Several years ago I was looking at the same kind of numbers as Terri.  But
I was also considering what looked like a major personnel commitment to
implement and manage Coeus.  Unless things have changed w/r to Coeus ease
of use and tech support, a small place would be better off paying a little
more for a Cayuse type product that hits the ground running (with you, not
away from you).

Charlie

> Bob,
>
> My institution (me) has been reviewing S2S for the last few months.  This
> Friday we will be doing a demo for Coeus.  I've seen Cayuse and Xythos
> (more
> doc management than res admin).  Cayuse is $12,500/year with a 3% increase
> per year.  Xythos doesn't want to deal with you unless you have 600-800
> users, and that would be $47,000 plus support.
>
> Coeus, on the other hand, was written by research administrators for
> research administrators and is the cheapest one of the bunch, $7500 first
> year with 5% increase per year and three year contract.  Besides the fact
> that its so much 'deeper' than Cayuse or Xythos or any of the others.
> After
> Friday I can tell you it feels.  It seems this is about as cheap as it
> gets.
>
> Our institutions has about 11,000 students, 400 faculty and we submit
> about
> 150 projects per year.  Our total awards amount to $8.4M, with about $2M
> of
> that  being  for research.  So, I consider us as one of those 'small
> institutions'.
>
> Terri Fayle
> Assistant Director
> Sponsored Programs
> University of Central Missouri
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Robert Bienkowski
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> Subject: [RESADM-L] S2S for a small institution
>
> Can anyone suggest a vendor who could provide S2S service for a small
> institution with modest plans for grants submissions?
> Thanks
>
> Bob Bienkowski
> --
> Robert S Bienkowski, PhD
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