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20 Oct 2022: The Research Office will be running a further two sessions on timesheets during November for staff involved in the new timesheet process.

10 Jun 2022: We have a number of job opportunities available at the Research Office, further details can be found on the University Jobs website.

25 Feb 2022: Researchers will need to take action before submitting a paper to a journal in order to ensure compliance with the new policy.

14 Jan 2022: The Research Office is conducting its annual SAM (System for Award Management) registration renewal process for US Federal funding and in doing so is performing some additional checks to satisfy recent updates to the US regulatory framework. We

14 Jan 2022: Following published guidance from the Office for Students, both the Annual Financial Return and the TRAC Return submissions for 2020-21 have been given an extension until the end of March. Therefore, the University’s fEC rates and the

16 Dec 2022: Thank you all for your support and engagement with the new timesheet process.

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

9 Sep 2022: This new extension means that the guarantee funding will cover all Horizon Europe calls that close on or before 31st December 2022, with the majority of grant signature dates expected before ... The UKRI Guarantee Guidance has been updated with this new

22 Jul 2022: Part of this work has involved producing a new single timesheet template to be used for all funders. ... The new template also helps administrators to calculate the salary elements to be charged to different grants through embedded formulas.

2 Dec 2022: Updated timesheet template. New hours tracker for UKRI. New SharePoint List to give visibility of timesheets waiting approval. ... New declaration form template for all funders. New change process once timesheets are submitted.

7 Oct 2022: You are warmly invited to take part in ‘Open access: where next?’, a symposium to challenge the status quo and imagine new futures in academic publishing.

2 Dec 2022: The full list of updates can be found on the latest news section of the ROO website. ... New declaration form template for all funders. New change process once timesheets are submitted.

28 Jan 2022: Further to our previous announcement in this bulletin regarding the first tranche of successful applications under the Horizon Europe funding programme, we are continuing the work with, Departments, PIs, Project Co-ordinators and UKRI to facilitate

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

5 Aug 2022: Horizon Results Booster (HRB) is an initiative of the European Commission which aims to support projects funded by the EU Framework Programme (FP) to help innovations go to market and maximise their impact.

16 Dec 2022: Published on 16 December 2022. Thank you all for your support and engagement with the new timesheet process. ... New updates have been introduced to the UKRI Guarantee Guidance dated 5th December 2022.

7 Oct 2022: Due to the current financial climate and its potential impact on funders of research grants, departments should consider their exposure to any credit risks from their portfolio of research funding organisations that do not fall under the category of;

28 Jan 2022: government. The University is required to renew its registration annually to ensure we comply with any new federal requirements. ... Once this work is complete, we will make these new policy and practices available to you.

16 Dec 2022: The HR Transformation Programme is keen to interview staff from across the University for our second round of user research. We’ve had a good response so far but would like to speak to some more academics and researchers who would like to share

28 Jan 2022: The Research Dashboard is a web-based application which gives Researchers an overview of their applications, grants and contracts. When you open the tool you are required to use Raven authentication. This authentication process was upgraded on 27th

25 Feb 2022: Due to ongoing delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe, UKRI has now released the terms and conditions to govern the administration of grants covered by the UKRI underwrite. The University of Cambridge is currently

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

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

2 Dec 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Reminder - Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications.

20 May 2022: Responding to the findings of the UKRI FAP Audit, new timesheet procedures will be implemented and further guidance will be provided during the coming weeks.

10 Jun 2022: A reminder that the next RGUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday 14th July at 11:15am. An agenda will be circulated nearer the time. If you have any queries, please contact Hannah.Pawson@admin.cam.ac.uk.

5 Aug 2022: Information about the new requirements can be found on the ROO website. ... using the new timesheet template. how to submit your timesheet using Microsoft Forms.

18 Nov 2022: The University has a Large Grant Contributions Fund which provides financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. To be eligible for funding, the following criteria apply Research grant applications for funding normally over

11 Mar 2022: The annual audit of US Federal Funding (including NIH awards) for the Financial Year 19/20 is now finalised and available on the ROO website.

20 May 2022: Our Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration aims to support all those who run and are involved in the grants lifecycle at the University of Cambridge. If you would like to be involved with this group, please sign up on the Supporting

25 Mar 2022: On Monday 14th March 2022, the UK Government announced an extension of the guarantee to a second wave of eligible, successful applicants. In a letter to the UK research and development sector, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation

24 Jun 2022: In the meantime, continue to store your timesheets in the usual way and we will provide guidance about the new repository when it is available for you to access. ... More information will follow about the new process. If you have any queries, please

14 Jan 2022: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 8th February 2022 at 11:15am. Details will be circulated nearer the time. Slides and recording of the previous RGUG meeting in November are available on the RGUG web page. For further

4 Nov 2022: For staff involved in the new timesheet process, the demo and Q&A  sessions that had been scheduled for 15th and 17th November have been postponed and these will be

25 Feb 2022: The Research Administration Programme aims to help staff who work in grant administration to improve their knowledge and understanding of the grant lifecycle. Each module will focus on a different aspect of grant administration and consists of

11 Feb 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, CRUK, BHF, WT and other funders is 7th February to 17th March 2022 during which time PIs should use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Award holders will have

29 Jul 2022: Last week, we produced a new timesheet template which is available on the ROO website. ... New system (recommended). Fill in your timesheet as usual. Fill in new timesheet template.

25 Mar 2022: The University has been informed of the outcome of the recent UKRI Funder Assurance Programme Audit and has received LIMITED assurance. Systematic issues were identified in relation to Directly Incurred staff costs (RGC 14e) which requires all

8 Jul 2022: The lack of association currently only impacts those new awards under the Horizon Europe framework, ongoing H2020 grants are not affected and can continue as normal.

16 Dec 2022: On the 6th December 2022, the European Commission adopted the main Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24 with a budget of around €13.5 billion to support researchers and innovators in Europe. The final versions of the dedicated work programmes for

16 Dec 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".

10 Jun 2022: This situation impacts only those new awards under the Horizon Europe framework and ongoing H2020 grants are currently not affected and can continue as normal.

19 Aug 2022: 25th October 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

9 Sep 2022: Further details of the agenda and registration will be posted in the latest EC news section of Research Operations Office website and circulated in this bulletin.

7 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. The University has been

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.

28 Jan 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Topics include protecting your research – intellectual property and publishing rights knowing when to seek ethics

6 May 2022: As outlined in the April RGUG meeting, there are ongoing delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe which are continuing to impact the Grant Agreement process for many of the recently awarded Horizon Europe grants. We

20 Oct 2022: Academics and research support staff can find details of the MSCA Doctoral Networks on the ROO website. Information includes a crib sheet about the scheme updated Part B information for the MSCA DN scheme As noted in the crib sheets, due to the

5 Aug 2022: Once upgraded, Elements will include a new Reporting Hub to assist research administrators and have a modern, more user-friendly interface.