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10 Jul 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Audit overview. Audits. All major funders expect recipient institutions of research funding to provide assurance that public funds are spent efficiently and in a cost-effective

27 Feb 2015: Please see the below FP7 Cost Categories document explaining this issue and providing examples of which types of costs should be charged under which activity type. ... fp7_collaborative_project_cost_categories.pdf (384.51 KB). Assistant Director, EU &

24 Mar 2015: The University of Cambridge has developed a policy for the management of Financial Conflict of Interests (FCOI) for anyone applying or receiving research funding from US-based research organisations.

24 Mar 2015: The Contracts Team of the Research Operations Office (ROO) is responsible for all contracts related to research with a wide range of external organisations and for authorizing all research contracts for collaborative research within the University.

16 Jul 2015: There is an increased emphasis on managing and sharing data produced in research. Many of the research funders supporting work at the University of Cambridge require that research data are openly available with as few restrictions as possible.

14 Jul 2015: In general these agreements do not include payment for the material, although transport costs may be required. ... Transportation costs, where charged, should be met by the PI’s research team or Department.

27 Feb 2015: NB: VAT continues to be an ineligible cost on FP7 grants and as such, cannot be claimed from the EC.

25 Jun 2015: Once you have contacted the Contracts Manager we will send an introductory email to open the contract negotiation dialogue. The following will also happen ROO will assign an "RG number" for the project, if it does not already have one.

25 Jun 2015: The earlier the Contracts Manager is involved in the process the greater the likelihood of putting in place an agreement with suitable terms for both parties. The University has its own set of standard agreements that cover a range of different

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.