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21 Feb 2020: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting is led by the Research Operations Office and is an open forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting will take place as follows Tuesday 25th February

31 Jul 2014: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are one of the longest standing schemes available to academics for industry collaboration. This scheme sponsors partnerships between academics and companies to solve problems identified by the partner

19 Jun 2024: A step-by-step guide to completing your grant funding application as a researcher. Including how to make sure that you're eligible to apply, meeting deadlines, preparing your proposal, costing and pricing and submitting your application.

9 Nov 2018: Keeping track of grant spending Find out how to keep track of grant spending. Invoicing Find out about invoicing. Claiming expenses Find out about claiming expenses

5 Aug 2022: Horizon Results Booster (HRB) is an initiative of the European Commission which aims to support projects funded by the EU Framework Programme (FP) to help innovations go to market and maximise their impact.

21 May 2021: Tentative dates for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2021 can be found on the EC news page on the ROO website.

19 Jan 2024: Please be advised that changes to the USS pension rate have been updated in X5, from 21.6% to 14.5% with an effective date of 1st January 2024, as per USS guidelines. For existing costings in X5, the appropriate staff costing lines will have to be re

20 Oct 2022: The Research Office will be running a further two sessions on timesheets during November for staff involved in the new timesheet process. Timesheet demonstration Tuesday 15th November 9:30am Q&A session Thursday 17th November 930am Joining

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22 Oct 2020: On Thursday 22nd October, new salary files were uploaded into X5 to rectify an error in the NI rates in the used previous files. The new files are as follows Updated Clinical payscales with an effective date of 02/04/2020 New NI rates: Including

25 Mar 2022: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2022, which this year are applicable from 9th March 2022. (The University’s TRAC Return was successfully submitted to the Office for Students on the 8th March 2022). The

10 Dec 2021: The News section of Research Professional focuses on research policy, research funding and research politics.

31 Jul 2014: Here are a number of policies related to Research Contracts Conflict of Interest for US Funded Research Copyright at the University CTOs College Employees PI Eligibility Ethics, Good Research Practice & Misconduct Export Control Financial Procedures

19 Jun 2024: A guide for PIs who are preparing a grant funding application alongside their Academic Department.

7 Oct 2022: Due to the current financial climate and its potential impact on funders of research grants, departments should consider their exposure to any credit risks from their portfolio of research funding organisations that do not fall under the category of;

7 Oct 2022: You are warmly invited to take part in ‘Open access: where next?’, a symposium to challenge the status quo and imagine new futures in academic publishing. Many researchers are dissatisfied with the current system of publishing and rewards, but

9 Sep 2022: On 1st September, the UK Government announced an extension to the financial guarantee provided to successful UK applicants to the Horizon Europe Programme. This new extension means that the guarantee funding will cover all Horizon Europe calls that

31 Jul 2014: A sponsor’s Terms and Conditions will detail the reporting required throughout the life of the award. Please check the conditions carefully to ensure that all reporting requirements are met.

31 Jul 2014: The following pages provide advise and tips about the general management of the EU funded Projects.

12 Jul 2024: The ERC’s 2025 Work Programme has been officially approved and over 2.7 billion euros will be allocated for research grants in the upcoming year. The Programme outlines the available funding opportunities, call budgets, grant competition schedules,