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29 Mar 2019: The Researchfish submission for 2019 has now closed for the main funders and we would like to thank all researchers and administrative staff for preparing and submitting their returns. We are waiting for the final figures from the funders regarding

6 Dec 2019: A new Industry Pricing Policy has been approved by the Research Policy Committee and guidelines are currently being drafted for Departments.

26 Jul 2019: To mitigate the risk posed to the University, the Due Diligence Team undertakes reputational, ethical and financial assessments on new potential funders and collaborators at application stage. ... For a new funder set up. Email

22 Nov 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications and Expenditure Statements.

25 Oct 2019: Following feedback from the X5 User Group, some small screen amendments in X5 are going to be made which will remove features that aren’t used and ensure that terminology is more consistent. X5 will be updated with these amendments on Thursday

8 Feb 2019: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2019.

11 Oct 2019: New August 2019 pay scales:. for MRC (EPI, CU, BSU, MBU, CBU, TOX) grades. ... USS grades have retained the superannuation rate of 24.4%. New National Insurance bands including Apprenticeship Levy from 06/04/19.

22 Nov 2019: To apply the new rates to existing costings, go to the rates table tab and update the out of date files by clicking on “apply all updated files now”.

9 Aug 2019: EPSRC is working with colleagues across UKRI on a review of the AI landscape, to understand current support for AI research and innovation, and engage stakeholders in identifying opportunities and future directions. To stay informed about the

19 Dec 2019: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on the 2020 Research Grants Programme for Administrators. Consisting of seven separate morning sessions, the modules comprise a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer utilising workshops,

10 May 2019: X5 has been updated with a new salary file with an effective date of 01/04/2019 which contains the proposed USS pension rate of 24.2%.

6 Dec 2019: The FOREX policy states that EC awards are activated using a lifetime exchange rate based on when the Grant Agreement is signed to allow PIs to plan their budgets. However, due to the movement of exchange rates over time, or in periods of high rate

22 Feb 2019: There have been some updates to the Research Dashboard this week. You will see that it is now easier to scan the list of grants which is helpful for those with large datasets. Also each grant now has a unique URL, allowing users to communicate more

18 Jan 2019: Work has been undertaken to make changes in the CUFS and CHRIS systems to take account of the new number system.

5 Jul 2019: In response to an increasing number of findings on audits of Innovate UK grants, there are some areas of concern in relation to the following eligibility of staff costs (DI And DA), including templates for timesheets and declarations eligibility of

22 Feb 2019: What are we doing? Recruitment to the new Pre-Award posts in the Research Office is progressing well with new staff starting in the Schools of Physical Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Humanities & ... If you have any questions about this new service, please

22 Feb 2019: The new April 2019 USS pension rate of 19.5% (currently 18%) for employers has been added into X5.

5 Jul 2019: The presentations from the recent RGUG meeting on 27th June are now available on the ROO website. One of the discussion points from the meeting last week was to gauge interest in having an Open Day at ROO during the Michaelmas Term. Options include

10 May 2019: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting is led by the Research Operations Office and is an open forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting will take place as follow Thursday 27th June 2019

26 Apr 2019: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will take place as follows Thursday 2nd May 2019 2pm – 3:30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0RB Agenda for the meeting and minutes for the previous