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4 Mar 2016: Irrecoverable VAT is now eligible expenditure on Innovate UK grants with effect from the new guidance issued on Oct-2015.

8 Dec 2016: Further details will be circulated in the New Year. Please fill in the contact form and someone will answer your query within 2 working days.

21 Jul 2016: Researchers are faced throughout their careers with managing research data. Implementing best practice early on cannot only help you to access the right data quickly, but also ensure that data is relevant, reusable and accessible to others,

18 Mar 2016: We would like to remind departments and all researchers funded under a Marie Curie fellowship about their obligation to submit the following questionnaires: • An Evaluation questionnaire – at the end of his/her appointment/recruitment period,

10 Jun 2016: Wellcome Trust asked us to circulate the following opportunity: This fellowship scheme enables medical, dental, veterinary and clinical psychology graduates to continue their research at postdoctoral level and develop scientific independence. It

13 May 2016: MSCA - New Expert Evaluators Sought. As the schemes continue to be very popular and receive large numbers of proposals, new expert evaluators that have not yet registered or been invited to ... Experts with very good English writing skills;. •New

10 Jun 2016: The new policy will increasingly affect new and existing costings in progress. ... A message has been added to the X5 costing screen notifying users of the new policy, but please note that the Indicative Department share on the price tab in X5 is

26 May 2016: Researchers are faced throughout their careers with managing research data. Implementing best practice early on cannot only help you to access the right data quickly, but also ensure that data is relevant, reusable and accessible to others,

1 Apr 2016: You have probably been in this situation before: How do you find and access data for your research? In this workshop we will discuss the current challenges in data sharing, focusing especially on challenges faced by researchers studying cancer and

13 Oct 2016: The BBSRC Interim Chief Executive Professor Melanie Welham and colleagues are visiting the University on Monday 7th November 2016. Professor Welham will give an open presentation on the BBSRC strategy and forward plans followed by Q&A. Monday 7th

26 May 2016: How can we ensure that researchers are rewarded for the quality of their research and not only for the impact factor of the journals in which they publish? What needs to happen so the quality of the whole research process is taken into account when

19 Feb 2016: This is advance notice from UIS that X5 will be unavailable during these times whilst essential server updates are performed. Users may also experience issues with submitting MTA/CDAs on-line during this period. UIS apologise for any inconvenience

22 Nov 2016: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. For PIs - a return is mandatory if you have been in receipt

25 Oct 2016: The BBSRC Interim Chief Executive Professor Melanie Welham and colleagues are visiting the University on Monday 7th November 2016. Professor Welham will give an open presentation on the BBSRC strategy and forward plans followed by Q&A. Monday 7th

22 Jan 2016: Researchfish will host a training workshop for administrators and researchers in Cambridge today. Two sessions will take place: the first one (1:30-2:30pm) is aimed at PIs, the second one (2:30-3:30pm) at Departmental Administrators. We strongly

8 Dec 2016: Mary de Silva, Head of the Wellcome Trust's Population, Environment and Health section and colleagues will visit the University on Tuesday 20th December. The team will give an overview of their funding schemes and invite your feedback on the changes

4 Mar 2016: The following funders have Open Submission periods with imminent deadlines in Researchfish: • All seven Research Councils (RCUK): 10 Mar 2016 • Cancer Research UK (CRUK): 10 Mar 2016 • British Heart Foundation (BHF): 10 Mar 2016 • NC3Rs: 17

8 Jan 2016: David Carr from the Wellcome Trust and Jamie Enoch from Cancer Research UK are coming to Cambridge to talk with researchers about research data sharing. They will give short talks about their requirements for data sharing and afterwards you will

19 Aug 2016: It was announced over the weekend that HM Treasury has agreed to underwrite the payments of Horizon 2020 grants singed whilst the UK remains a member of the EU for projects that continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. For more information

8 Dec 2016: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. Funders included in this window are RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR,