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2 Feb 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 329. Published on 2 February 2024. Effective from 1st February 2024, X5 has been updated with the new fEC, facility and inflation rates as well as salary files. The

13 Jan 2023: We have a number of vacancies at the Research Office, further details can be found on our jobs page.

8 Sep 2023: There is a programme of activities for researchers to help with various aspects of public engagement. These include Introduction to Public Engagement Drop in sessions offering expert advice to support public engagement work Media training for The

1 Jul 2024: UKRO is holding two information webinars for the MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 Call on 2nd & 3rd July 2024 from 10am - 12pm UK time. Further information and registration for session 1 and session 2 is now available the UKRO website.

6 Apr 2023: Cambridge Enterprise have recently expanded their team and are now offering dedicated contacts for new enquiries. Researchers who have existing relationships with Cambridge Enterprise colleagues should continue to use them.

23 Sep 2022: All UKRI grants (RCUK and Innovate) with part funded DI staff need to have timesheets for the entire lifetime of the grant. Timesheet records have always been a requirement of the Terms and Conditions. From 1st July 2022, monthly timesheets of part

5 Jan 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 327. Published on 5 January 2024. An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for

19 Apr 2024: This is the second of two webinars about the UK Research and Innovation Funding Service. Topics will include: how to prepare for accepting awards receiving an award offer starting and managing an award completing expenditure statements The session

25 Jun 2021: Moving from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe Update and structure of Horizon Europe compared to Horizon 2020 Submission and evaluation changes, legal and finance update Q&A This webinar will be presented jointly between UK Research Office (UKRO) and

6 May 2022: The European Research Executive Agency (REA) is looking for expert evaluators from a wide range of fields to evaluate project proposals and monitor the implementation of projects for EU Programmes including Horizon Europe.

31 Jul 2020: The Wellcome Trust has recently updated and clarified some points around its Bullying & Harassment Policy around what information they wish to be informed about and how they handle allegations. Further information on the policy can be found on the

6 Aug 2021: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2021, which this year are applicable from 1st August 2021. Note that there has been a decrease in the rates driven by the nature of the calculations. Users of X5 will need to

15 Oct 2021: The University has set up a fund to provide financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. This is to encourage and support these applications and maximise the University’s outward-facing impact.  The fund will normally

9 Jun 2023: One of the greatest benefits of cloud computing is that it gives researchers the opportunity to transform how to do certain tasks. It is particularly suited to short, time-limited tasks like research projects. Tools such as Google Cloud Products and

1 Oct 2021: On 20th September, X5 was updated with the new non-clinical pay scales and the renamed grades linked to the Academic new titles coming into effect from 1st October 2021. To apply these new rates and renamed grades to existing costings, go to the

25 Mar 2022: On 1 March 2022, the UK government issued additional sanctions on Russia, which expand sanctions that have been in place since 31 July 2014. The full statutory guidance on the new sanctions is available on the GOV.UK website. This includes sanctions

6 May 2022: Guidance is available on the Managing Research Grants Sharepoint page which has lots useful topics to help support you with grant administration. This includes understanding fEC, costing staff and working with contracts. Whether you are new to

7 May 2020: In response to queries that the Research Operation Office have received about the use of electronic signatures on timesheets, we would like to confirm that electronic signatures are acceptable as long as the following conditions are fulfilled -

17 Nov 2023: Working on a large, complex grant application? Know someone who is? We’re here to help! Based in the Research Strategy arm of the Research Office, the Research Funding team offers application support services such as: coordination of bid

8 Jul 2022: Underwrite of 2021 ERC projects As expected, the UK’s current lack of association to the Horizon Europe programme, means we are unable to sign the EC Grant Agreements for ERC StG/CoG/AdG grants. The majority of these ERC projects are in the

16 Apr 2015: We have a set of model and template agreements that contain the University's preferred terms for specific types of research collaborations.

25 Jun 2021: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 13th July 2021 at 11:15am. Details and joining information will be circulated in the next bulletin.

19 Jan 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 328. Published on 19 January 2024. For grant applications:. PIs and their Departments are expected to include certain qualifying International work/research related

15 May 2020: On Wednesday 20th May from 07:30 to 09:00, we are expecting to be able to import the following new rates which means X5 will be unavailable during this time. Updated Clinical payscales with an effective date (COLA date) of 01/04/2020 New NI rates:

15 May 2020: On the ROO website there is a deadline calculator to show when research proposals need to be sent to us. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we have had to extend some of the deadlines as outlined in previous bulletins. These changes have now been

8 Jul 2022: From July 2022, a new mechanism for timesheets has been implemented to comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (RCUK and Innovate). Information about timesheets is available on the ROO website to tell you about the changes and we will

23 Apr 2021: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Thursday 13th May 2021 at 11:15am. Details and joining information will be circulated in the next bulletin.

23 Apr 2021: The UK Research Office (UKRO), in its capacity as UK National Contact Point for Horizon Europe is holding several information webinars for researchers and support staff interested in applying for current calls including, MSCA Postdoctoral

8 May 2024: Following the UK’s association to Horizon Europe, researchers who meet the eligibility criteria, can apply to receive funding through the ERC’s upcoming calls. The Research Operations Office EU team invites you to participate in the European

25 Mar 2022: On Monday 14th March 2022, the UK Government announced an extension of the guarantee to a second wave of eligible, successful applicants. In a letter to the UK research and development sector, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation

28 Apr 2023: On 6th April 2023, the UK Government set out its prospectus programme called ‘Pioneer’. This is a programme to protect and support the UK research and innovation sector if the Government is unable to secure association to Horizon Europe on fair

6 Feb 2020: UK Research and Innovation has announced changes to requirements on ‘Pathways to Impact’. As a result of this change, the ‘Pathways to Impact’ plan or ‘Impact Summary’ are no longer required within a grant application. These changes will

8 Sep 2023: As many of you will now be aware, it was announced yesterday (Thursday 7th September) that the Government and the European Commission have agreed in principle on the UK’s association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes under the Trade

17 Jul 2020: The Wellcome Trust has published some new guidance about how to offset carbon travel costs in a research grant application. The policy can be found on the Wellcome Trust website. Alongside this development, the University has recently published its

25 Sep 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Thursday 8th October. Some of our users have volunteered to test the new version over the last few weeks and we thank them for their time and feedback. A summary of the

18 Nov 2022: We have set up a new Yammer community - Supporting Research at Cambridge, please join us! This is an opportunity to provide guidance, support and discussion for academic and professional services staff. Whether you are actively involved in the

1 Mar 2024: The ERC Scientific Council has implemented changes to the evaluation processes and application forms for 2024 research proposals. ERC President Maria Leptin provides an overview of these changes in the report, entitled “Evaluation of research

18 Nov 2022: The University has a Large Grant Contributions Fund which provides financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. To be eligible for funding, the following criteria apply Research grant applications for funding normally over

1 Dec 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 326. Published on 1 December 2023. The Research Operations Office has prepared additional guidance on Horizon 2020 MSCA grants regarding secondments and audit

20 May 2022: Following the recent UKRI FAP Audit, we would like to draw your attention to the UKRI Terms and Conditions of Grant Guidance RGC 14, section e (Audit Records). Timesheets are required for all part-funded directly incurred (DI) staff and must be

10 Jun 2022: In the previous bulletin, we reminded you that timesheets are required for all part-funded directly incurred (DI) staff and must be signed off and dated within 2 months of the end of the timesheet period. This week we have written to Departmental

15 May 2020: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting has been re-scheduled as a Live Event to take place on Thursday 21st May at 11am - 12pm. Join the RGUG Live Event The agenda will cover two items; the new application deadlines that have been temporarily

1 Oct 2021: Journals published by Elsevier are among the most read and published-in at the University of Cambridge but are also consistently the most paywalled of all publications, and the most expensive in which to publish. Current members of the University of

24 May 2024: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 18th July, 11:15am – 12:15pm. This is an open meeting for any staff with an interest in grants administration. Further details will be circulated nearer the

6 Oct 2023: UKRO is holding an information webinar for organisations and individuals interested in applying to the MSCA COFUND 2023 call. The call deadline is 8th February 2024. The webinar will take place on 19th October 2023, 9:30am - 11:30am, UK time.

3 Jul 2020: Rose Eichenberger is the Global Health Research Manager at the Research Office and is available to answers queries and advise researchers undertaking health research projects in Low and Middle Income Countries. If you work on a global health

15 Jan 2021: The new swift service for CDAs (Confidential Disclosure Agreement) was launched last month for PIs to use with one external party. CDAs should be used with a potential collaborator before discussions take place. To access the Contracts Services

11 Sep 2020: This is a reminder that as per the Terms & Conditions of Horizon 2020, reporting staff costs to the EC requires that only the time showing as worked on the time records is chargeable to the EC. If you have concerns about individuals who, as a result

5 Aug 2022: Over the last couple of months, we have been updating you about the timesheet requirements which the University needs to implement so that it can comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (including Innovate UK). All directly-incurred (DI)

14 Jun 2024: The University of Zurich (UZH) Global Strategy and Partnerships Funding Scheme supports UZH faculties, departments and professional service units in pursuing activities that strengthen the impact of the global UZH network in line with the UZH Global