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21 Apr 2015: Dr John Williams from the Science Funding division of the Wellcome Trust will be in Cambridge delivering a presentation about their Strategic Plan for 2010–2020 and funding opportunities including the introduction of the new Investigator Awards

21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge is hosting a Wellcome Trust regional event on Wednesday 3 July at which they will address the opportunities that are available across the Wellcome Trust's newly expanded funding schemes.

21 Apr 2015: European Research Council (ERC) starting grants allow aspiring PIs to start their own independent research team. Offering 5 years funding of up to €1.5 million, these substantial grants are open to researchers with 2 -7 years’ postdoc

21 Apr 2015: Recent audits have highlighted a number of instances where government taxes have been charged to these awards.  It is important to remember that for these awards no government taxes (either local or international) are allowed to be charged.  Spe

24 Mar 2015: Each Investigator must disclose to his or her Head of Department any Significant Financial Interests (and those of his/her spouse and dependent children) that reasonably appear to be related to the Investigator's Institutional Responsibilities.

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Thursday 16 October, 9:30am in Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and will include

21 Apr 2015: As a consequence, until further notice, pFACT will no longer be adjusted to take account of reduced indirect cost rates for Research Council applications. ... Although we have not seen extra guidance from other research councils, there are increasing

21 Apr 2015: This information can be found going to our pFACT webpage and selecting the User Guide. On page 52 of this guide it gives you instructions on how to archive and retrieve projects.The link to this document

21 Apr 2015: Research Councils (notably the EPSRC) are currently providing notifications of successful awards to PIs only, with a request that the PI confirm the 50% matched funding on their equipment budget within a 3 week deadline.  Although it is asked that

21 Apr 2015: Please note that this pay scale:. will attract FTE related costs.

21 Apr 2015: As discussed at this week’s RGUG, different institutions are taking different approaches to managing top slices pro-rated to subcontractor budgets funded by Research Council grants prompting us to review our own approach.  As a result, instead

21 Apr 2015: Following the Research Policy Committee meeting on 17 January 2013, we can confirm that from 8 February 2013 there will be new deadlines for submitting grant applications to the Research Operations Office (ROO).In summary, Departments are asked to

21 Apr 2015: The deadline for the new Wellcome Trust Investigator awards scheme is on Monday 22 November 2010, however as the process for these applications represent a significant shift in focus of the Trust, the applications along with the signed Letter of

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office (ROO) where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 November, 9:30am in Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. The

27 Feb 2015: When coding expenditure to the grant standard expenditure categories such as staff costs, travel and subsistence will apply. ... Overheads cannot be claimed on any subcontracting (e.g. audit costs). The EC will reimburse 100% of costs.

2 Oct 2015: The Research Operations Office is embarking on a new round of our ROOTS (Research Operations Office Training Strategy) Tier 2 (2016) Research Administrators Programme.We invite submissions from all staff who have been in post for a minimum of six

21 Apr 2015: All BBSRC, AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC and NERC funded  PIs are reminded that they are required to submit information about outputs from their grants through the ROS web portal which can be accessed here https://logon.rcuk.ac.uk/ using JeS login details.

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office is planning its 2014 programme for Research Administrators which consists of 6 morning modules from Feb – July 2014. Delegates will gain a greater understanding of how grants administration is carried out through a

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 9 December which means that the Office will be closed on this day. If you have a deadline for either the 9 or 10 December, please make sure your application is with the Research Office

21 Apr 2015: British Heart Foundation - deadline 1 Dec 2014 British Heart Foundation are using the following response codes for the 2014 open submission period. Response Code 1: A submission is expected this year. Response Code 2: No submission is expected this

21 Apr 2015: The European Commission has launched the “Call for Twinning” within the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation strand of Horizon 2020, which aims to increase the participation rate of low performing countries through a series of

21 Apr 2015: This is a reminder that Government taxes such as VAT, custom duties and any other tax levied either domestically or internationally is not an allowable cost on NIH awards.

21 Apr 2015: Katie Price, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 14 November 2013 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. She will be talking about Horizon 2020 the EUs new programme

21 Apr 2015: On the 24th October both Cambridge and Oxford Universities agreed that X5 core functionality was covered to an acceptable level and that individual University configuration of the software could now commence.The Cambridge X5 Project Team is now

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office is delighted to offer a training programme to Departmental Staff whose role includes Research Grant Administration. 20 places available and participants are expected to attend all 6 sessions. It is proposed that

21 Apr 2015: will still be detailed as an ‘Exceptional Cost’ in the Resource Summary section of the output.

21 Apr 2015: Amy Williams, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 31 March 2011 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. These sessions are aimed at researchers who are plann

21 Apr 2015: The Research Council UK minimum doctoral stipend for 2011/12 has been frozen for 2010/11 at £13,590 per annum, see Research Council letter http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/researchcareers/Feesandstipends2011-12letter.pdf. The Research Office

21 Apr 2015: The exception to this is if there are any subcontracting costs, ethical issues, collaborations or special insurance requirements, please contact the Research Office so that we can carry out full checks

21 Apr 2015: Following the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting on 28 September 2010 the enclosed proposals were discussed and agreed http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/documents/local/rgug/20100928/rgug_cleer_for_website_28_sep_2010.pdf. As of 1

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Thursday 11 December 9:30am - 11:00am in Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and is

27 Feb 2015: Payments The EC shall make an initial pre-financing payment. Interim payments of the Community financial contribution shall be made corresponding to the amount accepted for each financial management reporting period.

12 Nov 2015: This includes ensuring:. All costs are eligible and are charged at the time they are incurred, including:. ... Staff costs: relate to staff working on the grant. Consumables: avoid cross-posting expenses from other awards.

21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge is hosting a Wellcome Trust regional event on Wednesday 3 July at which they will address the opportunities that are available across the Wellcome Trust's newly expanded funding schemes.

21 Apr 2015: Dr John Williams from the Science Funding division of the Wellcome Trust will be in Cambridge on Wednesday 28 July delivering a presentation about their Strategic Plan for 2010–2020 and funding opportunities including the introduction of the new

25 Jun 2015: Please click on the link below to initiate your on-line request. https://researchportal.admin.cam.ac.uk/Raven/submissions/MTAIn.aspx

25 Jun 2015: Please click on the link below to initiate your on-line request. https://researchportal.admin.cam.ac.uk/Raven/submissions/MTAOut.aspx

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office and Cambridge Enterprise have produced a guidance note about the Intellectual Property Policy in practice including how it works and who to approach. There are sections outlining the responsibilities of Principal Investigator

6 Aug 2015: The Open Data team is organising several events to help University members in their research data management and sharing. Events are open to everyone: researchers, research students, staff members, librarians, and anyone else with interest in

21 Apr 2015: Update on the Removal of VAT Exemption for Research We have previously issued advice about the withdrawal of the VAT exemption for research from 1 August 2013. Here, we provide an update on the latest position.Overall positionAs previously advised,

27 Feb 2015: FP7 Cooperation Funding Mechanisms The main mechanisms for Cooperation Funding in FP7 are listed below. Work programmes determine particular funding schemes to be used for the topic on which proposals are invited.

27 Feb 2015: Payments The EC shall make an initial pre-financing payment. Interim payments of the Community financial contribution shall be made corresponding to the amount accepted for each financial management reporting period.

26 Nov 2015: Research Operations will close for the Christmas/New Year break on Thursday, 24 December 2015. In order to help us manage new work received, or with deadlines falling during this period of closure and during the first week in January 2016 (which is

18 Sep 2015: Relevant to all EPSRC-funded researchers and research students. The EPSRC are conducting random checks on publications to underpin research data. We have been informed some researchers at the University of Cambridge have already been approached by

7 Aug 2015: The breakdown of costs for an External Partner/s will now be reflected in the following submission reports. ... Here is the link to the guide on the submission reports showing external partner costs.

17 Aug 2015: This workshop is for researchers working in sciences (Clinical, Biological, Physical and Technology Sciences) who have existing collaborations with Polish scientists. The Polish government is releasing 120 million Euros to create approximately 10

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Bulletin is issued every fortnight with information and updates on research funding, policy, procedures and news. The bulletin format has been improved and can now be viewed directly from the Research Office website. There is

26 Nov 2015: Grant holders will be able to move funds into and out of budgets, but any significant transfer of funds between cost headings must be agreed with Wellcome Trust.

15 Oct 2015: The Research Operations Office is embarking on a new round of our ROOTS (Research Operations Office Training Strategy) Tier 2 Research Administrators Programme, 2016. We invite submissions from all staff who have been in post for a minimum of six

21 Apr 2015: The BHF submission period opened on 1st October and will extend until midnight on 1st December 2013.BHF uses Researchfish (www.researchfish.com) to gather information about research outputs and outcomes for all active awards and for any grants that