Centralize your full research and grant management ecosystem with connected, cloud-based software for managing awards, compliance, vivarium operations, and technology transfer.
Higher Education
Less administration, more collaboration
Case Study
University of Northern Iowa
50%
UNI reduces time spent on administration by 50% with Cayuse.
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Big or small, R1 or just starting your journey, Cayuse has partnered with campuses of all sizes to save researchers and administrators time, money, and sleepless nights.
The #1 research administration tool
No one serves more higher education institutions than we do. Cayuse tops the ranking of grants management systems among higher education institutions year after year.
Community in higher education research
Our Connect Community is the definitive online community for research professionals to ask questions and share expertise with over 2,500 peers!
The most experienced team
Founded by higher education professionals, many of our Cayuse teammates come from the field. They understand your unique challenges and how Cayuse can solve them
The solution of choice for institutions of all sizes
Benefits
Built to amplify the impact of higher education research teams
Maximized efficiency
Build automated, configurable workflows that eliminate time-consuming tasks and ensure accuracy every step of the way, so you can focus on more strategic collaboration.
Increased transparency
Give internal and external stakeholders across your entire organization role-based visibility to ensure everyone can always find what they need.
Optimized award management
Manage all of your funding applications in one place with standardized data and repeatable workflows that eliminate redundant data entry and catch any errors.
Improved reporting
Gain unprecedented transparency into all of your data for robust reporting and real-time analysis. Quickly access dashboards, build reports, and make data-driven decisions.
Reduced regulatory review time
Get back time without compromising compliance, with teams experiencing a decrease in regulatory review times by an average of 67%.
On-time & on-budget Implementations
We'll be by your side from day one and celebrate with you on launch day. Our team is #1 in completed implementations, with reliable and efficient time to value.
“90% of what we do now when it comes to a sponsored project is done in one system. The faculty, staff, and leadership can all go into Cayuse to see their proposals, awards, and related details.”
“I really appreciate the effort that goes into not just the product but also maintaining that relationship with the customer… I’m continually impressed by the ability or willingness of Cayuse to take suggestions from customers and implement them, and the speed at which it happens.”
“There’s accountability, it’s more transparent. Cayuse helped us to make things faster and keep track of a lot of things in one place where people can see it.”
Research Colleges & Universities
Easy-to-use, built to scale. Helping your team speed through administrative tasks error-free and always be audit-ready, whether you’re a high-volume R1 or R2, aspiring for a higher classification, or just getting started.
Non Research Higher Education
Tackle grants, budgets, and contracts with ease. Cayuse is modular and configurable for teams of every size.
Our Solutions
Research teams get more done with the Cayuse Suite
The Cayuse Platform
Connect your Cayuse applications on one easy-to-access platform. Your home base for research administration, the Cayuse Platform centralizes task management, unifies user data and provides the appropriate access by user.
Award Management
Find, manage, and submit awards, agreements, contracts, approvals, and feasibility assessments more efficiently and collaboratively. Comprehensive funding searches help match your organization with federal, non-federal, and private funding opportunities. Analyze and visualize your data, so you can make strategic level decisions.
Compliance Management
Simplify regulatory compliance and reduce risk to your research and reputation, with software designed to help nonprofits manage COI, IRB, IACUC, and IBC submissions and reviews. Integrations between our apps keep your protocols centralized and accessible, ensuring cross-committee approvals.
Vivarium Management
Optimize your vivarium with solutions designed to improve procurement, inventory, animal care, billing, and staff scheduling. See why customers trust Cayuse to keep animals and researchers safe and compliant while saving time and effort on administrative tasks.
Technology Transfer
Establish reliable lab-to-market operations with Inventions, our comprehensive technology transfer solution built to support every stage and stakeholder involved in research commercialization, from external law firm support to marketing resources.
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