Welcome to Welcome to CayuseCayuse

An Overview of the System

Office of Grant & Contract Services6 September 2012

Table of Contents

• Some Cayuse Features & Benefits• Before You Begin…• Logging Into Cayuse• Creating &

Maintaining Your Professional Profile• Cayuse 424 Support

Cayuse makes the process faster & easier!

Cayuse Features & Cayuse Features & BenefitsBenefits

Some General Features & Benefits

CAYUSECAYUSE……•Downloads funding opportunities directly from Grants.gov• Provides auto-fill and data reuse capability• Automatically tracks errors and warnings• Has easy navigation between forms• Stores proposal documents and attachments• Tracks proposal submission status

Cayuse Saves You Steps

• Electronic routing feature enables NAU principal investigators to circulate grants.gov and non-grants.gov proposals for electronic (not paper) internal approvals (no more walking around campus!)

• Other “actions” also can be routed through Cayuse:– “Internal forms” include SPARs, Tuition Waivers, F&A

Waivers, etc.

• To learn more, please view “Internal Forms and Non-Grants.gov Proposals” (or click here for a PDF version).

Important links, web browser configuration, and Cayuse DON’TS

Before You Begin…Before You Begin…

Table of Contents

• Important Links• Recommended Browsers• Configure Your Web Browser• Important “DON’T’S”

Important Links

• Office of Grant & Contract Services:http://www.research.nau.edu/funding/ogcs/index.aspx

• Cayuse424 Login:https://nau.cayuse424.com

• Cayuse Support Center:http://support.cayuse.com

• Subawards:http://www.subawards.com

Recommended Browsers

Firefox – The BESTBEST and most HIGHLYHIGHLY recommended browser for Cayuse 424 with any operating system. Firefox has the fastest load & response times. Cayuse currently supports versions 3.0 through 3.6.

Internet Explorer – Although FirefoxFirefox remains the most highly recommended browser for Cayuse 424, IEIE is now listed as a fully supported browserfully supported browser, too. It may be used with any operating system, and the former glitches and problems users experienced when using IEIE for Cayuse should no longer exist.

Google Chrome – NOTNOT listed as a supported browser at this time. Although it is usable, Google Chrome is prone to prone to glitches glitches when used for Cayuse 424.

Safari – NOTNOT supported at this time due to significant browser bugs. Cayuse is keeping watch on this Mac platform browser, but for now they recommend using FirefoxFirefox if you are a Mac user.

Configure Your Web Browser

• It’s important to configure your browser to allow pop-up windows that are used by Cayuse 424 to create and manage required forms.

• Click here to learn how to configure FirefoxFirefox.

• Click here to learn how to configure Internet Internet ExplorerExplorer.

Firefox: Step 1

Firefox: Step 2

Firefox: Step 3

Internet Explorer

Important “DON’TS”

It is important that you DO NOTDO NOT…!•Use the BackBack or RefreshRefresh buttons!

– Instead, use the breadcrumb trails in Cayuse, which provide a quick way to navigate screens within a tab!

•Cut and paste into the application!– Some characters (e.g., “, é, etc.) do not convert

accurately and will appear as unintelligible characters

•Leave Cayuse running overnight!– Cayuse 424 times out 4 hours after inactivity– You might lose the last page of work!

Breadcrumb Trail

Login & Navigation

Logging Into CayuseLogging Into Cayuse

Table of Contents

• Accessing Cayuse 424• Navigating Cayuse• Cayuse Icons

Accessing Cayuse 424• OGCS webpage: Click on the Cayuse running

horse

• Direct link: https://nau.cayuse424.com• Log in with your NAU CAS UserId and Password

Navigating Cayuse

• Cayuse uses tabbed navigation.

– Use the tabs to move between sections without losing your place in the proposal.

– Links beneath the tabs are called breadcrumbsbreadcrumbs and they allow you to move back to the previous screen easily.

Breadcrumb Trail

Navigating Cayuse• SupportSupport Link (on the OverviewOverview Tab)

– Takes you directly to the Cayuse Support CenterCayuse Support Center– Latest documentation– Cayuse listserv– Data Integration tools– Training modules

Navigating Cayuse

• OpportunitiesOpportunities Tab

– Browse downloaded opportunities– Download new opportunities– Create new proposals from downloaded opportunities

• ProposalsProposals Tab

– Create/edit a grant proposal– Create/edit a subaward proposal– Import a subaward proposal

Navigating Cayuse

• RoutingRouting Tab

– View and access proposals that require your review and approval

• PeoplePeople Tab

– Create/edit a Professional Profile– View a Professional Profile

Navigating Cayuse

• InstitutionsInstitutions Tab

– View the Primary Institutional Profile– Create profiles for subcontractors

• ReportsReports Tab

– Submission report– Unlinked Profiles report

Cayuse Icons

• Icons perform key tasks.

• Hover your cursor over an icon in Cayuse424 to determine the icon’s function.

• Click the icon and Cayuse will respond with prompts, forms changes, etc., to support performance of the activity.

What is it? Why do I need it? How do I create it?

Creating & Maintaining Creating & Maintaining Your Professional ProfileYour Professional Profile

Table of Contents

• What is a Professional Profile?• Profile Data• View Your Professional Profile• The People Page• Finding Your Profile• If You Can’t Find Your Profile…• Find Your Profile• Your Professional Profile Page• General Personal Information• Institutional Association• Remember to Save!• Occasionally…

What is a Professional Profile?

• Professional Profiles capture and store data about Principal Investigators (PI), Key Personnel, Other Significant Contributors, AORS, Signing Officials, etc.

• Information stored in the Professional Profile is auto-filled into the grant proposal once that individual is named as a PI, Senior/Key Person, or Authorized Representative.

• Profiles stored in Cayuse can be shared with others and used multiple times.

• Before you can create a grant application you must create your Professional Profile.

Profile Data

• NIH Commons ID• NIH Degree• Senior/Key Personnel Degree Type & Year• NSF Degree Type & Year• Demographic Information• eRA Role• NASA – US Government Employee Information• NASA NSPIRES ID (required if submitting to

NASA)

View Your Professional Profile

In Cayuse, select the PeoplePeople tab

Or Or

From the Overview Overview page, select

Professional ProfilesProfessional Profiles

The People Page

Finding Your Profile

• Profiles for most NAU faculty and investigators have been pre-loaded into Cayuse based on information from HR PeopleSoft.

• Updating your professional profile in Cayuse does not update your PeopleSoft profile; if that’s necessary, contact your HR representative.

• If your name does not appear as “recently viewed”, follow the instructions on the next slide to search for and locate your profile.

If You Can’t Find Your Profile…

• Use the SearchSearch bar or click on Show AllShow All to type in your name or review a list of names.

Find Your Profile

After typing your name into the search bar, click SearchSearch. When the search is complete your name should be listed under Search ResultsSearch Results. Click on your name to open your Professional Professional Profile Profile page.

After clicking Show AllShow All, an alphabetical list will appear. Click on the letter that is the first letter of your last name. (In my case, it would be “M.”) Scroll through the list, find your name, and then click on your name to open your Professional ProfileProfessional Profile page.

Your Professional Profile Page• The Professional ProfileProfessional Profile page includes General Personal General Personal

InformationInformation categories for Name, Degrees, Demographics, and Biosketches.

• Review the pre-loaded information in your Personal ProfilePersonal Profile to assure its accurate, or if not, update accordingly.

General Personal Information: Name

• In the NameName category enter your NIH Commons ID and your NASA NSPIRES ID, if applicable.

• Then click on DegreesDegrees.

General Personal Information: Degrees

• After selecting DegreesDegrees, provide the requested information, as applicable.

• If you need more information, click on the icon next to DegreesDegrees.

General Personal Information: Demographics

• After you’ve input your degree information, you’ll need to click on DemographicsDemographics, and provide the requested information.

General Personal Information: Demographics

• An asterisk should appear, notifying you of unsaved information:

• This will appear anytime you add information to your profile.

• To save, click on the icon on the “breadcrumb” bar:

General Personal Information: Biosketches

• Continue to BiosketchesBiosketches:

• To add a Biosketch, click on the icon.

General Personal Information: Biosketches

• Create a name for your Biosketch (i.e., “Hazael’s Bio”):

• Click NextNext and then click Choose FileChoose File. Upload the PDF version of your previously created Biosketch. Then click NextNext.

• You can also upload a Microsoft Word versionMicrosoft Word version of your Biosketch as a “source file,” if you wish. Then click DoneDone.

General Personal Information: Biosketches

• Your Biosketch is now uploaded! • Note that you are able to create multiple

Biosketches. To add another biosketch, click the icon.

• To delete a biosketch, click on the icon.

Benefits: Biosketches

• You can store PDFs and source documents on the server for use in proposals and later edits.

• Multiple Biosketches are allowed.• You can easily attach Biosketches to the

Senior/Key Persons page later on in the proposal.

• You can give other users access to your Biosketch so they can include you on their applications.

Institutional Association: Contact Info

• Review your pre-loaded contact information and correct as necessary.

• Add the 4-digit extension for the unit zip code, if necessary

Institutional Associate: eRA Role

• Select your eRA Role: Are you a PI, an assistant, or an administrative official?

• Selecting your appropriate role helps to display your name for certain proposal fields.

• Click on Dept / Division / TitleDept / Division / Title next.

Institutional Association: Dept/Division/Title

• Review your Dept., Division, and Title entries • Contact your GCA (Grant and Contract Administrator) if

there are errors in the pre-loaded information

– Please remember to answer the NASA questionnaire at the bottom, if applicable.

– RememberRemember to click on the icon on the “breadcrumb” bar after you’ve finished!

Institutional Association: Salary/Fringe Worksheet

• Verify that your employee ID number is correct.

• Make sure that your salary information is left BLANKBLANK.

• Continue to Performance SitePerformance Site.

Institutional Association: Performance Site

• Review the preloaded information and verify that the zip/postal code consists of 88 digits. If there are any errors, contact your GCA.

Remember To Save!

• Once you have completed your Professional Profile, remember to SAVESAVE, especially if you see ASTERISKS (*) next to any sections of your profile.

• Congratulations!Congratulations! Your Professional Profile is now complete!

Occasionally…

• Review and update the information in your profile – Has your title/rank changed?– Has your unit affiliation changed?

Cayuse Support

• For Help With Cayuse 424, You May…– Contact OGCS via email (ogcs@nau.edu) or

call us at extension 4880.– Refer to the Training Materials on the OGCS

website:http://www.research.nau.edu/funding/ogcs/index.aspx

– Go to the Cayuse Support website:http://support.cayuse.com