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1 Nov 2023: The Research Office invites administrative staff across the University to attend this Horizon Europe Programme, Legal and Financial Matters (including Horizon 2020) information session.

11 Aug 2023: Royal Society (RS) have announced that an inflationary uplift of 2.48% is being applied to current grants within the following categories; Directly Incurred Staff Costs, Directly Allocated Costs and Indirect Costs. Individual grant holders should

28 Jul 2023: For further guidance on the recording requirements of staff time on a research grant, we have produced a decision chart for you to use to work out whether timesheets or declarations are required for the following funders: UKRI, Innovate, H2020,

10 May 2024: UKRO is holding two information webinars for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 Call on 14 and 15 May 2024 from 10am -12pm UK time. Prior registration to the webinars is mandatory, please find more information for session 1 and session 2 on the

1 Mar 2024: The Health National Contact Points (NCP) Network is organising an online workshop to - Enhance your skills in writing Horizon Europe Health proposals Gain insight into the process Ask questions from the expert-led discussion The online session takes

24 May 2024: The Research Operations Office EU Team is organising a European Innovation Council (EIC) Information Event for University of Cambridge Researchers. The online event will be held on the 4th July 2024, between10:30am - 12:00pm (UK Time). The event is

11 Aug 2023: The Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker (WTGT) system will be closed down on 30th September 2023 and replaced on 1st October 2023 by the Wellcome Funding platform. Once the WTGT is closed, you won’t be able to access the system. If you want to keep any

17 Nov 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place on Thursday 30 November, 11:00am – 12:15pm (note earlier start time). This will be a hybrid meeting for you to join either online as a Teams call or in person at West 2, The West Hub, JJ

7 Jul 2023: The agenda will include a presentation on Trusted Research and Export Control, updates on the Grant Management Support (GMS) Project and Horizon Europe news.

19 Oct 2023: Please visit UKRO News item for further details.

28 Mar 2024: Launched in its beta form in Michaelmas term, the University’s new International Engagement Hub begins to bring all the University’s guidance on international activity into one place; making it

4 Jun 2024: Maria Buckman, Global Mobility Advisor will be talking about the new guidance, followed by a Q&A.

5 Jan 2024: The new UKRI open access policy for monographs, books chapters and edited collections comes into effect on 1 January 2024.

17 Nov 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Reminder: Christmas and New Year deadlines for applications and expenditure statements.

2 Feb 2024: They’re looking for bold ideas that could challenge assumptions, open up new research paths, or provide steps towards new capabilities.

5 Jan 2024: 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

1 Dec 2023: Our new guidance supplements and contextualises the existing EC documentation on MSCA.

3 Nov 2023: The Research Operations Office (ROO) is about to embark on the next Research Grants Administration Programme 2024 (previously known as ROOTS) and we are pleased to invite Expressions of Interest from all departmental professional support staff at

16 Feb 2024: The Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) took place on 15th February 2024 and the recording and slides are now available. Presentations included the Worktribe implementation schedule and PI submissions for the Researchfish deadline on 14th

19 Jan 2024: Most major research funders are committed to open access, but have varied policies, requirements, and funding sources. Grants admins, research facilitators and contracts managers will often deal with Open Access funding and queries throughout the

19 Oct 2023: Please refer to the UKRO’s news item: Deadline Extension for Horizon Europe Calls in Light of Israel-Gaza Conflict – UKRO.

28 Jul 2023: The ERC has opened a call for the 2024 Starting Grants. An updated crib sheet reflecting some novelties in the application format and evaluation procedure can be found on ROO website. Please contact your Research Development Team for further guidance

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

28 Mar 2024: On the 14th June 2024, the Research Operations Office is organising a European Research Council (ERC) Information Event (hybrid) at the University of Cambridge. Following the association of UK to Horizon Europe Programme, this event aims to inform

1 Dec 2023: Thank you to those who have provided up-to-date delegated letters of authority for their Department. If you have yet to review the delegated authority for research grants, please do so by using the following guidance and template. Heads of

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.

3 Nov 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Christmas and New Year deadlines for applications and expenditure statements.

16 Feb 2024: The Office of Scholarly Communication would like to invite you to an online information session regarding the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Open Access Policy for Long-form Scholarship, on Monday 19 February 2024, 12pm to 12:45pm. This policy came

5 Jan 2024: In Dec 2023, the ROO EU Team organised two hybrid Horizon Europe Information Sessions led by Anne Nierobisch, the European Advisor for the University of Cambridge and the UK MSCA National Contact Point. The sessions were packed with information, and

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

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

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

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

3 Nov 2023: The School of Technology will be the first school to adopt Worktribe from 2024 onwards as part of the phased rollout. The exact timings are to be confirmed. Shui Lam, Secretary of the School of Technology and Chair of the Grant Management

22 Sep 2023: The agenda will include a presentation from Cambridge Enterprise about how they work with Departments, news about the UKs association to Horizon Europe and an update on Wellcome Trust’s Bullying

20 Nov 2023: To help you manage this process, the Research Office have produced some new additional notes on secondments for Horizon 2020 MSCA actions..

8 Sep 2023: As you hopefully know by now the Transforming Research Support (TRS) Programme will be introducing a new research grant management system called Worktribe.

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 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

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

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

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

19 Oct 2023: In particular, please be aware that:. this policy affects existing agreements which means that that existing subrecipient contracts must be amended to include this new requirement by March 2023.

28 Jul 2023: This will include the launch of a new collaborative grant management platform called Worktribe which will replace the grant costing tool X5 as well as some other tools.

28 Jul 2023: A crib sheet and new X5 Scheme will be available w/c 31st July 2023.

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

19 Oct 2023: As outlined in the application process, it is occasionally necessary to implement a 7 working day internal deadline for particular calls.

17 Oct 2023: Please refer to the UKRO’s news item: Deadline Extension for Horizon Europe Calls in Light of Israel-Gaza Conflict – UKRO. ... Several calls are already active on TFS and the new CoP channel will initially focus on application related queries.

28 Mar 2024: because we believe that early familiarisation with the new system will be beneficial for users. ... Visit the TRS Sharepoint for regular updates, such as these new short videos and recorded demonstrations showing some useful features of the system.