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6 Feb 2020: Users of X5 will need to update their costings (go to the Rates Tab / Facilities Rates File / select the new date and save or use the Apply all updated files now option). Also be aware that for MRF / SRF rates - The funder budget headings in the

15 May 2020: The Financial Implications Task Force has produced a briefing note that provides guidance on the processes that the University has put in place to furlough staff who are unable to work while employed on a research grants. A presentation on this

21 Feb 2020: With immediate effect, the MRC will now require host research organisations to provide a 50% contribution towards the fellow's salary for the duration of their award. This change will affect applications submitted to the upcoming round of Senior

19 Jun 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Tuesday 16th June, the presentation slides are now available on the RGUG webpages. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 28th July at 11:15am, further details

4 Sep 2020: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded a COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) to UK organisations to support costed extensions to grants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It expects organisations to use CoA funds to ensure that: UKRI

14 Aug 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 252. Published on 14 August 2020. The X5 Upgrade project team is looking for volunteers to do User Acceptance Testing which is scheduled to take place from 1st -

20 Nov 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Tuesday 24th November 2020. The upgrade will include improvements to the interface, fixes to known bugs and enable us to remain supported by the supplier. A summary of

24 Jan 2020: The School of Biological Sciences is hosting a visit by Prof Melanie Welham, BBSRC Executive Chair and will include an Open Meeting chaired by Prof Anna Philpott, Head of School of Biological Sciences. Tuesday 18th February 11:00 – 13:00 Sainsbury

19 Jun 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 248. Published on 19 June 2020. The EU team are organising a series of information events for the ERC advanced grant call 2020. The deadline for this call is 26.

6 Feb 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 238. Published on 6 February 2020. Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2020. The revised fEC rates are available on the PRAO

11 Sep 2020: Please note that UIS will be performing essential maintenance work on the ROO Portal on Tuesday 15th September between 07:30 and 09:00 and the system will be unavailable during these times. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

31 Jul 2020: A reminder that the new Research Investigator Time Policy is being introduced from 1st August 2020 to improve cost recovery and better reflect the true cost of research. Details of the new policy can be found on the ROO website. If you have any

9 Oct 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 256. Published on 9 October 2020. Due to technical difficulties during implementation, the upgrade of X5 which was scheduled to take place on Thursday 8. th.

3 Apr 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 242. Published on 3 April 2020. Since the University has been in its Red phase due to the Coronavirus pandemic for almost 2 weeks, the Research Office like many

11 Sep 2020: This month, the Wellcome Trust is changing its digital identity from 'wellcome.ac.uk' to 'wellcome.org'. Emails will come from the .org address and from Monday 14 September the website domain will switch. The .ac.uk domain will continue running for

22 Oct 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 257. Published on 22 October 2020. On Thursday 22nd October, new salary files were uploaded into X5 to rectify an error in the NI rates in the used previous files.

24 Jan 2020: On Monday 3rd February, the new 2020 fEC and facilities rates will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable between 8am and 9am.

10 Jun 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 247. Published on 10 June 2020. The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting has been scheduled as a Live Event to take place on Tuesday 16th June 11:15am - 12:15pm.

19 Jun 2020: The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund, is now open. Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an

15 Apr 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 243. Published on 15 April 2020. As our staff continue working remotely, to manage our workflow and prioritise activity relating to COVID-19  we would like to