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19 Oct 2017: The RCUK submission period for Researchfish will be the 5th February to 15th March 2018. In preparation for the submission period, all Principal Investigators are encouraged to update their Symplectic Elements account with their current research

20 Oct 2017: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on the next Research Administrators' Programme for 2018 (ROOTS Tier 2) and we are pleased to invite expressions of interest from all staff within the University who play an active role in the grants

6 Apr 2017: Following revised guidance from the European Commission, beneficiaries can now claim personnel costs on the basis of actual monthly personnel costs. The University has therefore revised the Horizon 2020 template timesheet and the Research Operations

19 Oct 2017: From 1st October 2017 the minimum starting salary for Research Associates will be spine point 41 (£31,076pa), as approved by the General Board and Council (subject to any further changes determined by UKVI). This follows the UKVI requirement that

9 Jun 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 185. Published on 9 June 2017. X5 has a new option under the Costing tab called “Costing sub type”. At the project Wizard setup stage you will now have the

21 Apr 2017: In response to last summer’s Research Administration review, the Research Office and UIS are developing a new dashboard to give PIs access to information about their grants and contracts e.g. the status of your contract and expenditure on the grant

5 Jan 2017: Researchfish are running a series of workshops across the UK to demonstrate the new User Interface and functionality for researchers and research office staff. Representatives from Researchfish will be in Cambridge on Tuesday 10th January at Mill

24 Jan 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 176. Published on 24 January 2017. The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for

22 Sep 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 190. Published on 22 September 2017. The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Thursday 28th September. Agenda and minutes from the previous

20 Jul 2017: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) will be held on Thursday 27th July 2017, 2pm - 3.30pm in the Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Addenbrookes. The agenda and venue map is available from the Research Office

7 Feb 2017: Principles of full economic costing (fEC) and eligibility of the costs can be found on the UKRI website.

17 Nov 2017: ESRC grantholders are required to submit their research data to the ReShare repository at the end of their award. The UK Data Service are running an interactive online webinar to ‘walk’ you thought the process of submitting a data collection

17 Nov 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 194. Published on 17 November 2017. The RCUK submission period for Researchfish will be the 5th February to 15th March 2018. In preparation for the submission period

20 Oct 2017: From 1st October 2017, the Wellcome Trust (WT) changed their policy regarding equipment purchase contributions and equipment maintenance. The host organisation will now be expected to contribute at least 25% for equipment items that cost £100,000

9 Mar 2017: The deadline for a PI to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 16th March at 4pm for all RCUK, NIHR, NC3Rs awards (12noon for CRUK). If a PI fails to submit a return, the funder may apply sanctions which include ineligibility

21 Nov 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 195. Published on 21 November 2017. The Research Dashboard is a web-based application designed for PIs to see their research project activity in one place. The

3 Nov 2017: David Carr and Robert Kiley from the Wellcome Trust are coming to Cambridge to talk with researchers about the Trust’s policy on data, software and materials management and sharing, which was released in July 2017. They will give short talks about

6 Apr 2017: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Tuesday 23rd May 2017 at 10am in LR3 Inglis Building, Dept of Engineering, Trumpington Street. Presentations from the previous meeting are available on the ROO website.

5 May 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 183. Published on 5 May 2017. The Research Operations Office is organising a half-day event on Horizon 2020 audits targeted at those involved in Horizon 2020

2 Feb 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 177. Published on 2 February 2017. The annual submission period on Researchfish is 6 February 2017 to 4pm on 16 March 2017. Award holders of grants from RCUK (AHRC,