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8 Dec 2016: Researchfish is a web-based system used by RCUK to collect the research outcomes and outputs of its award holders. The next RCUK submission period is 6 February to 16 March 2017, 4pm. Representatives from Researchfish will be coming to Cambridge to

24 Jun 2016: The Chief Operating Officer of EPSRC has brought an incident of inappropriate use of funds by an HEI to our attention. It is related to payments for dinner that are contrary to the conditions for RCUK grants. Most other funders have similar policies.

5 Aug 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 165. Published on 5 August 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Advance Notice  - Symplectic upgrade w/c 15 August 2016. New Income Allocation Policy – ERC

8 Jan 2016: This workshop will focus on the challenges of managing social media data for research across the lifecycle of a research project and beyond. Participants will explore the following questions with our panel of experts: How can I plan the collection

13 May 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 159. Published on 13 May 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. 1. Platforms for research data management. 3. Evaluators needed for Horizon 2020, Marie

22 Jan 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 151. Published on 22 January 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Researchfish training workshop taking place today (22 Jan.) in Cambridge. RCUK

4 Feb 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 152. Published on 4 February 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. X5 Update - new fEC and MRF/SRF rates. Budget Calculator - PI Incentive removed.

8 Jan 2016: The Research Operations Office has provided Researchfish with an up-to-date list of node allocations for all awards. Researchfish will need time to upload the information. We expect that amendments will be made by mid-January. Until then, Node

1 Apr 2016: Are you interested in research data management? Then you should consider applying to become a member of the Research Data Management (RDM) Project Group. What is the purpose of this Group?

1 Apr 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 156. Published on 1 April 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Cancer Research UK Grant Finance Changes. New Jisc-funded service for recruiting

10 Jun 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 161. Published on 10 June 2016. RELEVANT TO: Departmental Administrators. 1. Changes to Income Allocation Policy- effective from 1st August 2016. 2. RGUG meeting on

10 Jun 2016: Research Councils will be upgrading their electronic grants submission service in 2017. The Je-S system has come to a natural end and this is an opportunity to design a smarter, simpler more user friendly service in line with the latest digital

22 Nov 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 173. Published on 22 November 2016. X5 will not be available on Monday 28th November 2016 from 7:30am to 9:00am to allow the loading of the Salary uplift. For

10 Nov 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 172. Published on 10 November 2016. In preparation for the forthcoming funders’ collection period between 6 February and 16 March 2017, the University of

25 Oct 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 171. Published on 25 October 2016. In preparation for the forthcoming funders’ collection period between 6 February and 16 March 2017, the University of Cambridge

8 Dec 2016: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Friday 10th February 2017 at 10am in the Norwich Room, Roger Needham Building, West Cambridge. Further details will be circulated in the New Year.

10 Nov 2016: A publicly accessible webpage http://www.equipment-sharing.cam.ac.uk has been developed to signpost University of Cambridge users to the Equipment Sharing Project Database and non-university members of the public directly to the National Portal.

5 Aug 2016: Due to planned maintenance work Symplectic will be unavailable from 15-19 August 2016. The system will be upgraded to version 5.1.1, which has a new look and feel as well as additional functionality. During this time, it may be possible to login to

4 Mar 2016: Irrecoverable VAT is now eligible expenditure on Innovate UK grants with effect from the new guidance issued on Oct-2015. For grants dated before Oct-2015, the wording of the award letter should be considered. For questions in this regard, please

19 Feb 2016: Have you heard about the Equipment Sharing Project and the Equipment Database which is available to everyone at the University? Have you heard of new funders’ policies for research data sharing?