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21 Apr 2015: RCUK have announced that they will be visiting the University on November 14-16 to conduct an audit. The RCUK Assurance will comprise: Doctoral Training Grants All other Research Grants QAV (TRAC methodology) A Project group has been convened to

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust are making several changes to the schemes that they offer, including a new funding mechanism for collaborative research and the introduction of seed funding to support researchers who want to develop original and innovative ideas.

21 Apr 2015: Following the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting on 28 September 2010 the enclosed proposals were discussed and agreed http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/documents/local/rgug/20100928/rgug_cleer_for_website_28_sep_2010.pdf.

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust will be visiting the University on July 12th. PIs and Administrators are invited to attend one of two seminar sessions to be held on this date. Seminar times & locations: 11am - Alice Fisher Lecture Theatre - Clinical Scho

20 Aug 2015: Are you applying for a grant with a funder that has Open Access (OA) requirements that is not Research Council’s UK (RCUK) or Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)? In these instances you will need to budget for the cost of publishing Open Access within

21 Apr 2015: Please be advised that pFACT will be down on Monday 25th February 2012 from 8–10am to allow updates to the pay scales to reflect the August 2012 inflationary increase and the changes to the CPS pension scheme.It is recommended that when logging

27 Feb 2015: Periodic and final financial reports must to be submitted to the coordinator of your FP7 project. Please check Article 4 of your grant agreement for the details of your reporting periods. Reports must be submitted within strict deadlines at the end

21 Apr 2015: The briefing notes for the cancelled RGUG meeting that was scheduled to take place on the 13th December are now available online from the Research Office website. http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/rgug/default.aspx The next RGUG meeting is

21 Apr 2015: Cambridge University Hospitals Research and Development department has a panel of 38 people from all backgrounds and all ages, who review research studies at the development stage and provide feedback to researchers free of charge. If you are

27 Feb 2015: Periodic and final financial reports must to be submitted to the coordinator of your FP7 project. Please check Article 4 of your grant agreement for the details of your reporting periods. Reports must be submitted within strict deadlines at the end

26 Nov 2015: CRUK requires all eligible funded researchers to submit their research outputs annually via Researchfish during the lifetime of the award, and for three years after its end. Researchers are contacted directly if they are required to submit. Please

21 Apr 2015: After a review of the updated guidance issued by Innovate UK there is now a stipulation that all labour cost claims need to be supported by appropriate accounting records which include timesheets, showing the actual time worked on the project which

6 Aug 2015: Are you considering applying for a Wellcome Trust grant? As of 1 August 2015 all researchers submitting a grant application to the Wellcome Trust must have an ORCID (Open Researcher and contributor iD). ORCIDs are a unique identifier for researchers

21 Apr 2015: Most research funders (research councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The general expectation is that data from publicly funded research projects should be made openly available with as few

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office (ROO) where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday 24 September, 9:30am in Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. The

21 Apr 2015: A recent internal audit has found that in some instances the narrative assigned to an expenditure item on CUFS is either missing or unclear. This has also been noticed by a number of sponsors who have conducted audits over the last two years.

27 Feb 2015: ERC Grants are awarded to a single researcher ('Principal Investigator') heading an individual research team to conduct a frontier research project on the condition that he/she is engaged by a legally established hosting organisation.

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust support research into all aspects of biomedical science, including the social and ethical aspects of biomedical research and health, the historical and cultural contexts of medicine, and, applied research and development projects

21 Apr 2015: In a recent letter to Oxford University, Research Council UK (RCUK) clarified their position relating to sanctions for late submission of final reports.  Please note the following: With RCUK's move to the Shared Services Centre, sanctions are ap

21 Apr 2015: Finance Division have introduced the Cognos PI report which has been developed for use by all Principal Investigators who are paid via the University payroll and who have live grants, along with Departmental Administrators (as nominated by School

27 Feb 2015: In addition to the straightforward Intra European Fellowships, there are a number of differing types of Marie Curie Actions in FP7.

21 Apr 2015: In the previous bulletin there was an error in the table under "Description" as the last line read "Dir of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B) and instead should have read "Assistant Director of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B).

21 Apr 2015: The Medical Research Council's (MRC) annual Research Board and Panel Recruitment round has now begun and the deadline for applications is 15 October 2010. The MRC are seeking to fill 44 scientific vacancies in the 4 research boards and 5 panels from

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 9 December which means that the Office will be closed on this day. We will be open the following day on Friday 10 December as usual.

21 Apr 2015: Research Professional is a funding opportunities database.

21 Apr 2015: X5 users are advised that the system has been updated so that when initiating a Horizon 2020 costing, X5 now automatically defaults the currency to Euros. If you have any questions please contact your Research Support Advisor.

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Wednesday 19 November, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

9 Jun 2015: As soon as you know you will be moving, please contact the following people: Your current department Your new department at your new University The Research Operations Office's Finance Analyst - Research & Grants The Research Operations Office at

21 Apr 2015: The Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) schemes aim to provide funding to outstanding scientists who have the potential to become leaders in their chosen field. They have recently

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 8 December and therefore the Office will be closed on this day. If you have a deadline for either the 8 or 9 December, could you ensure that your application is with the Research

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Friday 12 September, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

6 Aug 2015: The Research Councils will be undertaking an audit at the University as part of their work for the 2015/16 RCUK Funder Assurance Programme (FAP) which will also include Wellcome Trust grants. The visit will be for 3 days from Monday 23 November -

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 20 September at 9:30am and will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Lab, West Cambridge. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administrati

22 Oct 2015: PLEASE FORWARD THE RELEVANT SECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers and Administrators RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation

21 Apr 2015: Grant holders of Parkinson’s UK will need to use Researchfish to enter outcomes data from their projects by the deadline of 16 January 2015. Further details are available from their website

16 Apr 2015: Coordinating research contracts The Contracts Team co-ordinates the whole transaction for the University by identifying the issues involved as well as identifying the specific steps or tasks necessary to resolve these and to close the contracts deal

21 Apr 2015: Amy Williams, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 31 March 2011 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. These sessions are aimed at researchers who are plann

14 Jul 2015: An important aspect of the role of the Contracts Team is to negotiate appropriate terms on behalf of the University, ensuring that everyone’s rights and responsibilities are clear and protecting the interests of all parties. Our negotiations cover

21 Apr 2015: Due to the British Heart Foundation updating their Student Maintenance rates with effect from 1 October 2010, pFACT is being updated to reflect this change. The new rates will be added to pFACT on Monday 8 November 2010 between 8:00 am and 10:00 am

24 Jul 2015: Guidance has been developed to assist departments when creating a cost extension or supplement in X5. This includes how to copy to a new draft as well as amending the dates and duration of the costing. The guidance document is available on the

16 Apr 2015: A key part of our role is to conduct risk assessments to mitigate any possible risks involved in conducting the research and in agreeing specific contractual provisions. Risk Assessment includes What is the value/financial benefit? What is the

21 Apr 2015: The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ is running a series of inter-linked regional workshops as part of the DCC Roadshow, aimed at supporting institutional research data management planning and training. The sixth DCC Roadshow

21 Apr 2015: The new online searchable database of research facilities and equipment is now available to all members of the University of Cambridge. For more information about the Equipment Project and the Research Facilities and Equipment Database please visit

27 Feb 2015: Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides customer-driven scientific and technical support to the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies.

21 Apr 2015: Dr John Williams from the Science Funding division of the Wellcome Trust will be in Cambridge delivering a presentation about their Strategic Plan for 2010–2020 and funding opportunities including the introduction of the new Investigator Awards

21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge is hosting a Wellcome Trust regional event on Wednesday 3 July at which they will address the opportunities that are available across the Wellcome Trust's newly expanded funding schemes.

21 Apr 2015: European Research Council (ERC) starting grants allow aspiring PIs to start their own independent research team. Offering 5 years funding of up to €1.5 million, these substantial grants are open to researchers with 2 -7 years’ postdoc

21 Apr 2015: Recent audits have highlighted a number of instances where government taxes have been charged to these awards.  It is important to remember that for these awards no government taxes (either local or international) are allowed to be charged.  Spe

21 Apr 2015: When making an application to the Wellcome Trust where the pay increase is not known, they have allowed applicants to add 1% inflation to the salary costs of year 1 only. This is because the Wellcome Trust automatically compound inflate commencing

21 Apr 2015: 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 Thursday 16 October, 9:30am in Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and will include