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2 Apr 2015: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are making changes to the funding thresholds for their Research Grant scheme. ... £1 million at Full Economic Costs.

21 Apr 2015: 1.       Final reporting With the advent of reporting research outcomes through online systems, requirements for final reports have been reduced.  For all councils with the exception of BBSRC and ESRC, grants ending on o

21 Apr 2015: In preparation for Horizon 2020, the Commission has released draft Work Programmes for 2014-2015. The latest copies are available on the ROO website http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/raven/ec/Work_Programmes.aspxYou will need to use your

21 Apr 2015: In order to highlight the assumptions that are being made by the Department Budget Calculator in relation to the Income Policy, the following changes have been introduced: A link to the fEC webpage detailing the income policy at the top and the

30 Jan 2015: Published on 30 January 2015. In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from February each year.

27 Feb 2015: The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) was set up in 1957 and is legally separate from the European Community (EC). Euratom research activities differ from those in the other FP7 programmes, and are carried out under a separate treaty.

21 Apr 2015: To check what equipment, external partners, facilities, funders or salary scales are already in X5, go to the common values list which can be found here. The New Funder Form is also available on the ROO website.

21 Apr 2015: It is anticipated that the University’s New Costing Tool (X5) will be rolled out across the University within the next few months.In preparation for this event, the Research Operations Office will be holding a number of  briefing sessions on fEC

21 Apr 2015: The X5 Research Pricing and Costing project is now in the final phase of testing.   Further to previous communications, the User Acceptance Testing dates and venues have now been arranged.  If you would like to take part in this testing ple

21 Apr 2015: Please be advised that the following Banded rates will be updated in pFACT on Monday 7th March 2011 between 8:00am and 10:00am during which time the system will be vulnerable.

21 Apr 2015: The EC has confirmed that tuition fees (or University fees) are an eligible cost for Early Stage Researchers under Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITNs) and Industry Academia Pathways & Partnerships (IAPPs) actions. The fees should be

21 Apr 2015: The Research Offive has received the official findings from the EC external audit conducted by Ernst and Young.  There were a few areas where costs have been disallowed, which we would like to bring to your attention: VAT on travel exp

21 Apr 2015: The BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) will be visiting Cambridge to give a presentation on Pathways to Impact. This will include: What is impact? Expectations and policies Guidance for completing the Pathways for Impact

21 Apr 2015: Following a recent review of the usage of our funding opportunities database, Research Professional, which included an administrators’ questionnaire in November and a survey of academic staff in January, the Research Office will be amending its

21 Apr 2015: NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) will be visiting Cambridge to give a presentation on Pathways to Impact. This will include: What is impact? Pathways to Impact and the grant application form Assessing Pathways to Impact Knowledge Exchange

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from 1 February each year.

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from 1 February each year.

21 Apr 2015: The X5 Project will be conducting the final round of User Acceptance Testing for 2 weeks, commencing 4 March 2013.  The session times are:Clinical Schools – 4th March and 12th March17 Mill Lane – 6th March and 11th MarchGreenwich House – 7th

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost (fEC) rates from 1 February each year.

21 Apr 2015: After careful consideration, the Research Office has decided to cancel the forthcoming pFACT upgrade scheduled for 19-25 August 2010.