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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.

4 Sep 2020: The X5 costing and pricing tool is due to be upgraded and the X5 Project Team are looking for current users of the system to test the new software. This is an opportunity to see the new version of X5, to do some of the tasks that you would usually

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.

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.

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

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

20 Nov 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Tuesday 24th November 2020. The upgrade will include improvements to the interface, fixes to known bugs and enable us to remain supported by the supplier. A summary of

11 Sep 2020: This month, the Wellcome Trust is changing its digital identity from 'wellcome.ac.uk' to 'wellcome.org'. Emails will come from the .org address and from Monday 14 September the website domain will switch. The .ac.uk domain will continue running for

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

24 Jan 2020: The revised GPS was published last month and replaces the October 2018 version as a standard term and condition of awards. This revision applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after 1st October 2019.

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

7 May 2020: The equipment database was developed in 2012 as a response to changes by RCUK to the way that equipment on research grants would be funded and in particular increase shared usage. When the call came to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the database

7 May 2020: Any researchers undertaking COVID-19 health related work that involves, participants – healthy volunteers or otherwise, their data or samples, should contact the Clinical School Research Governance Office for guidance about ethics approvals that

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

24 Jan 2020: The School of Biological Sciences is hosting a visit by Prof Melanie Welham, BBSRC Executive Chair and will include an Open Meeting chaired by Prof Anna Philpott, Head of School of Biological Sciences. Tuesday 18th February 11:00 – 13:00 Sainsbury

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

18 Dec 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Thursday 3rd December. Presentations were given on the new CDA fast track service, Brexit and the costing & pricing project. The slides, Q&A and recording of the m

19 Jun 2020: The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund, is now open. Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an

4 Dec 2020: On Thursday 10th December, the updated NHS and new Cost Of Living Allowance date of Aug 20 will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable between 7am and 8:30am. Once the new rates are in X5, to apply them to existing costings, go

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

11 Sep 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 254. Published on 11 September 2020. This is a reminder that as per the Terms & Conditions of Horizon 2020, reporting staff costs to the EC requires that only the

18 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

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)

10 Jan 2020: The Royal Society Grants Team is visiting the University of Cambridge on 28th January 2020.

17 Jul 2020: The application process for UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) COVID-19 open call will change on 31st July 2020. After this date, instead of submitting a proposal via email, researchers must apply via UKRI’s online submission system the

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

25 Sep 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 255. Published on 25 September 2020. Following this UKRI announcement, updated Terms and Conditions requiring organisations to be compliant with the new UKRI

31 Jul 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Tuesday 28th July, the presentation slides and recording of the meeting are now available on the RGUG webpages.

10 Jan 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 236. Published on 10 January 2020. The Royal Society Grants Team is visiting the University of Cambridge on 28th January 2020. Their talk is open to everyone and

17 Jul 2020: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is issuing a COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) to UK organisations to support costed extensions to grants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is to ensure that UKRI grant outcomes continue to be

17 Jul 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 250. Published on 17 July 2020. The application process for UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) COVID-19 open call will change on 31st July 2020. After this date,

10 Jun 2020: All health related research (involving human participants, their data or tissue) carried out overseas, needs ethical approval from the country in which research will take place. Additionally, confirmation from the University of Cambridge research

24 Apr 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 244. Published on 24 April 2020. We would like to remind you that from Monday 27th April there will be some changes to the way in which grant applications will be

6 Mar 2020: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 12th March at 4pm for the following major funders UKRI, CRUK, BHF, NIHR, NC3Rs, AMS and Rosetrees Trust awards. Wellcome Trust grant holders whose grant ends

6 Mar 2020: The Research Office is inviting you to our University Research Administration Open Day on Tuesday 30th June 2020 at Greenwich House, Madingley Road to jointly explore what transforming research administration at Cambridge means for all of us together

6 Feb 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 238. Published on 6 February 2020. Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2020. The revised fEC rates are available on the PRAO

31 Jul 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 251. Published on 31 July 2020. As research funders continue to review their guidance for grant holders and applicants, the Research Operations Office has updated

15 May 2020: Innovate have created a fast track process to facilitate “no cost” time extension requests of up to three months for reasons relating to COVID-19, subject to a valid business case and normal legal and compliance requirements. They recognise that

19 Jun 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 248. Published on 19 June 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.

7 May 2020: The Research Operations Office continue to update our webpage with the latest information about our major funders.

24 Apr 2020: We would like to remind you that from Monday 27th April there will be some changes to the way in which grant applications will be dealt with: a minimum of 4 weeks notice of your intention to submit to a particular scheme a copy of the full proposal

3 Apr 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 242. Published on 3 April 2020. Since the University has been in its Red phase due to the Coronavirus pandemic for almost 2 weeks, the Research Office like many

4 Sep 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 253. Published on 4 September 2020. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded a COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) to UK organisations to support costed

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

10 Jun 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 247. Published on 10 June 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.

9 Oct 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 256. Published on 9 October 2020. Due to technical difficulties during implementation, the upgrade of X5 which was scheduled to take place on Thursday 8. th.

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

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

22 Oct 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 257. Published on 22 October 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.

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