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21 Apr 2015: Twinning: €1 million for 3 years for networking between researchers in any discipline, three partners required. Deadline: 7 May 2015The European Commission has launched the “Call for Twinning” within the Spreading Excellence and Widening

21 Apr 2015: Katie Price, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 14 November 2013 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. She will be talking about Horizon 2020 the EUs new programme

21 Apr 2015: As you may be aware, HEFCE have recently announced a new policy for open access in relation to future research assessments. This policy will run in parallel with other funder open access policies including RCUK, Wellcome Trust and others. To be

21 Apr 2015: Katie Price, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 14 November 2013. She will be talking about Horizon 2020 the EUs new programme for investment in research

23 Nov 2015: For new staff and students Open Data Afternoon Session will: provide you with all the necessary information you need to know about your funder requirements for research data sharing how to avoid sanctions for non-compliance with your funder policies

26 Nov 2015: Wellcome Trust will no longer be ring-fencing any budgets on their conventional grants. Grant holders will be able to move funds into and out of budgets, but any significant transfer of funds between cost headings must be agreed with Wellcome Trust.

26 Nov 2015: Research Operations Office’s last day at Mill Lane will be Thursday 24th December, and from January 2016 we shall be situated in new offices at Greenwich House. This relocation is a major operation and therefore Research Operations will be closed

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 30 November at 9:30am and will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Clinical School, Addenbrookes Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration is

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 19 July at 9:30am and will be held in the Sanger Building, Department for Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Downing Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum

21 Apr 2015: There are a number of issues to draw to your attention following the extremely well attended ResearchFish workshops on Monday 20 October: Type of roles in ResearchFish PI: you will have received an invitation from your funder with a link to register

21 Apr 2015: Please note that the presentation slides from the BBSRC visit which took place on Thursday 7 October, and NERC visit which took place on Thursday 13 October, are now available on the Research Office website at

21 Apr 2015: At a recent AHRC ARMA event it was announced that:1. AHRC is to reduce the time limit on delays to starting certificates from the current 6 months from the start date notified on the award letter, to 3 months.  Departments should be aware that i

27 Feb 2015: The EC allow all relevant staff costs to be charged within an FP7 project. However they stipulate that only the hours worked on the project can be charged and these must be recorded on timesheets, adequately supported by evidence of their reality

21 Apr 2015: There are a number of deadlines which fall during the Christmas break and the first week of January 2015.

21 Apr 2015: A University Fund under the stewardship of the Research Policy Committee is available to consider requests for resources to enable the preparation of large cross-School research funding bids.

7 Aug 2015: Submission reports are available in the X5 system to provide the Department with a clear and concise breakdown of information required for their grant application. The breakdown of costs for an External Partner/s will now be reflected in the

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 12 April at 9:30am and will be held at LT2, Computer Lab, William Gates Building, West Cambridge Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where resear

21 Apr 2015: The European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant scheme is available to academics who are 7 – 12 years following their PhD. The scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline and is judged on the excellence of both the applicant and the

21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge will receive a visit from Professor Paul Boyle, the Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

21 Apr 2015: The BBSRC Chief Executive, Jackie Hunter, will be visiting the University on Monday 17th November at the Sainsbury Laboratory. In the morning there will be an open meeting introduced by the VC, followed by a presentation by Jackie Hunter on the