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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

29 Apr 2016: The British Academy Small Research Grants deadline is 11 May 2016 (5pm BST). In response to the large number of errors in previous applications, the BA has asked institutions to ensure they refer to the scheme notes and FAQs before submitting an

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

19 Feb 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 153. Published on 19 February 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. X5 Training for Departments. X5 Unavailable – Tuesday 1st March between 07: 00 and

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.

26 May 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 160. Published on 26 May 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. 1. New Requirement for RCUK Funded Equipment to appear on National Portal. 2. Improving the

7 Mar 2016: In December 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards”; Uniform Guidance (UG) replaces and consolidates existing Circulars (OMB

11 Oct 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 170. Published on 11 October 2016. The Research Operations Office is about to embark on our 2017 Research Administrators' Programme. It consists of six separate

8 Dec 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 174. Published on 8 December 2016. The Research Operations Office (ROO) will close for the Christmas / New Year break from Friday 23rd December 2016 - Tuesday 3rd

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?

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

8 Jan 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 150. Published on 8 January 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Reminder- Registration for Researchfish workshop on 22 Jan. 2016, at 1:30pm for PIs and

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.

21 Jul 2016: Is the University providing you with enough support on research data management? Are there any gaps in our current service provision? What could the University do to better address your research data management needs? The University of Cambridge is

22 Nov 2016: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will close for the Christmas / New Year break from Friday 23rd December 2016 - Tuesday 3rd January 2017. In order to help us manage incoming work, deadlines which fall during the office closure period as well as

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

25 Oct 2016: The European Commission has signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) with the USA, allowing American legal entities to work with Horizon 2020-funded consortia outside of the scope of the Horizon 2020 grant agreement. Under this new IA, American

21 Jul 2016: Researchers are faced throughout their careers with managing research data. Implementing best practice early on cannot only help you to access the right data quickly, but also ensure that data is relevant, reusable and accessible to others,

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?