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7 Jul 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. New fEC Rates. Published on Fri, 07/07/2023 - 13:44. ... Please be aware that your costs will change due to these new rates.

19 Sep 2023: Online Export Control training is available to all staff through the Higher Education Export Control Association's training programme (https://heeca.org.uk/). To access the training please contact researchgovernance@admin.cam.ac.uk.

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.

21 Jul 2023: Publications It is important that researchers consider the export control risks of their research not just at the stage of international collaboration but also when it comes to publishing their results. Technology or software that is in the

7 Jul 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. New Elements Video – how to use the reporting features. ... A new video has been produced aimed at staff who have administrative responsibility for a department or group.

6 Apr 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. New Online SoECAT Process from 1st April 2023. ... application. From 1st April 2023, the Excel version has been replaced with a new online tool.

19 May 2023: Je-S accounts will not be migrated to TFS. You need to register a new account. ... CV information from Grant Tracker accounts will be migrated once you have set up a new account on the funding platform.

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

7 Jul 2023: Please be aware that your costs will change due to these new rates. ... A new video has been produced aimed at staff who have administrative responsibility for a department or group.

19 Oct 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. New Teams channel to support users of UKRI’s The Funding Service (TFS). ... Several calls are already active on TFS and the new CoP channel will initially focus on application related queries.

6 Apr 2023: From 1st April 2023, the Excel version has been replaced with a new online tool. ... Please direct any new enquiries as follows -. Research commercialisation/technology transfer/general enquiries:.

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

28 Apr 2023: The agenda will include information about UKRI and Wellcome’s new funding platforms, an update on Trusted Research and Export Control as well as feedback from recent audits.

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

23 Jun 2023: What are the major global challenges that will drive the future of research and innovation for the next few decades? UKRI and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) are seeking your help to identify bold, ambitious, and

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

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.

8 Sep 2023: Here are some useful links. UKRO News: UK Association to Horizon Europe – UKRO. ... As you hopefully know by now the Transforming Research Support (TRS) Programme will be introducing a new research grant management system called Worktribe.

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

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

28 Apr 2023: The agenda will include information about UKRI and Wellcome’s new funding platforms, an update on Trusted Research and Export Control as well as feedback from recent audits.

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

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

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

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 May 2023: In 2010, EPSRC introduced the Repeatedly Unsuccessful Applicant (RUA) policy. With the transition to the new UKRI Funding Service and the aspiration to create a more consistent policy landscape across UKRI,

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.

6 Oct 2023: The UK Government has published guidance on UK association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes. It is an explainer for applicants and grant holders which includes details about eligibility, consortia and timescales. Please read if you

24 Feb 2023: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 16th March at 4pm for most major funders including UKRI, CRUK, BHF and NIHR. Reporting outcomes are a requirement of accepting an award and PIs who do not comply

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

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

28 Apr 2023: The Falling Walls Lab gives students and early-career professionals a chance to present their ground breaking research to win a spot at the Falling Walls Lab finale in Berlin in November 2023. Each candidate has 3 minutes to showcase a breakthrough

22 Sep 2023: 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

19 May 2023: However, within these projects, new legal commitments (new subcontracting arrangements, new legal agreements to provide contributions against payment as a third party, newly adding them as a beneficiary) cannot be engaged.

10 Feb 2023: Previously, premium economy could be used for long haul flights. Please let your researchers know of this change so that they can book their travel according to UKRI’s new Terms

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

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

24 Mar 2023: Timeframes, expected downtime and guidance on new features will be confirmed shortly and details will be available on the Elements support pages.

10 Feb 2023: A revision has been made to allow the IHS on research grants for those directly incurred staff recruited to work 100% of their contracted time on the grant. Further details can be found in the guidance document RGC14 Status e) Directly Incurred. We

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.

10 Mar 2023: We have arranged for some online training sessions aimed at research support staff, finance staff and PIs who deal with expenditure on research grants. The sessions will be delivered by our internal auditors from Lees. Monday 27 March 9:30am -12noon

22 Sep 2023: At this webinar organised by Universities UK, Government and UKRI officials will provide an update on the announcement that the UK will become an Associated Country in the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes, with effect from 1 January 2024. To

23 Jun 2023: A short new film that introduces the Transforming Research Support Programme, what’s being delivered and some of the benefits that people can expect has now been released!

10 Mar 2023: The online Public Consultation on the past, present and future of the European research and innovation programmes 2014-2027 called on research institutions, businesses and other organisations to reflect their views on the performance of the Horizon

10 Mar 2023: The deadline for Principal Investigators to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 16th March at 4pm for most major funders including UKRI, CRUK, BHF and NIHR. Funders have made it clear that strike days will not be accepted as

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..

9 Jun 2023: The UKRI Underwrite has been further extended to cover successful Horizon Europe applications submitted to calls with a final submission deadline date on or before 30th September 2023. Previously, the guarantee funding covered calls with a final

6 Oct 2023: The University Tax Office with the support of the Research Office is hosting an online VAT training session on research grants and contracts aimed at administrative staff in Departments. The session will be led by Angela Fearnside, Deputy Head of VAT

24 Feb 2023: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 23rd February 2023. The recording and slides are now available. The meeting included an introduction to UKRI’s The Funding Service (TFS) which will replace

24 Feb 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 309. Published on 24 February 2023. We would like to make you aware that the Royal Society has announced some major changes to the Newton International Fellowship