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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.

24 Jul 2024: New Teams channel to support users of UKRI’s The Funding Service (TFS). ... New three-year read and publish open access (OA) deal with Springer Nature.

12 Aug 2014: Open access makes published research freely available to people without a subscription. The philosophical basis for open access is that publicly funded research should be publicly available. In addition, humanity is facing considerable challenges in

31 Jul 2014: The Research Operations Office The Research Operations Office (ROO) is the University’s official signatory for research grants and contracts, with formally delegated authority to submit applications, accept research grants and negotiate

10 Feb 2023: X5 has been updated with the new fEC, facility and inflation rates which are effective from 1. ... Please be aware that your costs will change due to the new 2023 rates.

8 Nov 2018: It's important to take the time to thoroughly plan your research. If you don't, there's a risk it could fail, wasting your funding and your time and effort. Here you can find out how to: plan, draft and write a proposal.

29 Jun 2021: Travelling abroad Export controls apply when you are taking controlled technology with you when travelling abroad, e.g. for conferences. When planning for travel, you should review whether your laptop / presentation / USB stick etc. contains

24 Apr 2020: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the X5 Upgrade will no longer be taking place this month (April 2020). However, technical work will continue at UIS and once we get to the point of user acceptance testing (UAT) we will review the resource requirements

19 Mar 2021: The Researchfish submission for 2021 has now closed for the main funders and we would like to thank all researchers, administrative staff and node administrators for playing their part in the submission process this year. We recognise that due to

25 Mar 2022: The full statutory guidance on the new sanctions is available on the GOV.UK website. ... Facilities that are no longer available should be replaced by a new or similar facility .

21 May 2021: New NI rates:. Including Apprenticeship Levy: file date of 06/04/21. Without Apprenticeship Levy: file date of 05/04/21. ... Tentative dates for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2021 can be found on the EC news page on the ROO website.

16 Dec 2022: New updates have been introduced to the UKRI Guarantee Guidance dated 5th December 2022. ... The new version includes various changes which are listed in this document.

31 Jul 2014: From July 2022, a new mechanism for timesheets has being implemented to comply with audit requirements for UKRI Research Grants & Fellowships and Innovate UK grants.

21 Feb 2020: Spaces are available for the introduction to X5 training session in April, topics include setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. To book a place please contact

1 Dec 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Reminder: Christmas and New Year deadlines for applications.

9 Apr 2021: The Research Office has collated information for applicants on its Latest EC News page and Guidance page including.

9 Jun 2023: UKRI has launched its first stakeholder perception survey to understand how it is perceived by its various communities. The survey aims to help UKRI address issues, tailor activities and measure progress as an organisation over the coming years. The

19 Jun 2024: You can do this by creating a new project in Worktribe.

12 Aug 2014: Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. ... Applied research is also original

24 May 2024: A dedicated support team is also being set up for our new grant management system Worktribe. ... Details of how to contact this team will be shared closer to the launch of the new system.