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2 Feb 2017: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2017 from the 1st of February 2017 (note MRF/SRF rates are yet to be updated). Users of X5 are advised to update their costings (the Rates Tab in X5) to ensure the new rates are

22 Aug 2017: The aim of the Research Dashboard is to provide PIs with an easy, single point of access to their research grant and contract information at a high level with the ability to obtain further information from underlying existing research administration

16 Feb 2017: The University Information Services (UIS) has been developing three new, large-scale, enterprise grade storage services to meet the need for mass data storage across the University. These are Research Data Store Research File Share Research Cold

19 Oct 2017: The Grant Lifecycle Guidance has been developed to help staff in Departments who work on research grants, topics include costing PI time, risk assessment and audits. This is a new project and any feedback regarding additional topics or suggestions

19 May 2017: The Research Operations Office is organising a half-day event on Horizon 2020 audits targeted at those involved in Horizon 2020 project finance and reporting, either as an administrator, accounts clerk or PI. The session will be led by ROO and LEES

20 Jul 2017: On Tuesday 25 July 2017 a New Investigator Award scheme replaced the First Grant initiative. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is introducing the new scheme following a recent review of First Grants.

5 Oct 2017: Connect your ORCID to your Symplectic Elements profile between Monday 16 October and Thursday 26 October for a chance to win a £150 Heffers voucher. For further information regarding the competition, how to set up your ORCID, how to get a

21 Mar 2017: Wellcome trust has announced that for all grants awarded from 1st October 2017 onwards, the standard allowance for grant inflation will increase from 1.6% to 2.0% per annum. Existing grants will not be affected.

24 Mar 2017: The Researchfish submission has now closed for RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR & NC3Rs and we would like to thank all researchers and administrative staff for uploading your outputs and submitting a return.

21 Nov 2017: The Research Dashboard is a web-based application designed for PIs to see their research project activity in one place. The dashboard will give researchers an overview of their applications, grants and contracts including The progress of a grant

19 May 2017: The ERC Synergy Grant scheme which was piloted in 2012 and 2013, will be re-launched in the ERC Work Programme 2018. It is expected that the call will be published on 19 July 2017 with a deadline of 14 November 2017. The perspective is to fund 25 to

7 Feb 2017: Principles of full economic costing (fEC) and eligibility of the costs can be found on the UKRI website.

5 Oct 2017: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on the next Research Administrators' Programme for 2018 (ROOTS Tier 2) and we are pleased to invite expressions of interest from all staff within the University who play an active role in the grants

5 May 2017: In 2017 the University reviewed its Open Access Policy Framework. The new policy, has been approved by the Open Access Project Board and the Research Policy Committee. A pdf version of the 2017 policy is available and this replaces the version from

3 Aug 2017: The presentations from the RGUG meeting on 27 July are now available on the ROO website https://www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/about-us/rgug/rgug-meeting-27-july-2017 Future meeting dates are Thursday 28th September 2017 10am - 11:30am Mill

21 Apr 2017: Technology Touching Life (TTL) is a new joint activity between BBSRC, EPSRC and MRC to support research into the development of technologies for discovery research in the life sciences. Further details are available at

2 Feb 2017: Helping Stem Researchers Publish Join us for the second in our series exploring resources to help with the process of publishing your research in STEM disciplines - from innovative approaches to recording observations, to the dos and don'ts of peer

5 Oct 2017: LEES (the University’s appointed auditors for federal and EC grants) attended the 59th Annual Meeting of the National Council of University Research Administrators in Washington, DC, to understand current issues for UK institutions in respect of

9 Jun 2017: The presentation from the "Demystyfing H2020 Audits" session is now available on the Research Operations Office website. https://www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/financial-audit-ec-projects

5 Oct 2017: Established by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and partners in the student community in 2008, International Open Access Week is happening worldwide between 23 and 29 October 2017.