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27 Feb 2015: The Framework Programme for Research and Technology (FP7) was the main research funding stream in the European Union from 2007 until 2013 with a €54 billion budget. Recipients of EC FP7 funds are required to manage the administration of their fund

21 Apr 2015: The process for including new items of equipment on the Equipment Admin Database is as follows: New Fixed Assets in excess of £10K will be loaded monthly by the Fixed Assets Team in Finance into the database as ‘DRAFT’ records. This will

16 Apr 2015: We have a set of model and template agreements that contain the University's preferred terms for specific types of research collaborations.

10 Dec 2015: Open Data Afternoon Session will: provide you with all the necessary information you need to know about your funder requirements for research data sharing how to avoid sanctions for non-compliance with your funder policies allow you to ask any

21 Apr 2015: This is an advance notice that the University, in line with fEC guidelines, has to implement revised full economic cost rates from 1 February each year. More information regarding these changes will be available in the next Bulletin. Please note

5 Aug 2015: Weekly payment runs Payments take place weekly. All invoices have to be secondary approved in the system by 10h00 on Tuesdays. All payments are made electronically. The payment selection process commences at 10h00 on Tuesday for payment on the

3 Jul 2015: An employee considering/taking Shared Parental Leave is encouraged to contact their Institution to arrange an informal discussion as early as possible regarding their potential entitlement, to talk about their plans and to enable the Institution to

21 Apr 2015: We would like to apologise for any inconvenience cause by the unplanned outage of X5 this morning. Unfortunately any work performed within X5 from 8:30 until 9:45 is likely to be lost and will have to be rekeyed. We are currently investigating this

24 Jul 2015: The Research Operations Office is again offering X5 training and would like to invite departmental staff, both academic and administrative, who are required to generate costings for themselves or for their departments, to attend one of these events.

21 Apr 2015: Funding alerts generated by Research Professional and circulated by Rhys Morgan will discontinue from the end of September.  Each institution should now have a designated administrator able to create and distribute more discipline-specific alerts

10 Dec 2015: Open Data Afternoon Session will: provide you with all the necessary information you need to know about your funder requirements for research data sharing how to avoid sanctions for non-compliance with your funder policies allow you to ask any

20 Mar 2015: Download this chapter in PDF format As the new finance system is brought in through the Financial Transformation Programme, this chapter of the Financial Procedures Manual will see significant changes. However, this is the current guidance for

21 Apr 2015: pFACT will no longer be supported after 31st July 2014 and therefore will no longer be available for use after this date.What do you need to do ?1) Please ensure that any reports you need access to are printed and/or saved before 31st July 2014 so

21 Apr 2015: NIH A-133 audit Findings The recent audit findings highlighted two areas for improvement.  It is important that the destination and reason for travel are included on the invoice/purchase order or travel claim. There were instances where travel h

21 Apr 2015: A final reminder that The Wellcome Trust will be visiting the University on July 12th. Dr Michael Dunn will give a presentation about Funding Opportunities and strategic initiatives at the Wellcome Trust. PIs and Administrators are invited to at

21 Apr 2015: An additional workshop aimed at assisting Departmental Administrators prepare for the RCUK Assurance visit, taking place from 14 - 16 November 2012, will take place on Friday 12 October 2012 at 2pmat Mill Lane lecture theatre, room 6. We hope that

21 Apr 2015: We are aware of an issue with Euro and USD currency rates not updating when the file is updated through the rates tab within the costing screen. Whilst we are waiting for a fix from the developers we would advise users to: i) Check that the rate is

21 Apr 2015: From 1 January 2011 it is a requirement to keep timesheets for Research Council grants for all Directly Incurred staff, except those who are working 100% of their contracted time on one project and Post Graduate Research students funded under a

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office will be closed for the Christmas period and will re-open on January 3rd.

3 Jul 2015: Eligible employees may be entitled to take up to 39 weeks ShPP while taking Shared Parental Leave (less any weeks of SMP, MA or SAP claimed by the employee or their partner). ShPP may be payable during some or all of Shared Parental Leave, depending

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Research Council’s commitment to moving to the Shared Services Centre, the MRC will be transferring to the RCUK joint electronic system (JeS) at the end of March. All applications to the MRC with a deadline before the end of March

21 Apr 2015: The Isaac Newton Trust has recently written to all the Heads of Departments in the Biological, Clinical, Physical Sciences and Technology Schools advising them of a change to the application process. The key change is that for all

3 Jul 2015: An employee intending to take Shared Parental Leave must give their Institution notification of their intention to take to Shared Parental Leave using a CHRIS 75a, at least eight weeks before they intend their period of Shared Parental Leave to start

21 Apr 2015: As mentioned at the RGUG, demonstrations of the new ‘Research Systems Store’ are being held at 16 Mill Lane on the following dates:Monday 9th December – 14:00 to 15:00Thursday 12th December – 11:00 to 12:00To reserve a place, please email

6 Aug 2015: The Research Operations Office is again offering X5 training and would like to invite departmental staff, both academic and administrative, who are required to generate costings for themselves or for their departments, to attend one of these events.

10 Dec 2015: Several resources exist to guide Researchfish users and answer FAQs: See RCUK’s website for a research outcome overview Any PIs or their delegates can register for one of the weekly webinars hosted by Researchfish The Researchfish tutorial video

25 Jun 2015: The amount of time to put in place a signed contract can vary considerably depending upon a number of factors such as the complexity of the project the number of parties involved how speedily the other party/ies respond to correspondence the

1 Apr 2015: Search site. Finance Division. Appendices. Search. Some items on this website are restricted. University members are encouraged to log in using Raven to make the best use of the site:. 2024 University of Cambridge.

21 Apr 2015: The new version of the Marie Curie Financial Guidelines includes an important change which affects all Form Cs that are submitted from July 2011 onwards.Under the new revised guidelines, categories D and E (if applicable) should now be reported as a

21 Apr 2015: Further to the note in Research Office bulletin 88 this is a reminder that access to pFACT will be removed after 31st July 2014. Please ensure that any reports to which you need access are printed and/or saved before 31st July 2014 so that you have

3 Jul 2015: In addition to opting into the Shared Parental Leave system an employee will also need to book their leave by giving the University a period of leave notice using a form CHRIS 75b. This notice can be given at the same time as the opt-in notice (form

21 Apr 2015: Following a number of requests for the RCUK Assurance presentation to be made available electronically, we are very pleased to attach a link to the presentation here. RCUK Assurance Workshop Please do contact Charles

20 Mar 2015: A policy on the management of foreign currency research income was implemented with effect from 1 August 2009, following collaboration between the Research Office and the Finance Division.

20 Mar 2015: The new FX Management for Research Income Policy provides sterling budget certainty for those awards in scope. The budget is set on a key date in the award lifecycle. The key date is different for EC and non-EC awards.

10 Aug 2015: Implementation of Change Managing change effectively 3.1 Managing the process of change is critical to the success of any change programme. Well planned change which is communicated effectively and carefully considers the impact on employees, will

2 Apr 2015: Download this chapter in PDF format Overview The principal purpose of this chapter of the Financial Procedures Manual is to set out and explain the procedures to be followed by staff in Departments in respect of income received by means of donation

21 Apr 2015: This is an advance notice that the University, in line with fEC guidelines, has to implement revised full economic cost rates from 1 February each year. More information regarding these changes will be available in the next Bulletin. Please note

1 Apr 2015: The capital of a trust fund, (both permanent and spendable) is invested and then the income generated from these investments is used to provide the intended benefits of the trust.

23 Jun 2015: The Research Grants User Group (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 Tuesday 16 June at 9.30am in Mill Lane Lecture

3 Jul 2015: If the employee is the child's mother and wants to opt into the Shared Parental Leave scheme, or if the employee is taking adoption leave, and wants to opt into Shared Parental Leave: they must give the University at least eight weeks' written

21 Apr 2015: As of 25 November 2010, the Research Office will no longer recharge DHL courier costs for EC grants to Departments or to the research grant. These costs will now be covered by the Research Office. If you have any queries, please contact your School

16 Apr 2015: Collaborators and funders sometimes supply their own contract, which will contain those terms most beneficial to that party but may also contain terms detrimental to the researcher or omit terms that are necessary to the University.

3 Jul 2015: If an employee is on Shared Parental Leave when their contract is due to cease, the Procedures for Ending Fixed Term Contracts must be followed. In these circumstances the relevant HR Business Manager/Adviser can be contacted in advance of the

16 Apr 2015: Bespoke Agreements A bespoke agreement, based on one of our models where possible, is drafted and negotiated so that the research contract is tailored for a specific project. These research contracts take longer to finalise and take longer to

21 Apr 2015: The European Union has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Russia since 31 July 2014. A guidance document is available on the Research Operations Office website. Principal Investigators should consider this guidance whenever planning to undertake

20 Aug 2015: Some users of the Online Contracts Submission for MTAs and CDA have encountered difficulties when uploading supporting documentation. Affected users are presented with an error message regarding a file name that is too long. If you see this message

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from February each year. Therefore, please be advised that the University fEC rates will change on 2 February 2015. X5 will not be available on Monday 2

21 Apr 2015: In light of the new foreign exchange policy, it has been agreed that the inflation index used within pFACT for calculating costs on applications to overseas funders will be reduced to 3.5% with effect from 1st October 2010.

21 Apr 2015: Applicants and grant holders of the Wellcome Trust should be aware of the following funding updates: Funding for enhancements is now available. It is designed to provide additional funding for existing grant holders to explore important new

3 Jul 2015: The employee will be advised in writing of the end date of any period of Shared Parental Leave. The employee is expected to return on the next working day after this date, unless they notify the University otherwise. If the Employee is unable to