cayuse424 submit all submission types electronically to NIH right now? Cayuse424 supports electronic submission of all proposal types currently accepted by NIH through Grants.gov.

Does Cayuse424 submit proposals electronically to NSF? Cayuse424 supports electronic submission of all proposal types currently accepted by NSF through Grants.gov.

Does Cayuse424 submit proposals electronically to other federal agencies such as USDA? Cayuse424 supports electronic submission of all proposal types currently accepted by USDA through Grants.gov.

Ok, I get it. So what does Cayuse424 not cover in terms of Agencies? Currently, Cayuse424 concentrates on covering grant applications for research. Additionally, certain agencies, such as NASA, require agency specific forms that have not been released into the product yet. Please ask your salesperson about the agency coverage of interest to you.

INTEGRATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS

Our institution uses a major accounting system. How will Cayuse424 work with this system? We designed Cayuse424 to supply complete proposal information to post-award accounting and reporting systems such as PeopleSoft, Oracle and others. Cayuse424 communicates with these systems through our web-services API. Please give us a call or email us with your questions on how Cayuse424 can integrate with your current systems.

Our institution has our own systems for compliance and other processes. Can Cayuse424 work with these systems? System integration is available. Cayuse424 makes all of the data in the grant repositories accessible by other systems and portable to future versions of Cayuse424. This gives you and your organization the greatest value for your system purchase.

TECHNICAL QUESTIONS

Does Cayuse424 run on Mac OS X? YES! Cayuse424 is a browser-based application that works very well with the Firefox browser on Mac OS X.

Our IT department has strict standards for institutional systems. What do I tell them about Cayuse424? Using 15 years of domain experience and building software for just this purpose, Cayuse424 was built from scratch using modern programming tools and sub-systems. More details are in our Technical Specifications sheet, which is available upon request from .