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25 Mar 2022: On 1 March 2022, the UK government issued additional sanctions on Russia, which expand sanctions that have been in place since 31 July 2014. The full statutory guidance on the new sanctions is available on the GOV.UK website. This includes sanctions

15 May 2020: On Wednesday 20th May from 07:30 to 09:00, we are expecting to be able to import the following new rates which means X5 will be unavailable during this time. Updated Clinical payscales with an effective date (COLA date) of 01/04/2020 New NI rates:

18 Nov 2022: We have set up a new Yammer community - Supporting Research at Cambridge, please join us! This is an opportunity to provide guidance, support and discussion for academic and professional services staff. Whether you are actively involved in the

23 Apr 2021: The UK Research Office (UKRO), in its capacity as UK National Contact Point for Horizon Europe is holding several information webinars for researchers and support staff interested in applying for current calls including, MSCA Postdoctoral

16 Feb 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 330. Published on 16 February 2024. The University’s Large Grant Contribution Fund (LGCF) provides financial contributions for large collaborative research

17 Nov 2023: Working on a large, complex grant application? Know someone who is? We’re here to help! Based in the Research Strategy arm of the Research Office, the Research Funding team offers application support services such as: coordination of bid

28 Apr 2023: On 6th April 2023, the UK Government set out its prospectus programme called ‘Pioneer’. This is a programme to protect and support the UK research and innovation sector if the Government is unable to secure association to Horizon Europe on fair

17 Jul 2020: The Wellcome Trust has published some new guidance about how to offset carbon travel costs in a research grant application. The policy can be found on the Wellcome Trust website. Alongside this development, the University has recently published its

9 Jun 2023: One of the greatest benefits of cloud computing is that it gives researchers the opportunity to transform how to do certain tasks. It is particularly suited to short, time-limited tasks like research projects. Tools such as Google Cloud Products and

1 Mar 2024: The ERC Scientific Council has implemented changes to the evaluation processes and application forms for 2024 research proposals. ERC President Maria Leptin provides an overview of these changes in the report, entitled “Evaluation of research

2 Feb 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 329. Published on 2 February 2024. Effective from 1st February 2024, X5 has been updated with the new fEC, facility and inflation rates as well as salary files. The

25 Sep 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Thursday 8th October. Some of our users have volunteered to test the new version over the last few weeks and we thank them for their time and feedback. A summary of the

8 Jul 2022: From July 2022, a new mechanism for timesheets has been implemented to comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (RCUK and Innovate). Information about timesheets is available on the ROO website to tell you about the changes and we will

5 Jan 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 327. Published on 5 January 2024. An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for

6 Feb 2020: UK Research and Innovation has announced changes to requirements on ‘Pathways to Impact’. As a result of this change, the ‘Pathways to Impact’ plan or ‘Impact Summary’ are no longer required within a grant application. These changes will

8 May 2024: Following the UK’s association to Horizon Europe, researchers who meet the eligibility criteria, can apply to receive funding through the ERC’s upcoming calls. The Research Operations Office EU team invites you to participate in the European

6 Oct 2023: UKRO is holding an information webinar for organisations and individuals interested in applying to the MSCA COFUND 2023 call. The call deadline is 8th February 2024. The webinar will take place on 19th October 2023, 9:30am - 11:30am, UK time.

11 Sep 2020: CRUK are in the process of migrating their grant management system eGMS to Flexi-Grant and this will mean some changes to how funding is applied for and how grants are managed. Further information can be found on CRUK's website.

24 May 2024: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 18th July, 11:15am – 12:15pm. This is an open meeting for any staff with an interest in grants administration. Further details will be circulated nearer the

15 May 2020: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting has been re-scheduled as a Live Event to take place on Thursday 21st May at 11am - 12pm. Join the RGUG Live Event The agenda will cover two items; the new application deadlines that have been temporarily

18 Nov 2022: The University has a Large Grant Contributions Fund which provides financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. To be eligible for funding, the following criteria apply Research grant applications for funding normally over

15 Jan 2021: The new swift service for CDAs (Confidential Disclosure Agreement) was launched last month for PIs to use with one external party. CDAs should be used with a potential collaborator before discussions take place. To access the Contracts Services

25 Mar 2022: On Monday 14th March 2022, the UK Government announced an extension of the guarantee to a second wave of eligible, successful applicants. In a letter to the UK research and development sector, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation

11 Sep 2020: This is a reminder that as per the Terms & Conditions of Horizon 2020, reporting staff costs to the EC requires that only the time showing as worked on the time records is chargeable to the EC. If you have concerns about individuals who, as a result

20 May 2022: Following the recent UKRI FAP Audit, we would like to draw your attention to the UKRI Terms and Conditions of Grant Guidance RGC 14, section e (Audit Records). Timesheets are required for all part-funded directly incurred (DI) staff and must be

3 Jul 2020: Rose Eichenberger is the Global Health Research Manager at the Research Office and is available to answers queries and advise researchers undertaking health research projects in Low and Middle Income Countries. If you work on a global health

1 Oct 2021: Journals published by Elsevier are among the most read and published-in at the University of Cambridge but are also consistently the most paywalled of all publications, and the most expensive in which to publish. Current members of the University of

19 Jun 2020: A 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 and the presentation slides on this

21 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions – 29 October 2013. ... As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance Office, the next briefing sessions on Full Economic

10 Jun 2022: In the previous bulletin, we reminded you that timesheets are required for all part-funded directly incurred (DI) staff and must be signed off and dated within 2 months of the end of the timesheet period. This week we have written to Departmental

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

7 May 2021: Award holders, project administrators and departmental support staff need to understand funder and university requirements when managing research grant funding. New guidance is available from the Research Operations Office which includes how to

25 Sep 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Thursday 24th September. Presentations were given on the X5 Upgrade and the CoA arrangements with slides and recording of the meeting now available on the RGUG

21 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Full Economic Costing Briefing Sessions – 2 & 29 October 2013. ... As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance Office, the next briefing sessions on Full

8 Sep 2023: As many of you will now be aware, it was announced yesterday (Thursday 7th September) that the Government and the European Commission have agreed in principle on the UK’s association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes under the Trade

16 Dec 2022: Position titles for roles formerly known as Senior Research Support Advisor and Research Support Advisor have been updated to reflect the work and approach of these teams more accurately. Below is a summary of the changes: Previous title

20 Nov 2020: Innovate UK’s new Innovation Funding Service Portal (IFS) is now live and there is a suite of training videos aimed at Participants, Finance Contacts and Monitoring officers. Everyone who was registered to use the previous system “ _Connect”

8 Jul 2022: Underwrite of 2021 ERC projects As expected, the UK’s current lack of association to the Horizon Europe programme, means we are unable to sign the EC Grant Agreements for ERC StG/CoG/AdG grants. The majority of these ERC projects are in the

3 Nov 2023: The Research Office invites academic and administrative staff across the University to attend two information sessions in December following the long-awaited UK association to Horizon Europe. The dedicated European Advisor for Cambridge University

3 Sep 2021: The Wellcome Trust would like to hear from their current and former grant holders as well as support staff about the barriers they face regarding sustainable research and how Wellcome could help to alleviate these. Staff can share their thoughts and

5 Aug 2022: Over the last couple of months, we have been updating you about the timesheet requirements which the University needs to implement so that it can comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (including Innovate UK). All directly-incurred (DI)

31 Jul 2014: Search site. Research Operations Office. Frequently Asked Questions about Managing Research Projects. Q. Do I have to wait for the income to be received before I can spend on my grant? No. As soon as an award is activated and the start date has

15 Jan 2021: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF and other funders is 1st February to 11th March 2021 during which time PIs can use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Links made in Symplectic Elements to

14 Jun 2024: The University of Zurich (UZH) Global Strategy and Partnerships Funding Scheme supports UZH faculties, departments and professional service units in pursuing activities that strengthen the impact of the global UZH network in line with the UZH Global

9 Sep 2022: A major upgrade of Elements, the University’s Research Information Management System has taken place and is ready for the new academic year. Elements users will notice a big difference in the look and feel, as well as several functional

24 Mar 2023: We would like to remind you that the Research Office will be closed for the April and May Bank Holidays. If you have a grant application that you will be sending to the Research Operations Office (ROO) during this time, please ensure that you are

21 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy Briefing Sessions.

21 May 2021: On Thursday 20th May, the following new rates were imported into X5 - Updated Clinical payscales with an effective date (COLA date) of 01/04/2021 New NI rates: Including Apprenticeship Levy: file date of 06/04/21 Without Apprenticeship Levy: file

5 Aug 2022: If you are costing a new proposal to submit to a Horizon Europe (HE) call, you should continue to use the current “EC Horizon Europe” Funder templates in X5. The “UKRI Horizon Europe Underwrite” Funder templates are only to be used for those

29 Jan 2021: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting with take place as a live event on Thursday 25th February 2021 at 11:30am. The agenda will include updates about European Funding, Export Control, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as well as the