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11 Feb 2022: Go to the Research Office new 'Supporting Research at Cambridge' SharePoint :Sharing your Research pages and login with @cam email/Raven ID to Office 365.

20 Oct 2022: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the financial year of 2022 to 2023. Call 1: Other ODA Awards.

4 Nov 2022: Applications are now open for the University Collaboration Budget, designed to fund collaborative projects between the University of Cambridge and the Academic department at Cambridge University Press. Both University of Cambridge Staff and

22 Apr 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 26th April at 11:15am. The agenda will include presentations on the revised UKRI open access policy, Horizon Europe guarantee funding, updated guidance on

2 Dec 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 6th February to 16th March 2023 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission period,

4 Nov 2022: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the financial year of 2022 to 2023. Call 1: Other ODA Awards.

22 Apr 2022: The European Commission have recently launched a dedicated portal ERA4Ukraine as a one-stop-shop for information on support to researchers of Ukraine by the EU, its Member States and Associated Countries. Displaced researchers or other specialists

2 Dec 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 22nd November 2022. The recording and slides are now available to view to the ROO website. The meeting included an overview of updated documents and

19 Aug 2022: The University has been allocated funding from the GCRF/Newton Fund block grant and other ODA block grant funding to be spent over the period 1 April 2022 to 31st March 2023. These awards are from the Department for Business, Energy and Innovation

16 Dec 2022: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the months of March, June, September and December. Before ROO submits the next OSR, please could Departments check and

7 Oct 2022: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the months of March, June, September and December. Before ROO submits the next OSR, please could Departments check and

5 Aug 2022: Further details on the activation of these grants will be coming in due course - this is a new funding scheme and it was only possible to finalise the set up of

20 May 2022: UKRO is running a free webinar for researchers and organisations who were recently awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship under the 2021 call. The 'Navigating the UK Immigration Landscape' webinar will be held on 14

24 Jun 2022: European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation

4 Nov 2022: University Information Services (UIS) is now offering a new Amazon Web Services (AWS) with RONIN service that makes it easy for you to get the benefits of cloud computing without the

10 Jun 2022: There are a number of webinars scheduled to help Horizon 2020 grant holders and applicants to Horizon Europe funding. This includes 22 June - H2020 grants. Avoiding errors in declaring personnel costs 22 June - ERC 2023 starting grants (Part 1) 24

11 Feb 2022: The meeting included a presentation about the new grant application deadlines coming into effect from 1st April and Horizon Europe updates. ... Go to the Research Office new 'Supporting Research at Cambridge' SharePoint :Sharing your Research pages and

11 Mar 2022: UKRI guarantee funding scheme for the first wave of successful applicants to Horizon Europe is open for applications for EIC and EIT-KICs. UK-based organisations who are partners on successful applications to EIC 2021 calls can apply for a UKRI grant

6 May 2022: EU Missions are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. ... There will be presentations on a wide range of new topics for all five missions, following the amendment to the Missions’ Work Programme 2021- 2022 under

19 Aug 2022: Over the last couple of weeks, ROO have scheduled some online demonstration and Q&A sessions about the new mechanism for timesheets so that we comply with audit requirements on UKRI

25 Feb 2022: The Apprenticeship Levy is a tax on salary bills introduced in 2017. There are many funders who deem the Apprenticeship Levy cost ineligible when costing a project; this includes CRUK, Royal Society, Leverhulme, BHF and the BA. For applications to

7 Oct 2022: Whilst the new system of authorising and storing timesheets is bedding in, UKRI have indicated that they will offer some flexibility during this initial period regarding timesheets that are currently being

23 Sep 2022: 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".

6 May 2022: This includes understanding fEC, costing staff and working with contracts. Whether you are new to administering a grant portfolio or looking to update your knowledge, the topics presented can help you

18 Nov 2022: We have set up a new Yammer community - Supporting Research at Cambridge, please join us!

23 Sep 2022: During August, we scheduled some live demonstrations and Q&A sessions to support this new process. ... If you would like to give us your feedback on the new timesheet process, please use this form to share your views with us.

8 Jul 2022: From July 2022, a new mechanism for timesheets has been implemented to comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (RCUK and Innovate). ... Research Support Advisors at ROO will guide Departments through this new procedure at the time the FES is due.

22 Apr 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Two more dates have been added to the programme Thursday 28th April 2022, 12:30-13:30 Export Control - understand your

25 Mar 2022: The full statutory guidance on the new sanctions is available on the GOV.UK website. ... The export to Crimea of infrastructure-related exports. For more information on the sanctions, including a detailed briefing document on the new controls, see the

24 Jun 2022: The lack of association is only impacting those new awards under the Horizon Europe framework and ongoing H2020 grants are currently not affected and can continue as normal.

6 May 2022: The European Research Executive Agency (REA) is looking for expert evaluators from a wide range of fields to evaluate project proposals and monitor the implementation of projects for EU Programmes including Horizon Europe.

14 Jan 2022: We are pleased to announce that the University has been notified of the first tranche of successful applications under the Horizon Europe funding programme. Work is underway between the Research Operations Office, Departments and PIs to prepare the

9 Sep 2022: A major upgrade of Elements, the University’s Research Information Management System has taken place and is ready for the new academic year. ... We hope that this will make it easier to introduce new staff and students to Elements, and to learn about

18 Mar 2022: The new rules empower the government to impose conditions on qualifying acquisitions of entities and assets, or, if necessary, to block or unwind the offending transactions.

10 Jun 2022: From July onwards, all part-funded DI staff will be charged to a new task on the grants module that will need to be reconciled against timesheet evidence. ... This will meet our obligations around the UKRI audit findings and the new process can also

24 Jun 2022: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the months of March, June, September and December. Before ROO submits the next OSR, please could Departments check and

5 Aug 2022: On 20th July 2022, the UK Government published a paper entitled Supporting UK R&D and collaborative research beyond European programmes.

16 Dec 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 6th February to 16th March 2023 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission period,

7 Oct 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 29th September. The recording and slides are now available to view to the ROO website. The meeting included presentations on Transforming Research Support,

22 Jul 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 14th July. The recording and slides are now available to view to the ROO website. The meeting included presentations on the Sustainable Business Travel

23 Sep 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event on 3rd November about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for Horizon 2020 Projects at the University. Horizon Results Booster (HRB) is an

16 Dec 2022: On 1st December, the European Commission opened a public consultation on the past, present and future of the EU's Horizon research and innovation programmes 2014-2027. This consultation is expected to contribute to the final and interim evaluations

6 May 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 26th April. The recording and slides are now available to view. The meeting included presentations on the revised UKRI open access policy, Horizon Europe

4 Nov 2022: The European Commission requires grant holders to keep documentary evidence of absences as a requirement of Article.18 in the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AMGA) “Information included in time-sheets must match records of annual leave, sick leave

20 Oct 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event on 3rd November about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for Horizon 2020 and FP7 Projects at the University. An update agenda is available on

2 Dec 2022: The full list of updates can be found on the latest news section of the ROO website.

7 Oct 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event on 3rd November about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for Horizon 2020 Projects at the University. Horizon Results Booster (HRB) is an

24 Jun 2022: Cluster 3 forms part of Pillar 2 within Horizon Europe and focuses on security issues including - Strengthened Security Research and Innovation Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe Increased Cybersecurity Resilient Infrastructure Effective

28 Apr 2022: This exchange rate will only be applied to new guarantee applications from 1 January 2024, not to guarantee grants already funded by UKRI. ... This exchange rate will only be applied to new guarantee applications, not to guarantee grants already funded