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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

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

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

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.

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

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

3 Dec 2020: What is a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS)? Once a job offer has been made to an individual who will require a Skilled Worker Visa in order to work for the University, the first step for the department/institution is to request a CoS from the

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.

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

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

21 Aug 2020: About the form The University recognises that COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the HEI sector and many staff will have faced difficulties in carrying out their usual duties, preventing them from progressing as usual during probation.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

27 Jan 2020: Departments can download, save a local copy and and customise the word version of the form below.

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

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

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

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

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

27 Jan 2020: Departments have a responsibility for ensuring that all departmental policies and procedures comply with the Financial Regulations and follow the best practice guidance in the Financial Procedures Manual.

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

27 Jan 2020: Relevant legislation : Bribery Act 2010 Criminal Finances Act 2017 Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards Money Laundering Regulations Modern Slavery Act Who needs to complete which compliance course ?

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

12 Jun 2020: Search site. Finance Division. Governance & Compliance FAQs. Q. What mandatory training should individuals complete who are delegated authorities to request to spend against research grants/GLs but who do not have CUFS access themselves? The only

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

27 Jan 2020: Specific process Reference To sign contracts in the course of ordinary business (for those funds they are responsible for) Fin Regs 6.1 Provide prior written consent for non-University commercial activities to be carried out Fin Regs 25.1 Approve

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.

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

16 Dec 2020: The supporting information and documentation needed for a new supplier request or reactivation is as follows Document required Link to guidance or form Invoice or quote addressed to the University of Cambridge Screen print of supplier website

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

27 Jan 2020: The University Training Booking System (UTBS) records those who have undertaken the training and provides direct evidence of the extent to which it has been successfully promulgated within the University. A monthly report is sent from Finance

27 Jan 2020: The new Criminal Finances Act (CFA) 2017 will make companies and organisations including universities criminally liable if they fail to prevent tax evasion by either a member of their staff or an external agent, even where the organisation was not

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

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

27 Jan 2020: Money laundering is the process of taking profits from crime and corruption and transforming them into legitimate assets. It takes criminally-derived ‘dirty funds’ and converts them into other assets so they can be reintroduced into legitimate

27 Jan 2020: All staff have a responsibility to ensure that neither their conduct, nor the conduct of any person or organisation entering into any contract or arrangement with the University contravenes the Bribery Act 2010.

28 Jan 2020: Heads of Institution (HOI) may designate in writing one or more people to execute specified tasks for, and subject to the supervision of, the HOI. The HOI remains responsible and should be fully aware of any delegated authority. The HOI may have a

27 Jan 2020: In accordance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the University is required to prepare an anti-slavery and anti-trafficking statement for each financial year, setting out what steps it has taken to ensure that modern slavery is not

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

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

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

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

28 Jan 2020: The Head of Institution (HOI) is the Head of Department, the Chair of a Faculty not organised in departments, Directors of Non-School Institutions and UAS Divisions. It is their responsibility to ensure that University policies are implemented and