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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.

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

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.

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”

29 Jul 2022: Last week, we produced a new timesheet template which is available on the ROO website. This week we are providing details about how to submit timesheets, how timesheets can be saved in the new SharePoint library and how you can get help with the new

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 Oct 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 322. Published on 6 October 2023. The UK Government has published guidance on UK association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes. It is an explainer for

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

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

1 Jul 2024: UKRO is holding two information webinars for the MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 Call on 2nd & 3rd July 2024 from 10am - 12pm UK time. Further information and registration for session 1 and session 2 is now available the UKRO website.

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

17 Nov 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 325. Published on 17 November 2023. At two information sessions in December, the dedicated European Advisor for Cambridge University and the UK Marie Sklodowska

24 Jun 2022: From 1st July 2022, UKRI Final Expenditure Statements (FES) will need additional reporting due to the University receiving "limited assurance" on its recent audit. The additional reporting will include providing full transaction listings, staff

1 Oct 2021: The COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) grants awarded by UKRI ended on 30th September 2021 and Final Expenditure Statements are due by 31st December 2021. For each grant which has received a CoA award, Departments need to check the following:

25 Feb 2022: The Research Administration Programme aims to help staff who work in grant administration to improve their knowledge and understanding of the grant lifecycle. Each module will focus on a different aspect of grant administration and consists of

20 May 2022: Our Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration aims to support all those who run and are involved in the grants lifecycle at the University of Cambridge. If you would like to be involved with this group, please sign up on the Supporting

17 Oct 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 323. Published on 17 October 2023. As outlined in the application process, it is occasionally necessary to implement a 7 working day internal deadline for

11 Aug 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 319. Published on 11 August 2023. Royal Society (RS) have announced that an inflationary uplift of 2.48% is being applied to current grants within the following

8 Sep 2023: As part of a new challenge-led research funding initiative, we’re inviting researchers across the University of Cambridge to submit concept papers setting out their idea for how AI could serve science, citizens and society. We’ll convene

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

3 Nov 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 324. Published on 3 November 2023. The Research Office invites academic and administrative staff across the University to attend two information sessions in

19 Apr 2024: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Wednesday 24th April at 11:15am.The agenda will include updates about Worktribe and Horizon Europe lump sum funding. To join the RGUG meeting, please use this link.

24 Feb 2023: The COLP is a non-consolidated pay award that has been awarded to all staff and is an integral element of the salary of staff members. Therefore, the assumption is that this is an eligible cost on a grant for our major research funders that allow

16 Apr 2015: Collaborators and funders sometimes supply their own contract, which will contain those terms most beneficial to that party but may also contain terms detrimental to the researcher or omit terms that are necessary to the University.

22 Jul 2022: Over the last few weeks, 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). Part of this work has involved

3 Sep 2021: The Research Administration Programme (formerly known as ROOTS Tier 2) aims to help staff who work in grant administration to improve their knowledge and understanding of the grant lifecycle. Each module will focus on a different aspect of grant

16 Apr 2015: Bespoke Agreements A bespoke agreement, based on one of our models where possible, is drafted and negotiated so that the research contract is tailored for a specific project. These research contracts take longer to finalise and take longer to

28 Apr 2023: When a Final Expenditure Statement (FES) is due on an UKRI grant, Departments need to ensure that completed timesheets and an up to date tracker spreadsheet are moved to your Final SharePoint library. If there is a negative amount in the 'Percentage

9 Oct 2020: As outlined by a notice published in the Reporter, the University has approved guidelines for governing the acceptability of donations and other external funding to the University in relation to climate change. It has agreed that it will not accept

24 Apr 2020: The University requires COVID-19 related research to be prioritised. ROO has therefore set up a Covid Contracts Response Team to ensure that its resources are available to respond to this priority work. As part of this scheme the contracts staff

27 Feb 2015: The ERC was known as the "Ideas" Programme under the EC's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The ERC is the first pan-European funding agency for investigator-driven frontier research.

20 Oct 2022: The University has been allocated £180,000.00 for the Other ODA Award with the aim of maximising the economic or social development impact for countries on the OECD DAC list.

27 Feb 2015: The Marie Curie Actions are funded under FP7 Specific Programme 'People '. Its main objective is to strengthen the human potential in research and technology in Europe and to make Europe a more attractive place for researchers to work.

20 May 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 290. Published on 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,

25 Mar 2022: The University has been informed of the outcome of the recent UKRI Funder Assurance Programme Audit and has received LIMITED assurance. Systematic issues were identified in relation to Directly Incurred staff costs (RGC 14e) which requires all

14 Jan 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 282. Published on 14 January 2022. The Research Office is conducting its annual SAM (System for Award Management) registration renewal process for US Federal

8 Sep 2023: This month's RGUG (Research Grants User Group) meeting is scheduled for Thursday 28th September 2023, 11:15am – 12:15pm. It will be a hybrid meeting for you to join either online as a Teams call or in person at The West Hub, JJ Thomson Avenue,

10 Jun 2022: Earlier today (10th June), successful ERC Awardees and MSCA Fellows from the 2021 Horizon Europe calls were contacted by the EC informing them that the process to terminate the EC Grant Agreement Preparation sessions will soon be initiated. As

10 Jun 2022: A reminder that the next RGUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday 14th July at 11:15am. An agenda will be circulated nearer the time. If you have any queries, please contact Hannah.Pawson@admin.cam.ac.uk.

24 Feb 2023: th. March 2023). Fellowships awarded in the 2023 round will be awarded for three years' duration instead of two and they will move to a Full Economic Cost model.

10 Mar 2023: There will be examples from Healthcare, GIS, Economics, Humanities and Social studies, as well as the use of Jupyter notebooks online and the use of AI.

19 Apr 2024: This is an opportunity to provide input for the development of the Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2025 by filling in one or more surveys. Responses submitted through the survey will contribute to the co-design of the work programme 2025,

11 Jun 2021: The European Commission has shared details of its Horizon Europe Info Days, which will take place online from 28 June to 9 July 2021. This 10-day event will provide an opportunity for prospective applicants and other stakeholders of EU research and