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Frequently Asked Questions - Opportunity Support
We need to get opportunities into our test environment, but none of the normal numbers are available. How do I download opportunities into the test environment?
In Cayuse 424 test/training environments, all available opportunities can be downloaded by using the CFDA# 93.838. This will acquire all available test opportunities from Grants.gov.
My opportunity is telling me to fill out forms that are not available within Cayuse 424. However, Cayuse 424 was able to download the opportunity package and tells me that the opportunity is fully supported. How do I fill out and submit these forms?
Some NSF opportunities require the inclusion of forms that are not available for submission through Grants.gov, and therefore you will not see these forms in the Cayuse 424 package. However, after submission through Cayuse, the PI can log into Fastlane and download the supplemental form, and then edit the proposal to add the required form. The applicant will not be able to check the status of an application until this information is provided.
For example, for applications submitted to the Directorate for Biological Sciences or Division of Undergraduate Education, a Classification form or Project Data Form is required to be submitted. PIs can access the Proposal File Update Module via the "Proposal Functions" section of FastLane. Authorized individuals in the organization’s Sponsored Projects Office (or equivalent) can initiate or review requests for proposal file updates using the "Submit Proposals/Supplements/File Updates/Withdrawals" Module via the FastLane "Research Administration Functions.
For more information, please read this guide at the NSF website.
Does Cayuse 424 support NSF collaborative proposals?
Because the opportunities for collaborative proposals are not available on Grants.gov, they are not supported in Cayuse 424. Currently these opportunities are only available for submission via Fastlane, our application cannot support direct submission for them.
When I look at my proposal in the list, it shows the 
icon (expired/unavailable opportunity). But this doesn't make any sense to me, as I was just working on it.
There are two "common" possibilities for this:
1. This opportunity has been removed from grants.gov, and any submission under this FOA will not be successful. See here for instructions in our users manual how to search for your opportunity under the opportunity tab of Cayuse424.
2. This opportunity may have been recently updated by the funding agency, and changes made to the opportunity mean that it cannot be submitted in its current form. Fortunately, Cayuse424 has a convenient feature called "transformation" allowing your data already entered to be reloaded under the most recent version of the opportunity forms for that opportunity number. Note that in some cases, the opportunity number will be different. Click here for instructions on how to transform a proposal.
My Cayuse424 proposal shows errors that contradict specific instructions (such as Research Plan page lengths). What do I do?
The most common cause of this contradiction is that the proposal in question requires the NIH Opt-out validations rather than the standard NIH validations. While Cayuse 424 usually applies the appropriate validations automatically, there are sometimes late changes in opportunity rules that require a manual change in the proposal's validation setting.
Visit the NIH Opt-Out page and search for your FOA. If it is on the Opt-Out list, manually change the validation. At the bottom of the proposal, select "NIH Opt-Out" from the pull-down list of validations.
If this is not the case, then you should contact our support department for more assistance.
I have an opportunity I want to submit a proposal for. Is it supported by Cayuse424?
If you are unsure if your opportunity is fully supported by Cayuse, there are a few things you can do to find out. First off, try to download it into Cayuse using the FOA or CFDA numbers. That link will show you how to download them, as well as what the icons next to them in the list mean.
If it does not download into Cayuse, check Grants.gov and see if you can find an actual Adobe Forms application package for it. Chances are, if Cayuse can't download it, then the application package isn't yet hosted online, or might have been pulled from Grants.gov.