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Overview
Cayuse offers a cloud-based SaaS platform that covers the full research lifecycle, including proposal development, funding management, compliance, data management, collaboration, and analytics. The software is subscription-based and helps universities and research organizations manage submissions, approvals, budgets, and reporting within one integrated system. After merging with Haplo, Cayuse expanded its global reach and product offerings to serve a broader audience. The goal is to make research administration easier, more transparent, and better at turning data into actionable insights for decision-makers.
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What believers are saying
- CUNY selected Cayuse for university-wide eRA implementation, validating enterprise demand in 2026.
- Queen's University begins staged Cayuse deployment in 2026 across grants, ethics, and hazards.
- Cayuse's 2026 benchmark covered 700 professionals from 500 organizations, strengthening its data moat.
What critics are saying
- Federal funding uncertainty is already pressuring buyers, per Cayuse's 2026 benchmark report.
- Universities like Queen's are testing transitions, exposing implementation risk before April 2026 rollouts.
- A fragmented research software market lets Workday, Elsevier, and homegrown tools displace Cayuse.
What makes Cayuse unique
- Cayuse Platform unifies proposals, awards, compliance, analytics, and personnel data in one system.
- Connect 2026 previewed integrated award, compliance, and vivarium workflows for research operations.
- Cayuse OI replaced three legacy disclosure tools at Kansas State on October 2, 2026.
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