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6 Aug 2021: The UKRI Funding Assurance Programme (FAP) provides assurance that public funds destined for research are properly safeguarded and used for the purposes intended. We are expecting a UKRI audit to be undertaken remotely during the Michaelmas Term 2021

12 Jul 2024: If you did not have the opportunity to attend the Association of Research Managers & Administrators (ARMA) conference in Brighton on 18th –19th June 2024, you can still catch up on the highlights. Wednesday 24th July 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm Teams

14 Feb 2017: is economic, necessary and solely attributable to the project. is not deemed to be in any way excessive or reckless.

22 Sep 2023: The European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) has published a call for applications for experts on the Economic and Societal Impact of Research and Innovation (ESIR3) group. ... Contribute to the definition of a new

31 Jul 2014: Vacancies at the Research Office are shown on the main University jobs page.

12 Jul 2024: 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

7 Oct 2022: We have a number of vacancies at the Research Office, further details can be found on our jobs page.

12 Jul 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 339. Published on 12 July 2024. The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 18th July at 11:15am. The agenda will

19 Sep 2014: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 117. Published on 19 September 2014. As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance the following sessions are

5 Nov 2021: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF and other funders is Monday 7th February to 4pm, Thursday 17th March 2022 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. We are starting to

19 Nov 2021: Gender Equality Plans (GEP) are now part of the eligibility criteria in Horizon Europe for calls with deadlines in 2022 onwards. Details of how the University of Cambridge complies with the GEP can be found on the ROO website. The European Research

21 Feb 2020: The University Brexit website https://www.eu.admin.cam.ac.uk/ continues to be updated, most recently with FAQs about living and working within the EU.

10 Jun 2022: There are a number of webinars scheduled to help Horizon 2020 grant holders and applicants to Horizon Europe funding. This includes 22 June - H2020 grants. Avoiding errors in declaring personnel costs 22 June - ERC 2023 starting grants (Part 1) 24

4 Jun 2024: The revised International Working Policy guidance came into effect in October 2023.

7 Jun 2013: Published on 7 June 2013. As part of the Research. Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) the next briefing sessions on Full Economic Costing and the Income.

28 Mar 2024: Launched in its beta form in Michaelmas term, the University’s new International Engagement Hub begins to bring all the University’s guidance on international activity into one place; making it easier for staff and students to find the right

24 Jan 2014: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 96. Published on 24 January 2014. In line with the TSB's conditions and guidance, it is important to note that costs are deemed eligible and can be claimed only if

23 May 2014: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 108. Published on 23 May 2014. As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance; following sessions are scheduled for

5 Jan 2024: The new UKRI open access policy for monographs, books chapters and edited collections comes into effect on 1 January 2024. Any monograph, book chapter or edited collection under contract from 01 January 2024 will need to be open access within one

31 Jul 2014: Maps Greenwich House, Madingley Rise Site Clinical School, Addenbrookes Hospital By train There are regular fast trains from London King's Cross and Liverpool Street stations to Cambridge. The journey is around 50 minutes.

5 Apr 2013: Economic Costing and the Income Allocation Policy for all staff whose role includes research grant administration.

22 Apr 2022: The Research Operations Office has updated its guidance on who is eligible to be a Principal Investigator (PI) on a research grant hosted at the University. Further details can be found on the PI Eligibility webpage and this topic will also be

19 Mar 2021: The University’s calculated fEC rates for 2019-20 are showing a significant decrease compared to 2018-19. This is believed to be an anomalous result arising from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The University believes this may be an issue for

13 Jun 2014: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 110. Published on 13 June 2014. As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance the following sessions are

2 Feb 2024: Advanced Research Invention Agency (ARIA) has opened a seed funding call under the Nature Computes Better programme. ARIA will fund high potential proposals, with awards between £10k and £500k each, and initially expect to fund up to 10 projects

24 Mar 2023: The Researchfish submission for 2023 has now closed for the main funders and we would like to thank all researchers, administrative staff and node administrators for playing their part in the submission process this year. For those researchers who

7 Aug 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 139. Published on 7 August 2015. The Research Operations Office has a new website www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk. New features include. A portal for

24 Jul 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 137. Published on 24 July 2015. As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) the following session is scheduled for Tuesday 13 October 2015, 9

18 Nov 2022: At the next RGUG meeting on 22nd November, there will be an overview of updated documents and processes regarding the recently introduced timesheet requirements. This will be followed by two further sessions (which will be recorded) - Demonstration

1 May 2015: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) changed its research data policy in March 2015.

7 Mar 2014: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 100. Published on 7 March 2014. Wellcome Trust Open Meeting – Tuesday 18 March. The Wellcome Trust support research into all aspects of biomedical science,

12 Jul 2024: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 18th July at 11:15am. The agenda will include updates about Worktribe, UKRI’s The Funding Service and the National Security Act. Thursday 18th July 2024

1 Jul 2024: This International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Early-Career Collaboration Grants Scheme is for early-career academics and provides funds to cover the costs of a short-term research visit at another IARU university. Current early-career

12 Feb 2021: New details about how Horizon Europe is structured and the schemes that the UK can participate in are now available on the Research Operations Office website The latest EC news page includes information regarding UKRO webinars scheduled for 18th &

22 Apr 2022: The Researchfish submission for 2022 has now closed for the main funders and we would like to thank all researchers, administrative staff and node administrators for playing their part in the submission process this year. For those researchers who

17 Sep 2021: Researchers who receive US federal funding for a research project are reminded that if you need to travel by plane, flights must be booked using an American flag carrier, or a flag carrier from a country with an Open Skies Agreement with the US.

20 Sep 2013: As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance Office, the next briefing sessions on Full Economic Costing and the Income Allocation Policy will take

3 Apr 2020: This week UKRI have launched a single web portal for streamlined shorter grant and innovation applications, including guidance for researchers currently holding UKRI standard grants that wish to repurpose their funds for COVID-19. As of today (3rd

21 Feb 2014: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 99. Published on 21 February 2014. Wellcome Trust Open Meeting – Tuesday 18 March. The Wellcome Trust support research into all aspects of biomedical science,

26 Apr 2013: Published on 26 April 2013. As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) the next briefing sessions on Full Economic Costing and the Income Allocation Policy will take place

9 Jun 2023: We have a number of job opportunities at the Research Office, further details can be found on our jobs page.

5 Mar 2021: New functionality now exists within X5 that notifies users of messages/announcements when they log on to the system. The number of announcements is indicated by the bell in the header information next to workflow tasks notifications. A screen shot

7 May 2020: The Research Operations Office continue to update our webpage with the latest information about our major funders. In particular UKRI has updated its new deadline extensions for applications and is also allowing some newly awarded grants to be

9 Sep 2022: To help staff involved in the new mechanism for timesheets we will be holding two further sessions as follows Timesheet demonstration Tuesday 27th September 11am Link to join meeting Q&A session Wednesday 5th October 10am Link to join Q&A A list o

6 Apr 2023: The costing and pricing tool X5, has been updated with the following - salary scales with the effective date of 1st February 2023 National Insurance rates For funders who pay the Apprenticeship levy, please use the file dated 06/04/2023 For funders

6 Jun 2024: The Research Operations Office EU Team is organising a European Innovation Council (EIC) Information online event which will be held on Thursday 4th July 2024, between 10:30-12:00 (UK time).

22 Oct 2020: Due to technical difficulties implementing the upgrade of X5 on Thursday 8th October, a decision was made to postpone the release. The issues have now been resolved and the Project Team are now in a position to reschedule. The proposed date for the

22 Apr 2022: The following new rates have now been imported into X5. NI rates including increase of 1.25%. Without Apprenticeship Levy - file added 05/04/22 With Levy Including Apprenticeship Levy- file added 06/04/22 USS rate of 21.6% starting from 01/04/22. To

19 Aug 2022: Academics and research support staff can find details of how to apply to the ERC Starting Grant on the ROO website including a crib sheet and webinar recordings. The deadlines for this call are - Notification to ROO of intention to submit 27th

7 Jul 2023: X5 was updated on 4th July 2023, with new fEC rates which are effective from 1st July 2023. The University has made an adjustment to the research charge-out rates following a review of the way central administration costs are classified, with the