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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

21 Feb 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 239. Published on 21 February 2020. The Symplectic Elements upload to Researchfish is now complete and PIs are advised to check this new data when completing their

24 Jan 2020: The revised GPS was published last month and replaces the October 2018 version as a standard term and condition of awards. This revision applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after 1st October 2019.

6 Nov 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 258. Published on 6 November 2020. X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded. Technical issues have now been resolved and the

20 Nov 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 259. Published on 20 November 2020. X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Tuesday 24. th. November 2020. The upgrade will

24 Jan 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 237. Published on 24 January 2020. On Monday 3. rd. February, the new 2020 fEC and facilities rates will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable

10 Jun 2020: All health related research (involving human participants, their data or tissue) carried out overseas, needs ethical approval from the country in which research will take place. Additionally, confirmation from the University of Cambridge research

15 May 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 246. Published on 15 May 2020. The Financial Implications Task Force has produced a briefing note that provides guidance on the processes that the University has

4 Dec 2020: On Thursday 10th December, the updated NHS and new Cost Of Living Allowance date of Aug 20 will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable between 7am and 8:30am. Once the new rates are in X5, to apply them to existing costings, go

17 Jul 2020: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is issuing a COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) to UK organisations to support costed extensions to grants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is to ensure that UKRI grant outcomes continue to be

15 May 2020: Innovate have created a fast track process to facilitate “no cost” time extension requests of up to three months for reasons relating to COVID-19, subject to a valid business case and normal legal and compliance requirements. They recognise that

7 May 2020: Any researchers undertaking COVID-19 health related work that involves, participants – healthy volunteers or otherwise, their data or samples, should contact the Clinical School Research Governance Office for guidance about ethics approvals that

18 Dec 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Thursday 3rd December. Presentations were given on the new CDA fast track service, Brexit and the costing & pricing project. The slides, Q&A and recording of the m

6 Mar 2020: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 12th 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

10 Jan 2020: The Royal Society Grants Team is visiting the University of Cambridge on 28th January 2020.

17 Jul 2020: The application process for UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) COVID-19 open call will change on 31st July 2020. After this date, instead of submitting a proposal via email, researchers must apply via UKRI’s online submission system the

24 Apr 2020: We would like to remind you that from Monday 27th April there will be some changes to the way in which grant applications will be dealt with: a minimum of 4 weeks notice of your intention to submit to a particular scheme a copy of the full proposal

6 Mar 2020: The Research Office is inviting you to our University Research Administration Open Day on Tuesday 30th June 2020 at Greenwich House, Madingley Road to jointly explore what transforming research administration at Cambridge means for all of us together

31 Jul 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Tuesday 28th July, the presentation slides and recording of the meeting are now available on the RGUG webpages.

22 Oct 2020: UKRI are building a new funding service that will eventually replace the existing Je-S system. UKRI is inviting people with experience applying for funding, who are likely to apply for or assess funding in the future, to help design the service in a