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18 Aug 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 189. Published on 18 August 2017. A reminder that the ERC Advanced Grant deadline is on 31st August 2017 at 4pm. The Research Office asks that applications are with

19 May 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 184. Published on 19 May 2017. The Research Operations Office is organising a half-day event on Horizon 2020 audits targeted at those involved in Horizon 2020

16 Feb 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 178. Published on 16 February 2017. The annual submission period on Researchfish is 6 February 2017 to 4pm on 16 March 2017. As we approach the halfway point,

20 Jul 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 187. Published on 20 July 2017. The next Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) will be held on Thursday 27th July 2017, 2pm - 3.30pm in the Large Seminar Room,

6 Apr 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 181. Published on 6 April 2017. From 6 April 2017, employers with a wage bill over £3 million per year, must pay the apprenticeship levy which is charged at 0.5%

5 Jan 2017: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 175. Published on 5 January 2017. Researchfish are running a series of workshops across the UK to demonstrate the new User Interface and functionality for

9 Jun 2017: The presentation from the "Demystyfing H2020 Audits" session is now available on the Research Operations Office website. https://www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/financial-audit-ec-projects

20 Oct 2017: From 1st October 2017, the Wellcome Trust (WT) changed their policy regarding equipment purchase contributions and equipment maintenance. The host organisation will now be expected to contribute at least 25% for equipment items that cost £100,000

3 Nov 2017: David Carr and Robert Kiley from the Wellcome Trust are coming to Cambridge to talk with researchers about the Trust’s policy on data, software and materials management and sharing, which was released in July 2017. They will give short talks about

7 Feb 2017: Principles of full economic costing (fEC) and eligibility of the costs can be found on the UKRI website.

5 Jan 2017: In preparation for the forthcoming funders’ collection period between 6 February and 16 March 2017, the University of Cambridge is taking part in a pilot project to help its researchers (including students) by providing an automatic upload

20 Oct 2017: Research funders are increasingly asking PIs to undertake a thorough process of due diligence, particularly for international research partners. The main aim is to demonstrate that the PIs and the University have assurances that international

17 Nov 2017: ESRC grantholders are required to submit their research data to the ReShare repository at the end of their award. The UK Data Service are running an interactive online webinar to ‘walk’ you thought the process of submitting a data collection

9 Mar 2017: The deadline for a PI to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 16th March at 4pm for all RCUK, NIHR, NC3Rs awards (12noon for CRUK). If a PI fails to submit a return, the funder may apply sanctions which include ineligibility

20 Jul 2017: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) will be held on Thursday 27th July 2017, 2pm - 3.30pm in the Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Addenbrookes. The agenda and venue map is available from the Research Office

9 Jun 2017: The Horizon 2020 Work Programmes for 2018 - 2020 are due to be published in October 2017. In the meantime the UK Research Office have provided draft Work Programmes which are available on the ROO website. We will update the work programmes as more

21 Nov 2017: The European Young Researchers’ Award is now open and is suitable to post-doctoral fellows with a maximum of 5 years experience. The Award consists of a certificate, waiving the participation fee to the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), a grant to

7 Apr 2017: The University’s Research Administration was reviewed in 2016 with the objective of recommending the administrative structure that will best support the University’s research activity. The aim is to have in place a facilitative, flexible

30 Jun 2017: The Research Office and UIS would like to ask Academic and Administrative staff about their experience of using X5. The questionnaire takes about 10 minutes to complete and asks about any issues you encounter with X5, your suggestions of additional

6 Apr 2017: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Tuesday 23rd May 2017 at 10am in LR3 Inglis Building, Dept of Engineering, Trumpington Street. Presentations from the previous meeting are available on the ROO website.