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14 Apr 2015: 5. At full application stage, the Research Operations Office (ROO) will need to check the proposal to ensure costs have been calculated correctly.

25 Jun 2015: What is a research contract? Research contracts are legally binding agreements that govern collaborative research between the University and external organisations, whether those organisations are funding the research or are participating in the

21 Apr 2015: Please note that these grades will attract FTE related costs, incremental dates will be anniversary of appointment, the standard August pay uplift will apply and there are no ghost points.

4 Jun 2015: Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. Minutes and presentations from the meeting on Thursday 12 March are now available http://www

21 Apr 2015: The next Research Grants User Group meeting is taking place this Tuesday, 20th March at 9.30am at the Sanger Building Lecture Theatre. This meeting is led by the Research Operations Office to discuss Research Grant administration issues and

21 Apr 2015: A new FAQ has been added to the X5 submission reports about a type of warning message. Please refer to p5 for more details.

27 Feb 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Time Cost Procedures. The EC allow all relevant staff costs to be charged within an FP7 project. ... PI Time Cost Allocation Procedure for Staff not directly employed by the grant.

21 Apr 2015: Applicants for Wellcome Trust awards should be aware that the Trust's inflation allowance has been revised to 1.6 per cent per year effective from 1 April 2013. Full details can be found at:http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Managing-a-grant/Finance-and-

4 Jun 2015: Most research funders (research councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The general expectation is that data from publicly funded research projects should be made openly available with as few

4 Jun 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing session – 5 June. ... grants. Content includes:. Clarity on definitions of Direct costs and Indirect costs.

21 Apr 2015: As stated in previous Research Office bulletins, this is a reminder that pFACT will not be available after 31st July 2014. Please ensure that any reports that you need are printed and/or saved locally before 31st July 2014. If you need a copy of the

4 Jun 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing session – 17 July. ... Content includes:. Clarity on definitions of Direct costs and Indirect costs.

21 Apr 2015: There will be 2 further X5 “hands on” training sessions on Wednesday 19 June at the following times, 09:00 – 12:30 13:30 - 17:00 These are a repeat of the sessions from 18 and 19 April. The training will take place at the Physics MCS Room

21 Apr 2015: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting was held on Thursday 24 July and the presentations are available on the ROO websitehttp://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/rgug/default.aspx

21 Apr 2015: The final briefing session to help Departments become familiar with X5 is scheduled for next week. This will be a 30 minute overview of X5 with an opportunity for Q&A. There is no need to book a place, just turn up at the time of your choice.

21 Apr 2015: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are making changes to the funding thresholds for their Research Grant scheme. ... £1 million at Full Economic Costs.

21 Apr 2015: The Researchfish Team will be coming to the University to demonstrate Researchfish and take questions and answers from Researchers.Researchfish is an online facility that enables research funders to track the impacts of their investments, and

21 Apr 2015: Open Access Policy: The Wellcome Trust has announced that it will be strengthening the manner in which it enforces its open access policy with immediate effect. Failure to comply with the policy could result in final grant payments being withheld

12 Nov 2015: There are several places left on our introductory workshop to research data management. The workshop will cover the following aspects of research data management: Data storage and backup; Data organisation; Strategies for file exchange with

21 Apr 2015: The ERC has introduced a new pilot scheme, called Synergy Grants (SyG) in the 2012 ERC Work Programme. This call will be published on 25 October 2011 with a single deadline of 25 January 2012. The ERC Synergy Grants are aimed at outstanding

21 Apr 2015: A new Research Pricing and Costing Tool is currently being developed to replace pFACT. The system, which is currently called X5, is now in the second phase of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and members of the research community are needed to test

21 Apr 2015: Following the launch of the new Wellcome Trust schemes and the first round deadline in November 2010, the Research Office would like to update you regarding progress on the current round of applications and information on future submissions. First

16 Apr 2015: For work conducted by the University that does not fall within the remit of 'research', contracts may be required that do not come under the responsibility of the Research Operations Office.

21 Apr 2015: Research Councils UK (RCUK) have recently advised that following discussions between themselves and Research Organisations, they have decided that the requirement for reporting overspends on grants will no longer be enforced as a condition of their

25 Jun 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.

21 Apr 2015: The BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) will be visiting Cambridge to give a presentation on Pathways to Impact. The talk will be relevant to anyone who has an interest in BBSRC research grants including

21 Apr 2015: X5 continues to be rolled out across the University with Departmental Administrators currently receiving training. By 7 May all pFACT users will have received their X5 log in. To help Departments become familiar with X5, several briefing sessions

21 Apr 2015: NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) will be visiting Cambridge to give a presentation on Pathways to Impact. This will include: What is impact? Pathways to Impact and the grant application form Assessing Pathways to Impact Knowledge Exchange

14 Jul 2015: Dissemination of information is a vital part of academic research, nevertheless when parties are discussing the possibility of a collaboration, it is often necessary to protect information being exchanged so that it is held in confidence and not

21 Apr 2015: Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will be visiting the University of Cambridge for one of his eleven annual visits to universities in the

7 Aug 2015: The content will include; using the Project Wizard to generate a costing, adding staff and non-staff costs, the differences between copying to a draft or new record, printing reports and ... Content includes. Clarity on definitions of Direct costs and

1 May 2015: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) changed its research data policy in March 2015. ... applications. Data management plans should also include budget for the cost of research data management and sharing.

9 Mar 2015: The Research Operations Office publishes a fortnightly bulletin which includes information on research funding, policy and procedures as well as news from the Research Operations Office. If you would like to be added to the circulation list please

21 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.

28 May 2015: The content will include; using the Project Wizard to generate a costing, adding staff and non-staff costs, the differences between copying to a draft or new record, printing reports and ... Content includes:. Clarity on definitions of Direct costs and

4 Jun 2015: Research data sharing There is an increased emphasis on managing and sharing data produced in research. The general expectation is that publicly funded research data are a public good, and should be made openly available with as few restrictions as

19 Mar 2015: Background The Research Councils expect there to be efficiencies in the use of equipment: Universities must now check if there is an opportunity to share equipment with internal departments and other institutions prior to submission of grant

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 &

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

2 Apr 2015: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are making changes to the funding thresholds for their Research Grant scheme. ... £1 million at Full Economic Costs.

30 Jan 2015: Published on 30 January 2015. In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from February each year.

24 Mar 2015: Conflict of interest policy to meet U.S.

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.

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 Thursday 29 May 2014, 9:30am in the Clinical School, Seminar Room 3.

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.

21 Apr 2015: The content will include; using the Project Wizard to generate a costing, adding staff and non-staff costs, the differences between copying to a draft or new record, printing reports and ... Prerequisite: Must have attended a Full Economic Costing (fEC) /

21 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Full Economic Costing and Income Allocation Policy briefing sessions. ... grants. Content includes:. Clarity on definitions of Direct costs and Indirect costs.

21 Apr 2015: The content will include; using the Project Wizard to generate a costing, adding staff and non-staff costs, the differences between copying to a draft or new record, printing reports and ... Prerequisite: Must have attended a Full Economic Costing (fEC) /

21 Apr 2015: Timesheets Recent EC audit findings have found a number of instances where timesheets are either missing, have not been signed off or not been reconciled to CUFS.  It is very important that timesheets have been fully completed and signed off at

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.