Cayuse

““Before Cayuse, our review times were about 50% longer, and things would get stuck,””

““We’ve held full IRB board meetings using Cayuse, since we can all log in and look at the protocols at the same time. It’s easy to review, take minutes, and capture quorum, just like if we were sitting around a conference table. Even in a virtual environment, it’s very effective.””

““Cayuse makes remote work seamless, whether you’re on your computer or your phone,””

““We went from contract to fully operational in the span of a summer. It was seamless!””

““Cayuse’s price was very reasonable and includes technical assistance that others just don’t offer. Other vendors will give you support, but only so many requests per month before they start charging you more.””

““We had a list of qualities we were looking for, and once we saw Cayuse, my IRB chair and I looked at each other and said, ‘This is exactly what we’re looking for,’””

“Faculty have felt that the addition of Animal Oversight has really improved the quality of IACUC review and the reliability as well. Same thing with Human Ethics and Sponsored Projects: We reach a wide number of faculty that are impacted by those applications and I don’t think they can imagine life without them anymore.”

“With Animal Oversight, faculty have said that they find the process to apply for an IACUC application and get it approved is much more straightforward and much more user-friendly. They feel like they know where something is; they know how long it’s going to take; they don’t feel as though it’s going into a black hole. They can log in and see exactly where it is in the process.”

“What we’ve been able to achieve is more transparency in how things are approved, where they are in the process, and what’s needed for each of those applications,” notes the Director. “It’s really given faculty a sense of trust in the office that we know what we’re doing. They can easily see where something is in the process. They know what you’re going to need every single time. There’s consistency and trust that has really helped our program grow over the last 3 years.”

“The user experience from my office’s perspective has been phenomenal. I mean, we love it, we sing the praises. It’s just very user-friendly.”

““We’re very positive about the system; the researchers are positive. I think going with Cayuse was a great decision for us.””

““It took a long time to find a product that would not just suit the needs of the business, but also have the infrastructure and willingness to go with us to make sure it meets our needs. Cayuse was willing to go through that journey together with us.””

““Our whole system was over 20 years old, and it had a lot of customization and a lot of integrations that were built over a long time. We were keen to make sure some of those integrations and outputs continued to function.””

““Everybody’s been there for us, and everyone’s been a great partner.””

““There’s so much data available for us on the back end… we’re able to give our colleges and schools reports to show them everything coming out of their disciplines.””

““All the options Cayuse gave us have taken away extra outside PDFs and emails; we’re taking everything from outside of the system and getting one clear picture… Everything’s in one place, not everywhere.””

““The way Human Ethics is formatted and the initial forms we built have really gotten people to ask new questions about whether we need certain fields and where we can do things differently.””

““One thing that we saw with the Cayuse Platform,” the Assistant Director of the Central Office of Research Administration noted, “was that it all integrates; you can give people various levels of access to where they can see what they really need to see without having to ask or beg, or just assume that they’re never going to know the information.””

““The biggest Cayuse selling point for us was a system that was easy to use, transparent, and encouraged people to be able to do things on their own.””

““The happiness of our faculty is really the greatest thing we have gotten so far… I go out and train our faculty and staff, and they all say, ‘oh, this is really easy.’ That’s our biggest return on investment: faculty satisfaction.””

““I have more time in my week to dedicate to other things, and it’s because I’m spending less time hounding people for their reviews or talking to my team about sending out letters.””

““We wanted to update our processes and invest in a system that would give us more flexibility with reporting and more options for tracking grants and applications.””

““I really appreciate being able to obtain all of the necessary approvals electronically,” notes Susan Lord, Ph.D., Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering. “Given how busy administrators’ schedules are, it is very helpful that they can do an approval even if they are traveling.””

““I really like the ability to upload documents to Proposals (S2S) and Sponsored Projects and easily share information with other departments, so we are all on the same page at the same time. The Cayuse platform has made managing my grants much easier and faster.””

““Before Cayuse, we had to dash from office to office getting approvals and signatures. Now the process is much more streamlined and efficient,””