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6 Dec 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020.

8 Mar 2019: When costing grant applications to access shared equipment through the Henry Royce Institute, the EPSRC have advised that Royce equipment access costs must be entered into X5 as "Non-staff – Other Directly Incurred - OTHER COSTS – Consumables

11 Oct 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

13 Sep 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

22 Feb 2019: There have been some updates to the Research Dashboard this week. You will see that it is now easier to scan the list of grants which is helpful for those with large datasets. Also each grant now has a unique URL, allowing users to communicate more

29 Mar 2019: Minutes from the Research Grants User Group Meeting on 26th February are now available on the ROO website. The next meeting will be Thursday 2 May 2019 2pm - 3.30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, West Cambridge

21 Jun 2019: The Research Grants User Group Meeting is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research contract and grant administration topics can be discussed. The next meeting will take place as follows Thursday 27th June 2019 10am – 11:30am Large

18 Jan 2019: The Contract Status Portal is due to be retired on 31st January 2019 as its content has now been integrated into the Research Dashboard. The dashboard offers Researchers and Administrators an overview of their contracts, applications and grants

24 Apr 2019: Human volunteer studies and clinical trials It is a requirement that the organisations carrying out or collaborating in research studies involving humans provide either an indemnity or insurance cover to provide compensation to any volunteer if they

8 Nov 2019: The annual funder submission period on Researchfish will be the 3rd February to 12th March 2020. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other staff involved in this process.

19 Dec 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. The Research Operations Office will be open for business as usual in the morning on

23 Apr 2019: University approach The University arranges insurance to provide financial compensation for accidental and unforeseen loss of or damage to assets and indemnity to pay compensation to employees and third parties for legal liability for death, injury

30 Sep 2019: Views are sought on proposals for the six initiatives listed below. These have been considered by the HR Committee and seek to address key priorities set out by the Vice-Chancellor and the People Strategy. Academic Titles - proposed structure for

13 Sep 2019: The Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) is pleased to announce the programme for the one-day symposium on “Open Access monographs: from policy to reality”. Wednesday 2nd October 2019 9am – 5pm St Catharine’s College, McGrath Centre,

25 Oct 2019: The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is moving to a new research grants management system in January 2020 which means that they will soon stop accepting applications made through their current system. There will be deadlines for each grant type which

25 Oct 2019: The annual UKRI submission period on Researchfish will be the 3rd February to 12th March 2020. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other administrative involved in this

1 Mar 2019: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which will be running over the 2019-20 academic year.

18 Jan 2019: The annual submission period for UKRI, CRUK, NIHR, NC3R’s, BHF and other funders is 4th February to 14th March 2019 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to make a return. To help with this process, research outputs entered

6 Dec 2019: An Organisational Spend Report 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, the WT have now asked that all expenditure is

8 Nov 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines. Final Expenditure Statements

8 Nov 2019: An information event for the ERC Consolidator Call 2020 is being organised for all potential applicants, departmental administrators and research support staff. The deadline for the ERC Consolidator Grant Call 2020 is 4th February 2020 at 4pm (UK

9 Aug 2019: Researchers who are planning to apply to the 2020 ERC Starting Grant Call are invited to attend an information seminar. Aimed at potential applicants, Dr Akshay Rao who is an ERC starting grant holder, will provide insights from his experience and

7 Jun 2019: Eligible research organisations and NERC research centres are invited to submit up to two proposals for this pre-announcement NERC Capital Equipment Call (with a minimum value of £100,000 per proposal, but not exceeding a combined total value of

23 Sep 2019: Work to create a new graduate student hostel (Hamied Villa) is well underway – the latest in a series of generous gifts from Yusuf and Farida Hamied to help us bring more ... This would, of course, be excellent news for students, whose debts on

22 Nov 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines – Final Expenditure Statements

7 Jun 2019: This event is aimed primarily at researchers and administrative staff who will be involved in applying for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship 2019. The agenda will include an introduction to the call guidance on how to prepare

7 Jun 2019: 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. Content includes

29 Mar 2019: Further scheduled rises in the USS pension rates are planned to come into effect in October 2019 and April 2020. The Wellcome Trust are requesting that where an application is currently under review for award, that salary costings are revised to

5 Jul 2019: In response to an increasing number of findings on audits of Innovate UK grants, there are some areas of concern in relation to the following eligibility of staff costs (DI And DA), including templates for timesheets and declarations eligibility of

7 Jun 2019: This event is aimed at researchers and administrative staff who are involved in ERC funding programmes and / or the specifics of the ERC advanced grant call 2019.

10 May 2019: For all applications to UKRI GCRF and Newton Fund calls / competitions, it is now mandatory to provide a Gender Equality Statement. This statement must outline how applicants have taken meaningful yet proportionate consideration as to how the

22 Aug 2019: Archaeology at Cambridge. 2009–2010. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. ContactsMcDonald Institute for Archaeological ResearchDowning Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UKwww.mcdonald.cam.ac.ukReception 44 (0)1223 333538Graeme Barker

22 Aug 2019: Archaeology at Cambridge. 2009–2010. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. ContactsMcDonald Institute for Archaeological ResearchDowning Street, Cambridge, CB2 3ER, UKwww.mcdonald.cam.ac.ukReception 44 (0)1223 333538Graeme Barker

25 Jan 2019: The LfL website is the main contact hub for our news, research and projects. ... There are also regular newsletters for members with information about our latest news and events so you can keep in in touch and join us at Cam-bridge when possible.

30 Jul 2019: Registration is now open for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching & Senior Tutors, which will be chaired by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo, and the Secretary of the Senior Tutors' Committee, Dr Mark

8 Jan 2019: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the independent national equality body for Great Britain, has recently launched an inquiry into racial harassment in higher education. Feedback is being sought from individual staff and students on

11 Oct 2019: The following rates were uploaded into X5 on 24th September 2019. New August 2019 pay scales: for MRC (EPI, CU, BSU, MBU, CBU, TOX) grades for University grades (non-Clinical) and banded rates USS grades have retained the superannuation rate of 24.4%

11 Oct 2019: You can read the latest news about all our projects, and other research, symposia and workshops happening in the Department, elsewhere in this issue, including about new books from David Callander, ... The Alfred trans-lation, co-written with Michael

28 Nov 2019: Applications are now open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which will be running over the 2020-21 academic year.

13 May 2019: Please see the message below from Professor Eilis Ferran, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations, introducing two new development programmes. Further infromation can also be found on the For Staff webpages here. Dear

5 Jul 2019: The presentations from the recent RGUG meeting on 27th June are now available on the ROO website. One of the discussion points from the meeting last week was to gauge interest in having an Open Day at ROO during the Michaelmas Term. Options include

21 May 2019: If not, we will adopt the generic SBT absolute targets. In any event this will result in a refinement of our targets by the beginning of 2020 at the latest. ... Find out more and get the latest updatesKeep up to date with all our activity along with

12 Jul 2019: To cover travel and associated costs. £0-200. Website Online method through which you can discuss your latest research (on group page), share publications (as a news item), advertise events etc. ... Workshop to discuss latest findings/techniques/newly

22 Feb 2019: At Cambridge we are committed to achieving excellence in research and scholarship, ensuring that our activities contribute to the well-being of society. As the research landscape becomes increasingly complex, we need to be more proactive in the

2 Jan 2019: We now regularly post albums on flickr.com so simply search Wolfson College for the latest photos of our events. ... academic reward system, Dr Kingsley gave us an update on the latest attempt to tackle this problem, the Declaration on Research

15 Nov 2019: When the latest edition of J was published just before her death, this photograph appeared on the back cover and. ... the latest journal with my photo accompanying yet another obituary of Sir Harold.

1 May 2019: 2 Background. Blockchain technology is a relatively new research area. Whilst the topic is currentlyubiquitous on the news, many readers may not be familiar with the technical terms. ... The review of the literature that informed this section

10 May 2019: X5 has been updated with a new salary file with an effective date of 01/04/2019 which contains the proposed USS pension rate of 24.2%. Users who wish to use the existing rate of 19.5% should select the 01/02/2019 salary file.

4 Feb 2019: Over recent months, the HR Divsion has gathered feedback from departments/institutions which has played a key role in shaping the latest developments of the system.

26 Jul 2019: coverage of the ancient and medieval periods), both of which convey news of the. ... latest historical research in accessible format. Travel and museum-visits are two further ways of exploring the past and its.