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21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Friday 12 September, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 20 September at 9:30am and will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Lab, West Cambridge. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administrati

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust support research into all aspects of biomedical science, including the social and ethical aspects of biomedical research and health, the historical and cultural contexts of medicine, and, applied research and development projects

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: 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).

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Wednesday 19 November, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

21 Aug 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 140. Published on 21 August 2015. Submission reports are available in the X5 system to provide the Department with a clear and concise breakdown of information

21 Apr 2015: Grant holders of Parkinson’s UK will need to use Researchfish to enter outcomes data from their projects by the deadline of 16 January 2015. Further details are available from their website

21 Apr 2015: Most research funders (research councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The general expectation is that data from publicly funded research projects should be made openly available with as few

21 Apr 2015: Dr John Williams from the Science Funding division of the Wellcome Trust will be in Cambridge delivering a presentation about their Strategic Plan for 2010–2020 and funding opportunities including the introduction of the new Investigator Awards

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

24 Jul 2015: Guidance has been developed to assist departments when creating a cost extension or supplement in X5. This includes how to copy to a new draft as well as amending the dates and duration of the costing. The guidance document is available on the

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 16 October, 9:30am in Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and will include

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: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 9 December which means that the Office will be closed on this day. If you have a deadline for either the 9 or 10 December, please make sure your application is with the Research Office

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 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

21 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. News from Finance: Cognos PI Report now available.

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: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office (ROO) where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 November, 9:30am in Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. The

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 a recent letter to Oxford University, Research Council UK (RCUK) clarified their position relating to sanctions for late submission of final reports.  Please note the following: With RCUK's move to the Shared Services Centre, sanctions are ap

21 Apr 2015: Due to the British Heart Foundation updating their Student Maintenance rates with effect from 1 October 2010, pFACT is being updated to reflect this change. The new rates will be added to pFACT on Monday 8 November 2010 between 8:00 am and 10:00 am

16 Apr 2015: A key part of our role is to conduct risk assessments to mitigate any possible risks involved in conducting the research and in agreeing specific contractual provisions. Risk Assessment includes What is the value/financial benefit? What is the

21 Apr 2015: The new online searchable database of research facilities and equipment is now available to all members of the University of Cambridge. For more information about the Equipment Project and the Research Facilities and Equipment Database please visit

21 Apr 2015: Recent audits have highlighted a number of instances where government taxes have been charged to these awards.  It is important to remember that for these awards no government taxes (either local or international) are allowed to be charged.  Spe

15 Oct 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 144. Published on 15 October 2015. RCUK will conduct a Funding Assurance Programme (FAP) visit from Monday the 23. rd. to Wednesday the 25. th. November 2015. The

12 Nov 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 147. Published on 12 November 2015. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. ContentMine Workshop: mining for the life sciences. OpenCon Cambridge. New RCUK

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: 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: The Research Council UK minimum doctoral stipend for 2011/12 has been frozen for 2010/11 at £13,590 per annum, see Research Council letter http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/researchcareers/Feesandstipends2011-12letter.pdf. The Research Office

25 Jun 2015: Please click on the link below to initiate your on-line request. https://researchportal.admin.cam.ac.uk/Raven/submissions/MTAIn.aspx

25 Jun 2015: Please click on the link below to initiate your on-line request. https://researchportal.admin.cam.ac.uk/Raven/submissions/MTAOut.aspx

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

21 Apr 2015: When making an application to the Wellcome Trust where the pay increase is not known, they have allowed applicants to add 1% inflation to the salary costs of year 1 only. This is because the Wellcome Trust automatically compound inflate commencing

21 Apr 2015: As discussed at this week’s RGUG, different institutions are taking different approaches to managing top slices pro-rated to subcontractor budgets funded by Research Council grants prompting us to review our own approach.  As a result, instead

28 May 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 135. Published on 28 May 2015. Each month X5 is updated with a default exchange rate for Euros, based on the average of the rates for the previous month. Recent

21 Apr 2015: The Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) schemes aim to provide funding to outstanding scientists who have the potential to become leaders in their chosen field. They have recently

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

21 Apr 2015: High Risk 24+ hrs. Low Risk 24+ hrs. Further information and advice can be found from the slides presented at RGUG and the news item on the ROO website.

21 Apr 2015: On the 24th October both Cambridge and Oxford Universities agreed that X5 core functionality was covered to an acceptable level and that individual University configuration of the software could now commence.The Cambridge X5 Project Team is now

21 Apr 2015: Katie Price, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 14 November 2013 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. She will be talking about Horizon 2020 the EUs new programme

21 Apr 2015: The deadline for the new Wellcome Trust Investigator awards scheme is on Monday 22 November 2010, however as the process for these applications represent a significant shift in focus of the Trust, the applications along with the signed Letter of

21 Apr 2015: In consultation with Human Resources Division, the new pay scale of "Clinical Lecturer (StR)" was added to pFACT on Monday 4 April 2011. Please note that this pay scale: will attract FTE related costs will increment on anniversary of appoin

27 Feb 2015: Payments The EC shall make an initial pre-financing payment. Interim payments of the Community financial contribution shall be made corresponding to the amount accepted for each financial management reporting period.

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office is delighted to offer a training programme to Departmental Staff whose role includes Research Grant Administration. 20 places available and participants are expected to attend all 6 sessions. It is proposed that

21 Apr 2015: This is a reminder that Government taxes such as VAT, custom duties and any other tax levied either domestically or internationally is not an allowable cost on NIH awards. “Consular fees, customs surtaxes, value-added taxes and other related

24 Mar 2015: Who administers the policy?

9 Jun 2015: As soon as you know you will be moving, please contact the following people: Your current department Your new department at your new University The Research Operations Office's Finance Analyst - Research & Grants The Research Operations Office at

21 Apr 2015: The European Commission has launched the “Call for Twinning” within the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation strand of Horizon 2020, which aims to increase the participation rate of low performing countries through a series of