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22 Oct 2020: UKRI are building a new funding service that will eventually replace the existing Je-S system. UKRI is inviting people with experience applying for funding, who are likely to apply for or assess funding in the future, to help design the service in a

4 Dec 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 260. Published on 4 December 2020. The new swift service for CDAs (Confidential Disclosure Agreement) is available for PIs to use with one external party. We

22 Oct 2020: The Research Operations Office has produced some draft guidance regarding how College Teaching Officers (CTOs) who are not University of Cambridge employees, are able to hold the position of Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Investigator (Co-I) on

21 Feb 2020: As a result of the employer’s pension contributions increasing due to changes in the USS Pension Scheme, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has agreed to cover the increase where applicable across all their awards. They will continue to check on-costs

6 Nov 2020: Formed in 2018, the Cambridge Research Administrator Network (CRAN) is a network to connect Research Managers and Administrators across Cambridgeshire. The virtual meeting on 26th November will include how to network internally and externally use of

15 Apr 2020: As our staff continue working remotely, to manage our workflow and prioritise activity relating to COVID-19 we would like to remind you of some changes to the way in which grant applications will be dealt with from 27 April: a minimum of 4 weeks

19 Jun 2020: 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 OSR, could Departments check and verify all

7 May 2020: The EC team will be running a pilot 'EC funding & Covid-19 drop-in session' on Tuesday 19th May, 11:30 - 12:30. The session will start with a brief presentation on the EC's current guidance on the impact of Covid-19 on Horizon 2020 awards, followed

18 Dec 2020: Departments should be aware that from 1 January 2021, purchases from, and sales to, the European Union (EU) will be treated in the same way as current non-EU imports and exports. This means that the import/export of controlled goods will be subject

15 May 2020: Departments should be aware that it is their responsibility to log in the Je-S and retrieve the start certificate, complete the information on the expenditure that has triggered the start of the project, and then submit back to the Je-S submitter

18 Dec 2020: 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 OSR, could Departments check and verify all

22 Oct 2020: Formed in 2018, the Cambridge Research Administrator Network (CRAN) is a network to connect Research Managers and Administrators across Cambridgeshire. The virtual meeting on 26th November will include how to network internally and externally use of

24 Jan 2020: This briefing is relevant to all staff involved in research grants, particularly those new to the University or wishing to increase their understanding of University policy and its impact on research grants and their administration.

4 Dec 2020: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF and other funders is 1st February to 11th March 2021 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. To help with this process, links from

10 Jun 2020: This webinar will be aimed primarily at researchers interested in applying for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) - Individual Fellowship 2020. The deadline for applications is 9th September 2020. The meeting includes an introduction to the call

24 Jan 2020: The annual submission period for UKRI, CRUK, NIHR, NC3R’s, BHF and other funders is 3rd February to 12th March 2020 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to make a return. To help with this process, research outputs can be

22 Oct 2020: RGUG is an open meeting led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting was scheduled for Thursday 5th November at 11:15am, however this has been postponed and

10 Jun 2020: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting has been scheduled as a Live Event to take place on Tuesday 16th June 11:15am - 12:15pm. The agenda will cover two items; Research Investigator Time Policy and additional information about the furloughing

10 Jun 2020: The EU team are organising a series of information events for the ERC advanced grant call 2020. The deadline for this call is 26 August 2020. The first webinar will take place on 22nd June 2020 from 11:00am to 12:00 noon. This meeting is aimed at

15 Apr 2020: WT have extended the submission deadlines by one week for any schemes with a deadline up to the end of April 2020. For current grant holders, they will extend all grants (that are due to end in 2020 or 2021) by up to six months, to allow for any

9 Oct 2020: Is your research funded by any of the following bodies? Blood Cancer UK British Heart Foundation Cancer Research UK Parkinson’s UK Versus Arthritis Wellcome Trust If so, the way your article processing charges (APCs) are met is changing. The

19 Jun 2020: The EU team are organising a series of information events for the ERC advanced grant call 2020. The deadline for this call is 26th August 2020. Speakers will be: o Prof. Judith Driscoll, ERC Advanced grant holder o Prof. Robin Franklin, Panel Chair

20 Nov 2020: RGUG is an open meeting led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting has been set for Thursday 3rd December at 11:15am and there will be an agenda item on Brexit

6 Nov 2020: RGUG is an open meeting led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting has been set for Thursday 3rd December at 11:15am and there will be an agenda item on Brexit

15 May 2020: The EC team will be running a pilot 'EC funding & Covid-19 drop-in session' on Tuesday 19th May, 11:30 - 12:30. The session will start with a brief presentation on the EC's current guidance on the impact of Covid-19 on Horizon 2020 awards, followed

4 Dec 2020: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 and will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines and let your researchers know of

6 Nov 2020: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 and will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines and ensure that your researchers

20 Nov 2020: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 and will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines and ensure that your researchers

17 Jul 2020: The next meeting of the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Live Meeting on Tuesday 28th July at 11:15am. Agenda topics will include Managing Funding on EU Awards, Furlough of Staff on Research Grants and UKRI’s COVID-19 Grant

6 Nov 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded. Technical issues have now been resolved and the new date for the upgrade is Tuesday 24th November 2020. The upgrade will include improvements to the interface, fixes to

19 Mar 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 241. Published on 19 March 2020. The University of Cambridge has implemented its Coronavirus contingency plan and the Research Office has closed its premises. Staff

3 Jul 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 249. Published on 3 July 2020. As research funders continue to review their guidance for grant holders and applicants, the Research Operations Office has updated

6 Feb 2020: The British Heart Foundation have recently updated their application portal and guidelines for grants. As a result of this, a provision for inflation should now be included on Salaries, previously this was not the case. The current schemes on X5 are

6 Feb 2020: The annual submission period on Researchfish is 3 February 2020 to 4pm on 12 March 2020 for most funders. Emails have been sent to award holders from Researchfish on behalf of the funders informing PIs that they need to complete their annual

10 Jan 2020: On Wednesday 29th January 2020, John Hand - Head of the Physical Sciences Theme at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is visiting Cambridge.

25 Sep 2020: Following this UKRI announcement, updated Terms and Conditions requiring organisations to be compliant with the new UKRI Preventing Harm Safeguarding in Research and Innovation policy will be applied to new UKRI grants from March/April 2021. This

4 Sep 2020: The next meeting of the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Live Meeting on Thursday 24th September at 11:15am. Agenda topics will include the UKRI COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) and the upgrade to the X5 costing and

11 Sep 2020: Please note that UIS will be performing essential maintenance work on the ROO Portal on Tuesday 15th September between 07:30 and 09:00 and the system will be unavailable during these times. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

4 Sep 2020: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded a COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) to UK organisations to support costed extensions to grants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It expects organisations to use CoA funds to ensure that: UKRI

14 Aug 2020: The next bank holiday is Monday 31st August and therefore the Research Office will be closed and is a non-working day. Please take account of this for any forthcoming deadlines you might have. The application deadline calculator on the Research

10 Jan 2020: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on the ROOTS Tier 2 Research Grants Programme 2020 for grants administrators in departments. Consisting of seven separate morning sessions, the modules comprise a mix of skills development and

19 Mar 2020: The University of Cambridge has implemented its Coronavirus contingency plan and the Research Office has closed its premises. Staff who are able to work remotely will do so, however the level of service that we can provide during this period will be

24 Jan 2020: On Monday 3rd February, the new 2020 fEC and facilities rates will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable between 8am and 9am.

6 Mar 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 240. Published on 6 March 2020. The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 12th March at 4pm for the following major

21 Feb 2020: The Symplectic Elements upload to Researchfish is now complete and PIs are advised to check this new data when completing their Researchfish return. The annual submission period on Researchfish is 3 February 2020 to 4pm on 12 March 2020 for most

18 Dec 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 261. Published on 18 December 2020. An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO)

31 Jul 2020: A reminder that the new Research Investigator Time Policy is being introduced from 1st August 2020 to improve cost recovery and better reflect the true cost of research. Details of the new policy can be found on the ROO website. If you have any