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21 Apr 2015: Please note that the presentation slides from the BBSRC visit which took place on Thursday 7 October, and NERC visit which took place on Thursday 13 October, are now available on the Research Office website at

27 Feb 2015: FP7 Cooperation Funding Mechanisms The main mechanisms for Cooperation Funding in FP7 are listed below. Work programmes determine particular funding schemes to be used for the topic on which proposals are invited.

23 Nov 2015: For new staff and students 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

21 Apr 2015: There are a number of deadlines which fall during the Christmas break and the first week of January 2015.

21 Apr 2015: Katie Price, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 14 November 2013. She will be talking about Horizon 2020 the EUs new programme for investment in research

21 Apr 2015: Twinning: €1 million for 3 years for networking between researchers in any discipline, three partners required. Deadline: 7 May 2015The European Commission has launched the “Call for Twinning” within the Spreading Excellence and Widening

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 19 July at 9:30am and will be held in the Sanger Building, Department for Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Downing Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum

21 Apr 2015: A University Fund under the stewardship of the Research Policy Committee is available to consider requests for resources to enable the preparation of large cross-School research funding bids.

26 Nov 2015: Wellcome Trust will no longer be ring-fencing any budgets on their conventional grants. Grant holders will be able to move funds into and out of budgets, but any significant transfer of funds between cost headings must be agreed with Wellcome Trust.

26 Nov 2015: Research Operations Office’s last day at Mill Lane will be Thursday 24th December, and from January 2016 we shall be situated in new offices at Greenwich House. This relocation is a major operation and therefore Research Operations will be closed

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 12 April at 9:30am and will be held at LT2, Computer Lab, William Gates Building, West Cambridge Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where resear

27 Feb 2015: Payments Your UFS budget will be set up for 100% of the total requested EC contribution. The below note aims to assist you in understanding the underlying financing of your award, if necessary for interactions with your Project Coordinator.

21 Apr 2015: The European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant scheme is available to academics who are 7 – 12 years following their PhD. The scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline and is judged on the excellence of both the applicant and the

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 28 September at 9:30am and will be held in the Lecture Theatre, Hopkins Building, Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road. The meeting after that will be on Tuesday 30 November at 9:30am at the

21 Apr 2015: As you may be aware, HEFCE have recently announced a new policy for open access in relation to future research assessments. This policy will run in parallel with other funder open access policies including RCUK, Wellcome Trust and others. To be

7 Aug 2015: Submission reports are available in the X5 system to provide the Department with a clear and concise breakdown of information required for their grant application. The breakdown of costs for an External Partner/s will now be reflected in the

21 Apr 2015: The BBSRC Chief Executive, Jackie Hunter, will be visiting the University on Monday 17th November at the Sainsbury Laboratory. In the morning there will be an open meeting introduced by the VC, followed by a presentation by Jackie Hunter on the

21 Apr 2015: The next Research Grants User Group meeting is taking place on Tuesday 24 May at 9:30am in LT2, Clinical School, Addenbrookes. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are

12 Nov 2015: The Research Councils UK have published new guidelines on research data sharing policy. Since the document was not consulted with the community, the University of Cambridge would like to comment on these guidelines. If you would like to contribute

21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge will receive a visit from Professor Paul Boyle, the Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

26 Nov 2015: Outcomes for research funded by Arthritis Research UK have to be submitted by 1 Dec 2015. Please login to Researchfish to report results- even if no new results have been obtained. Failure to submit research outcomes may result in sanctions. Help

21 Apr 2015: At a recent AHRC ARMA event it was announced that:1. AHRC is to reduce the time limit on delays to starting certificates from the current 6 months from the start date notified on the award letter, to 3 months.  Departments should be aware that i

21 Apr 2015: The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant scheme is aimed at senior academics from any discipline and is judged on excellence of both the applicant and the project. Funding of up to €2.5Million is available for projects up to 5 years and

24 Mar 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Frequently Asked Questions about Regulation for US funded research. Q. What about sub-recipients? If the University is passing on some of the funds to a sub-recipient, then as the awardee Institution, the

21 Apr 2015: This monthly webinar is open to all members of the University.

21 Apr 2015: Cancer Research UK has launched a new applications and grants management system (eGMS) which replaces the current Application Management System (AMS). The new system allows grantees and host institution administrators to manage their grants and

7 Aug 2015: Most University funders http://www.data.cam.ac.uk/funders require research data from publicly-funded research to be shared. Four funders have now introduced sanctions for non-compliance with their data sharing policies: BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC and NERC.

18 Sep 2015: In order to shorten the time needed for the approval of periodic reports and transfer of the EU contribution to FP7 and Horizon 2020 consortia, the European Commission has streamlined its approach to the reporting process. The new approach, named

21 Apr 2015: University Information Services (UIS) has recently released a new application for Principal Investigators (PIs) and their delegates to effectively manage their research grant finances via a simple web interface. Key features and benefits include:

21 Apr 2015: As a recipient of funding from the US Dept of Health and Human Science’s Public Health Services funding agencies (notably the NIH), the University is required to have a publicly accessible conflict of interest policy to meet DHSS regulation

24 Mar 2015: Download the "What to do and when" pdf to see the flow chart

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust has expanded its new Investigator Awards to cover the medical humanities and bioethics in two categories: Medical History and Ethics and Society. Awards of up to £200,000 per year for up to seven years will be made to scholars in

21 Apr 2015: There are a number of deadlines which fall during the Christmas break and the first week of January 2015. To help us manage this work more effectively could you make your PIs aware that applications need to be with us on the following dates:1.

21 Apr 2015: A University Fund under the stewardship of the Research Policy Committee is available to consider requests for resources to enable the preparation of large cross-School research funding bids. The support offered by the Fund is flexible according to

21 Apr 2015: Now available online are the slides from the ERC Advanced Grants & ERC Synergy Grants presentation held on Tuesday 13 December 2011 by Chloë Somers from the UK Research Office (UKRO). Please note these slides are Raven password protected. http://www

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 19 July at 9:30am and will be held in the Sanger Building, Department for Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research gra

21 Apr 2015: There has been a further increase in the number of calls where sponsors request a support letter from the Vice-Chancellor or Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) to be submitted with funding applications.

21 Apr 2015: Departmental Research Administrators are invited to take part in a 1 hour workshop to discuss how best to support the expected high volume of applications to the forthcoming British Academy small grants scheme, deadline 9 November. Facilitated by

21 Apr 2015: In order to incentivise the amount of PI time recovered through RCUK grants the Resource Management Committee agreed (also confirmed with the RPC) that the attribution of the PI time element of residual indirect income (income remaining after direct

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 28 September at 9:30am and will be held in the Lecture Theatre, Hopkins Building, Dept of Biochemistry, Downing Site, Tennis Court Road. Tea and coffee will be available from 9:00am.The RGUG

21 Apr 2015: You will be aware that from September 2014 all Research Councils will use Researchfish (www.researchfish.com) to report research outcomes. Funders have different submission periods which are as follows -• British Heart Foundation submission period

21 Apr 2015: The UK Research Office are holding information and proposal writing events aiming to provide participants with a better understanding of the MSC Individual Fellowships scheme and its requirements. The events will focus on the objectives of

21 Apr 2015: pFACT will be updated on Monday 18 February with RCUK’s announcement on the above, which is as follows: National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2013/14 is £13,726 Research Councils UK Indicative Fee Level for 2013/14 is £3,900 For further details

21 Apr 2015: The British Heart Foundation will be moving to a web-based application and review process for fellowships, project, programme, special project and new horizons grants in January 2012. If you are planning to submit an application in the coming months

21 Apr 2015: The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant scheme is aimed at senior academics from any discipline and is judged on excellence of both the applicant and the project. Funding of up to €2.5M is available for projects up to 5 years and the

18 Sep 2015: The Commission has confirmed the new UCF (University Composition Fee) is an eligible cost for Early Stage Researchers under all MSC ITN and IAPP grants. With immediate effect UCF invoices can be charged to all active grants, FP7 and Horizon 2020.

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 30 November at 9:30am and will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Clinical School, Addenbrookes Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration is

21 Apr 2015: Dr Octavio Pernas, FP7 UK National Contact Point for Health will be visiting Cambridge on Thursday 26 November 2013. He will be talking about the “Health, demographic change and wellbeing” challenge in Horizon 2020 – the EUs new programme for

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 1 March at 9:30am and will be held at Little Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Sidgwick Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 18 January at 9:30am and will be held in the Sanger Building, Department for Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Downing Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a fo