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Cayuse Award Management

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Spec score 8.0 #3 of 20 in Research Administration Software

What it is

Cayuse Award Management is a cloud-based suite for research organizations managing funding and awards from discovery and proposal submission through post-award administration. Fund Finder searches funding opportunities and provides grant recommendations and alerts for new and active opportunities. Cayuse Proposals (S2S) supports federal submissions with autofill and more than 1,500 smart validations, through a single portal for more than 30 agencies. Fund Manager provides portfolio views, spend tracking, forecasts for multi-year projects, and configurable reports; it can connect with ERP, general ledger, payroll, and eRA systems. Project Effort supports automated monitoring and certification using imported payroll and related data. Cayuse Agreements centralizes agreement information and supports reviews with notifications. Award Management Insights offers role-based dashboards for award data and trends. The Cayuse Platform includes single sign-on across Cayuse applications, task tracking, shared user data, and API access; Report Connector can transfer data to tools such as Microsoft Power BI and SQL Server Reporting Services. Pricing is on request. Cayuse lists weekday technical support from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Cayuse Award Management is a cloud-based suite for managing research awards from funding discovery and proposal submission through post-award administration.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Intended users
Cayuse says its solutions support research teams at institutions including higher education, healthcare, life sciences, nonprofit, and government organizations.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Integrations
Cayuse Report Connector can transfer platform data to outside systems and business-intelligence tools such as Microsoft Power BI and SQL Server Reporting Services.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Security
Cayuse says its security program is audited and certified to SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, and HITRUST i1 standards.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Support
Cayuse says customers can access its Customer Success team, online community, and Cayuse Academy.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Headquarters
Portland, Oregon, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · cayuse.com
Access
The Cayuse Platform offers single sign-on across Cayuse apps, centralized task tracking, and API access for reporting.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Agreement workflows
Cayuse Agreements centralizes agreement information and uses automated notifications to support reviews.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Analytics
Award Management Insights provides role-based dashboards and analysis tools for viewing research data and performance metrics.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Availability
Cayuse states that it guarantees 99.9% uptime and backs up databases and file attachments nightly, with database snapshots every 30 minutes.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Award tracking
Fund Manager provides real-time portfolio views, spend tracking, what-if forecasts, and configurable reports for awards and other funding types.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Delivery
Cayuse describes its research-administration suite as cloud-based.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Effort reporting
Cayuse Project Effort supports automated effort monitoring and certification using imported payroll and other relevant data.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Financial tracking
Fund Manager provides visibility into research-funding spend and supports forecasting for multi-year projects.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Funding search
Fund Finder provides a searchable database of funding opportunities, grant recommendations, and alerts about new and active opportunities.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Platform access
The Cayuse Platform offers single sign-on for Cayuse applications, centralized task tracking, shared user data, and APIs for reporting.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Pricing
The Award Management page invites visitors to request information and does not state a price.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Proposal submission
Cayuse Proposals (S2S) supports federal proposal forms with autofill and entry validation, and the page says it has a single submission portal for more than 30 agencies.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Proposal submissions
Proposals (S2S) supports federal grant submissions with autofill and more than 1,500 smart validations.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Reporting
Award Management Insights provides centralized award data, trends, and role-specific dashboards.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
System integrations
Fund Manager can connect with an institution’s ERP, general ledger, payroll, and eRA systems to reduce duplicate data entry.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com
Who it serves
Cayuse describes its customers as research organizations including higher education, healthcare, life sciences, nonprofits, government, and international institutions.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com

Plans and prices

Cayuse Award Management Priced on request Pricing not stated; request information from Cayuse Read 3 Oct 2026 · cayuse.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Covers funding discovery through post-award administration
  • Proposal portal supports more than 30 agencies
  • Fund Manager connects with institutional systems
  • Includes agreement workflows and effort reporting
  • Provides API access for reporting

Limits

  • Pricing is on request
  • Technical support is listed for weekdays only

Who it suits

The suite is intended for research organizations, including higher education, healthcare, life sciences, nonprofit, government, and international institutions. Its range of funding and award workflows may suit teams managing research grants across their lifecycle.

Verdict

Cayuse combines funding search, proposal submission, award tracking, and related research-administration workflows. Organizations need to request pricing to assess its cost.

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