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1 Oct 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 277. Published on 1 October 2021. In the Contracts Improvement Programme, we have been looking at ways to process Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) requests faster.

19 Nov 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 280. Published on 19 November 2021. The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 30th November at 11:15am, please use this link to join the

5 Nov 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 279. Published on 5 November 2021. Over the coming months, there will be a high volume of financial reports that are due to the European Commission. In order for us

23 Apr 2021: As a result of COVID-19 and its impact on the economy, the UK government has decided to reduce the funds available for Official Development Assistance (ODA). The Research Office has been notified of cuts to some UKRI funded GCRF and Newton grants

3 Sep 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 275. Published on 3 September 2021. The University of Cambridge has been notified by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) of our forthcoming Funding Assurance

6 Aug 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 274. Published on 6 August 2021. Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2021, which this year are applicable from 1. st. August 2021.

6 Aug 2021: The EPSRC Healthcare Technologies grand challenges has recently been updated, following consultation with members of the community. The four main changes include changes to titles to better encompass what the grand challenge is about updates to the

17 Sep 2021: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. The final online event of this series is scheduled for Wednesday 22nd September at 12:30pm on the topic of impact and will

19 Nov 2021: Wellcome’s digital team is looking for people to take part in their user research. They regularly carry out research with people who use their website and grant funding application system, so that they can improve these experiences. Wellcome would

23 Apr 2021: When costing a research project using a funder or collaborator that is not listed on X5, you will need to complete a New Funder Form or New Collaborator Form. These forms have recently been updated to clarify information required for each field,

11 Jun 2021: 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

3 Sep 2021: National and international business travel can play a key part in academic, research and education objectives at the University of Cambridge. However, in 2018/19, carbon emissions from business travel were roughly equivalent to emissions from gas

25 Jun 2021: In order to implement critical security updates, the Finance Division will be upgrading the Cognos reporting tool from version 10.2.1 to version 11.1.7 on Wednesday 30th June, once all overnight processing has been completed. The system will

19 Nov 2021: LinkedIn Learning is an online learning resource available for the staff and students at the University of Cambridge. The Research Office has designed a Principal Investigator Programme for LinkedIn Learning (log in using your Office 365 Online with

3 Sep 2021: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Topics include - ensuring that your project is properly costed knowing when to seek ethics approval protecting your research

1 Oct 2021: In the Contracts Improvement Programme, we have been looking at ways to process Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) requests faster. We have launched the Outgoing MTA Swift Service which will issue a pre-signed MTA that can be used if the material

15 Jan 2021: For new and existing PIs as well as others working with postdocs, please join PPD’s live webinar PIs: Working Effectively with your Postdoc to hear how to establish a productive working environment, align plans and utilise skills and knowledge.

5 Mar 2021: Academics and research support staff can find details of the ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant Calls on the ROO website. Information includes a crib sheet about how to apply to the Starting Grant forthcoming UKRO webinars on 16th & 19th

6 Aug 2021: The Research Office are looking to facilitate more collaboration and knowledge-sharing to support all those who run, contribute and are involved in grants administration. We would like to set up a Community of Practice (CoP) for grants

9 Jul 2021: The UK Research Office (UKRO) and the University of Cambridge will be jointly presenting a webinar on Moving from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe. This will include Update and structure of Horizon Europe compared to Horizon 2020 Submission and