Office of Research

The Office of Research provides support for the research, creative, and scholarly endeavors of Appalachian faculty, staff, and students. The Office of Research also collaborates with Special Funds Accounting on the fiscal management of awarded projects.

Important Announcements

Updated May 2, 2022.

Introducing Cayuse: We are excited to announce that the Office of Research is currently in the process of transitioning to a new electronic research administration system called Cayuse. Cayuse is a superior platform that will allow us to integrate information from all of our programs in one location, streamlining workflow and improving experience of users across campus. Cayuse will replace AGrants (proposal submissions), AIR (conflict of interest disclosures), and IRBIS (human subjects research protocols), which are being phased out throughout the academic year (2021-2022).  Cayuse will also have additional modules for management of research protocols involving animals and recombinant DNA as well as effort reporting and management of award funds. Each module will be implemented at a different time starting with the conflict of interest module, followed by the human subjects protocols, and other modules following thereafter. Prior to the roll out of each module, we will conduct pilot testing with stakeholders across campus.

At this point, the “Outside Interest” module used for our annual conflict of interest disclosures and research-based, project-specific disclosures is fully functional. Implementation of the  Human Ethics module, which will replace IRBIS to manage human subjects research protocols, is almost complete. Implementation of the Sponsored Programs, Animal Oversight, and Hazard Safety modules are also underway. Additionally, two other modules, Fund Manager and Effort Reporting, are being implemented by Special Funds Accounting to streamline award management processes.

For more information about Cayuse, including the implementation schedule, training opportunities and frequently asked questions, please see our Cayuse information page.

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