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21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge is hosting a Wellcome Trust regional event on Wednesday 3 July at which they will address the opportunities that are available across the Wellcome Trust's newly expanded funding schemes.

21 Apr 2015: You will be aware that from September 2014 all Research Councils will use Researchfish to report research outcomes. RCUK have now clarified that sanctions will be imposed for non-compliance.Sanctions include - A researcher will be unable to apply

21 Apr 2015: 1.       Final reporting With the advent of reporting research outcomes through online systems, requirements for final reports have been reduced.  For all councils with the exception of BBSRC and ESRC, grants ending on o

22 Oct 2015: PLEASE FORWARD THE RELEVANT SECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers and Administrators RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation

2 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 133. Published on 2 April 2015. Most research funders (research councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The

21 Apr 2015: In the previous bulletin there was an error in the table under "Description" as the last line read "Dir of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B) and instead should have read "Assistant Director of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B).

24 Mar 2015: Who administers the policy?

21 Apr 2015: A recent internal audit has found that in some instances the narrative assigned to an expenditure item on CUFS is either missing or unclear. This has also been noticed by a number of sponsors who have conducted audits over the last two years.

21 Apr 2015: This information can be found going to our pFACT webpage and selecting the User Guide. On page 52 of this guide it gives you instructions on how to archive and retrieve projects.The link to this document

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost (fEC) rates from 1 February each year. Therefore, please be advised that the University fEC rates will change on 1 February 2011. pFACT will not be available on

21 Apr 2015: European Research Council (ERC) starting grants allow aspiring PIs to start their own independent research team. Offering 5 years funding of up to €1.5 million, these substantial grants are open to researchers with 2 -7 years’ postdoc

21 Apr 2015: All BBSRC, AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC and NERC funded  PIs are reminded that they are required to submit information about outputs from their grants through the ROS web portal which can be accessed here https://logon.rcuk.ac.uk/ using JeS login details.

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Thursday 11 December 9:30am - 11:00am in Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and is

2 Oct 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 142. Published on 2 October 2015. The Research Operations Office is embarking on a new round of our ROOTS (Research Operations Office Training Strategy) Tier 2 (2016

21 Apr 2015: The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ is running a series of inter-linked regional workshops as part of the DCC Roadshow, aimed at supporting institutional research data management planning and training. The sixth DCC Roadshow

7 Aug 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 139. Published on 7 August 2015. The Research Operations Office has a new website www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk. New features include. A portal for

24 Jul 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 137. Published on 24 July 2015. As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) the following session is scheduled for Tuesday 13 October 2015, 9

21 Apr 2015: Research Councils (notably the EPSRC) are currently providing notifications of successful awards to PIs only, with a request that the PI confirm the 50% matched funding on their equipment budget within a 3 week deadline.  Although it is asked that

21 Apr 2015: Amy Williams, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 31 March 2011 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. These sessions are aimed at researchers who are plann

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office is planning its 2014 programme for Research Administrators which consists of 6 morning modules from Feb – July 2014. Delegates will gain a greater understanding of how grants administration is carried out through a