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6 Dec 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 234. Published on 6 December 2019. An Organisational Spend Report is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the

18 Jan 2019: Due to the Norwich Auditorium AV equipment being replaced, the next RGUG meeting will instead be held at the Department of Engineering as follows Tuesday 26th February 2019 2pm – 3:30pm LR4, Dept of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2

8 Feb 2019: At the next RGUG, Helen Wain from Finance will be available to answer any questions or queries about Procurement. Please send your topic suggestions to Procurement.Services.Enquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk by 19th February so she can prepare accordingly.

19 Dec 2019: There has been an update to the University’s Policy Framework on Research Data Management. The new version reflects the expectations of best practice held by the major funders of the University and is applicable to all research staff and students.

8 Mar 2019: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 14th March at 4pm for the following major funders UKRI, CRUK, BHF, NIHR, NC3Rs, AMS and Rosetrees Trust awards. Wellcome Trust grant holders whose grant ends

8 Feb 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

5 Jul 2019: The Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS Tier 2) consists of three morning sessions offering a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer. Topics will cover applying & managing grants, understanding contracts and audit

29 Mar 2019: Minutes from the Research Grants User Group Meeting on 26th February are now available on the ROO website. The next meeting will be Thursday 2 May 2019 2pm - 3.30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, West Cambridge

8 Mar 2019: When costing grant applications to access shared equipment through the Henry Royce Institute, the EPSRC have advised that Royce equipment access costs must be entered into X5 as "Non-staff – Other Directly Incurred - OTHER COSTS – Consumables

6 Dec 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020.

21 Jun 2019: The Research Grants User Group Meeting is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research contract and grant administration topics can be discussed. The next meeting will take place as follows Thursday 27th June 2019 10am – 11:30am Large

11 Oct 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

13 Sep 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

18 Jan 2019: The Contract Status Portal is due to be retired on 31st January 2019 as its content has now been integrated into the Research Dashboard. The dashboard offers Researchers and Administrators an overview of their contracts, applications and grants

8 Nov 2019: The annual funder submission period on Researchfish will be the 3rd February to 12th March 2020. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other staff involved in this process.

19 Dec 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. The Research Operations Office will be open for business as usual in the morning on

25 Oct 2019: The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is moving to a new research grants management system in January 2020 which means that they will soon stop accepting applications made through their current system. There will be deadlines for each grant type which

25 Oct 2019: The annual UKRI submission period on Researchfish will be the 3rd February to 12th March 2020. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other administrative involved in this

6 Dec 2019: An Organisational Spend Report is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the months of March, June, September and December. Before ROO submits the OSR, the WT have now asked that all expenditure is

8 Nov 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines. Final Expenditure Statements