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21 Apr 2015: Open Access Policy: The Wellcome Trust has announced that it will be strengthening the manner in which it enforces its open access policy with immediate effect. Failure to comply with the policy could result in final grant payments being withheld

12 Nov 2015: There are several places left on our introductory workshop to research data management. The workshop will cover the following aspects of research data management: Data storage and backup; Data organisation; Strategies for file exchange with

21 Apr 2015: Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will be visiting the University of Cambridge for one of his eleven annual visits to universities in the

21 Apr 2015: The ERC has introduced a new pilot scheme, called Synergy Grants (SyG) in the 2012 ERC Work Programme. This call will be published on 25 October 2011 with a single deadline of 25 January 2012. The ERC Synergy Grants are aimed at outstanding

21 Apr 2015: A new Research Pricing and Costing Tool is currently being developed to replace pFACT. The system, which is currently called X5, is now in the second phase of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and members of the research community are needed to test

21 Apr 2015: Following the launch of the new Wellcome Trust schemes and the first round deadline in November 2010, the Research Office would like to update you regarding progress on the current round of applications and information on future submissions. First

16 Apr 2015: For work conducted by the University that does not fall within the remit of 'research', contracts may be required that do not come under the responsibility of the Research Operations Office.

21 Apr 2015: Research Councils UK (RCUK) have recently advised that following discussions between themselves and Research Organisations, they have decided that the requirement for reporting overspends on grants will no longer be enforced as a condition of their

21 Apr 2015: X5 continues to be rolled out across the University with Departmental Administrators currently receiving training. By 7 May all pFACT users will have received their X5 log in. To help Departments become familiar with X5, several briefing sessions

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