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17 Nov 2023: The Transforming Research Support (TRS) Programme will be introducing new grant management system Worktribe across the University using a phased approach from 2024 onwards. The School of Technology will be the first adopter. To support this, the

28 Apr 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 11th May at 11:15am. The agenda will include information about UKRI and Wellcome’s new funding platforms, an update on Trusted Research and Export Control as

22 Sep 2023: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the months of March, June, September and December. Before ROO submits the next OSR, please could Departments check and

10 Mar 2023: We have arranged for some online training sessions aimed at research support staff, finance staff and PIs who deal with expenditure on research grants. The sessions will be delivered by our internal auditors from Lees. Monday 27 March 9:30am -12noon

10 Feb 2023: UKRI has updated its standard terms and conditions for research grants. In the guidance document, RGC 4 Use of Grant states - “Public funds should be deployed with due consideration to value for money, environmental impact, welfare and business

13 Jan 2023: Following the UKRI FAP audit last year, we implemented new timesheet procedures for DI staff working less than 100% on a grant which included setting up SharePoint libraries for uploading timesheets. UKRI will be returning to the University of

8 Sep 2023: As you hopefully know by now the Transforming Research Support (TRS) Programme will be introducing a new research grant management system called Worktribe. Worktribe will change the way that principal investigators and professional staff across the

10 Feb 2023: A revision has been made to allow the IHS on research grants for those directly incurred staff recruited to work 100% of their contracted time on the grant. Further details can be found in the guidance document RGC14 Status e) Directly Incurred. We

10 Mar 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 310. Published on 10 March 2023. The deadline for Principal Investigators to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 16th March at 4pm for most

28 Jul 2023: The Royal Society’s University Research Fellowship scheme is now open with a funder deadline of 7th September 2023. This year’s scheme has changed, in line with the Royal Society’s Grant Funding Guidance which was published earlier this year.