Grantopedia

If PureEdge is free, why should my organization buy Cayuse424?

This is a question we hear from time to time. I could say, "don't ask us, ask any one of our customers who have switched from PureEdge," but that's not really an answer.

I could also say, "there's no such thing as a free lunch," but that's been said.

PureEdge is only "free" in terms of license cost. In terms of labor, preparation, rework and frustration, it's quite expensive, especially when you calculate the labor cost throughout the research organization. The inefficiencies in PureEdge forms creates a direct time and labor expense to the enterprise. Just because an organization doesn't measure that expense does not mean it's not there. It's there, and it's significant.

It is exactly this inherent inefficiency that is addressed and solved by Cayuse424. Customers who adopt the Cayuse solution endorse it enthusiastically.

Moving toward a National Web-based Grants System

In late March, NIH issued a Sources Sought Notice (SSN) looking for info on a Web-based solution capable of handling electronic submission proposals for the complex mechanisms.  These are funding mechanisms such as Program Projects which have not been converted to PureEdge or Adobe and are still submitted on paper using the PHS398 forms.

Cayuse responded enthusiastically to the SSN this week because it is aligned perfectly with what we do: eliminate paper and downloadable forms from the grants process. 

My humble personal opinion is that the PDF-based approach is an interim solution.  People collaborate and do business on the Web, and the Web is the way Grants.gov has to go. It's also how Cayuse424 works today, by the way. I'm happy to see NIH taking a serious look at leveraging this technology more fully.

Subawards.com is here!

We launched Subawards.com on Wednesday, April 9. This is a 100% Web-based approach to creating subcontract budgets for federal grant applications. We've designed this first release to benefit primarily the existing Cayuse424 community, but we have larger ambitions.

The federal grant community needs a Web-based work environment for the preparation and submission of grant proposals. Subawards.com provides a free, powerful, flexible way to do one part of the process: collaborate on budget proposals. Check it out.