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18 Mar 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Researchfish submission deadline for NIHR grants “Teaming and Twinning calls” event Obligation for FP7 Marie Curie fellows to submit questionnaires 2. RELEVANT TO: Administrators Date of RGUG meeting

21 Jul 2016: The date of the next RGUG meeting has been changed: it will now take place on 8 Sept. 2016 at Mill Lane Lecture Theatres. The meeting will start at 9:30am. For more details regarding the meeting please refer to RGUG section of the ROO website.

13 May 2016: Would it make your research easier to handle if there was a platform to store, manage, organise and share all your notes, experimental results, parameters and discussions in one place? There are solutions available to help you with this. The

21 Jul 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 164. Published on 21 July 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Reminder: new Income Allocation Policy effective from 1 August 2016. EPSRC: Presentation on

30 Sep 2016: The RGUG meeting planned for 8th October has been moved to Tuesday 1st November 1.30pm at Mill Lane Lecture Theatre 9. We are keen to hear your views on format and content, so that the November RGUG meeting can be improved based on your comments. To

29 Apr 2016: A new governmental website has been launched for all funding competitions run by Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency. Applications can be made to test the feasibility of your idea, research and develop it and demonstrate it in a prototype.

10 Nov 2016: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on our 2017 Research Administrators' Programme. It consists of six separate morning sessions offering a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer, delegates are encouraged to learn from each

15 Apr 2016: The European Commission will soon launch the next “Teaming and Twinning calls” within the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation strand of Horizon 2020, which aims to increase the participation rate of low performing countries through a

24 Jun 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 162. Published on 24 June 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Inappropriate use of RCUK funds – future grant reviews. New Income Allocation Policy

5 Aug 2016: This session will be aimed at Researchers planning to apply to the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant scheme. It will include a brief overview of the scheme by Sara Imarisio, the ERC Officer at ROO, with hints and tips from Dr Thomas

10 Nov 2016: Wellcome Open Research is a new publishing platform for Wellcome-funded researchers to rapidly publish any research outputs they wish to share. The platform enables research outputs to be made available faster and in ways that support

4 Feb 2016: From the 1st Feb. 2016 the PI incentive in the budget calculator has been removed. Please note that this new split is applied to grants from the 1st Feb. 2016 onwards irrespective of the application date. The PI incentive was an attempt to encourage

1 Apr 2016: Indexation: From 1st April 2016 indexation will be reduced from 2.5% to 2% Only affects grant award letters sent on or after 1st April 2016 Continue to submit applications without indexation On-costs: In light of SA and NI increases as of 1st April

4 Feb 2016: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates, as well as the amended MRF/SRF rates for 2016. We request that users update their costings (the Rates Tab in X5) in order to ensure the new rates are uploaded. If you have facilities

15 Sep 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 168. Published on 15 September 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. WORKSHOP: Helping Researchers Publish. Call for Data Champions. RELEVANT TO: Departmental

19 Aug 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 166. Published on 19 August 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. HM Treasury guarantees EU funding beyond date UK leaves the EU. Equipment Sharing Project –

22 Jan 2016: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday, 9 February 2016 at 9.30am in Mill

29 Apr 2016: Earlier this year the Science and Engineering South (SES) Equipment Sharing Consortium extended its membership to include Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, UCL, Southampton and King’s College London. Providing access to all University staff and

15 Apr 2016: The British Academy Small Research Grants deadline is 11 May 2016 (5pm BST). Please note that these grants fall below the value for which ROO undertakes routine checks. Therefore, before submitting an application we strongly advise you to refer to

29 Apr 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 158. Published on 29 April 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Equipment Sharing Update Easter Term 2016. Innovate UK – new home for funding