Cayuse

The Office of Research utilizes an electronic research administration (eRA) system, the web-based Cayuse Research Suite. This system is used by OSP, EMF, the research accounting offices, ORCA, and researchers enabling everyone to access the same information at any time.

Log in to Cayuse

Go to https://ucsc.cayuse424.com/ and enter your CruzID and Gold password, then select the module you need.

Alternatively, if you only need to use one module, you may use these links to log in to a module directly.

• SP
• Human Ethics 

Account and Other Requests 

Use the Cayuse Request Form to:

• Request a new Cayuse account
• Change user information
• Request addition of a sponsor or subrecipient
• Add/change Cayuse user roles
• Add/change units in Cayuse
• Report a technical problem
• Ask for other help with Cayuse

Modules

• Proposal Management

  • SP - Proposal and Award Administration
  • 424 - Federal Grant Proposal Submission, used only by OSP staff

• Research Compliance

  • Human Ethics - Human Subjects Research Studies
  • Animal Oversight (IACUC) - future implementation
  • Outside Interests (COI) - future implementation

Personal Information

• Some places in Cayuse (e.g., personnel sections of Human Ethics submissions) display information about people. If the name, phone or organization (department or unit) shown for a person added needs updating, use the Cayuse Request form and choose option "Update User Information".
• Name used is the person's lived name. Instructions for changing lived name
• Address is always the address for the main UC Santa Cruz campus.
• Email has to be the person's CruzID@ucsc.edu in order to display CITI trainings. If this does not match the email you have for the person, you should confirm with the person what their CruzID is, as they may be using an email alias.

Supported Browsers

iOS

Recent versions of Google Chrome and Apple Safari.

Windows

Recent versions of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.

Provisional support for Microsoft Edge.