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17 Nov 2023: The Research Operations Office (ROO) invites Expressions of Interest for the Research Grants Administration Programme 2024 from all departmental professional support staff at the University who play an active role in the grants lifecycle, whether

17 Nov 2023: At two information sessions in December, the dedicated European Advisor for Cambridge University and the UK Marie Sklodowska Curie National Contact Point (UKRO) will address important legal and financial changes under Horizon Europe, upcoming

19 Jan 2024: Working on a large, complex grant application? Our online information session is a great opportunity to improve your knowledge, get guidance and ask questions. The Research Funding team offers application support services such as coordination of bid

19 Oct 2023: ERC President Maria Leptin has written to UK Principal Investigators (PIs) leading a project that would have been funded under the ERC Work Programmes for 2021-2023, but which was instead funded by the UKRI Guarantee. The letter confirms that PIs

22 Sep 2023: Heads of Department (HoD) have responsibility regarding the supervision of resources and finances as defined in the University’s Financial Regulations (Section B). However, in some circumstances, the regulations allow the HoD to delegate various

1 Mar 2024: The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). The CBE JU are organising an “Info Day” on 23rd April 2024 to give participants

1 Dec 2023: The Research Operations Office has prepared additional guidance on Horizon 2020 MSCA grants regarding secondments and audit requirements.

19 Jan 2024: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 5th February 2024 to 14th March 2024, during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission

19 Oct 2023: The European Commission has extended the deadlines for several Horizon Europe calls in light of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The deadlines of the calls will be extended for all applicants, irrespective of the country where the organisation is

6 Oct 2023: UKRO as the UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council (ERC) has collated the most common queries received on ERC funding following the recent association deal between EU and UK on Horizon Europe announced on 7th September.

7 Jul 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 20th July at 11:15am. The agenda will include a presentation on Trusted Research and Export Control, updates on the Grant Management Support (GMS) Project and

22 Sep 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place on Thursday 28th September, 11:15am – 12:15pm. This will be a hybrid meeting for you to join either online as a Teams call or in person at West 1, The West Hub, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge

19 Oct 2023: On 7th September 2023, the UK Government and the EU announced the UK’s association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus Programmes, to enter into force on 1st January 2024. To support our researchers, we have invited the dedicated European Advisor

15 Mar 2024: The European Commission is organising online infodays on 25th - 26th April 2024 about the new topics in the EU Missions Work Programme. This includes Adaptation to Climate Change Mission Cancer Mission 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart cities by 2030

19 Oct 2023: Departments who receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) need to be aware of the updated NIH Grants Policy Statement, section 15.2 For foreign subrecipients, a provision requiring the foreign subrecipient to provide access to

3 Nov 2023: The exchange rate to convert the EUR grant value to GBP has been updated by UKRI. For grant agreements signed by the Commission from the 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2024 a maximum exchange rate of £1: €1.148787 will be accepted. Read more in

22 Sep 2023: In 2019, the Tsinghua University and the University of Cambridge established the Tsinghua - Cambridge Joint Research Initiative Fund, a five-year initiative to strengthen research collaborations between academics in the two institutions. The recent

1 Dec 2023: The Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) took place on 30th November 2023 and the recording and slides are now available. Our next meeting is schedule for 15th February 2024 at 2pm and you can join either online as a Teams call or in person at

17 Oct 2023: On Tuesday 10th October, the University Tax Office with the support of the Research Office hosted an online VAT training session on research grants and contracts aimed at administrative staff in Departments. The session was recorded and is now

19 Jan 2024: The European Commission is organising an information session about Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe. This will be an online event on Thursday 8th February, 10am-12noon (Brussels Time). It is aimed at all applicants and beneficiaries interested in