Re: S2S for a small institution Charlie Hathaway 24 Feb 2009 22:29 EST
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----- > From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On Behalf > Of > Robert Bienkowski > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:14 PM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > 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 > xxxxxx@att.net > > > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1968 - Release Date: 02/23/09 > 18:22:00 > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================