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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.

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.

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 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.

21 Feb 2020: The University Brexit website https://www.eu.admin.cam.ac.uk/ continues to be updated, most recently with FAQs about living and working within the EU.

11 Feb 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. New Community of Practice for Grants Administration.

9 Sep 2014: The Contracts Team comprises of several different roles.

25 Sep 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Compliance with new UKRI safeguarding policy. ... Following this UKRI announcement, updated Terms and Conditions requiring organisations to be compliant with the new UKRI Preventing Harm Safeguarding in Research

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

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.

31 Jul 2014: The University uses a range of different research contracts, although we generally negotiate and draft research contracts that are tailored for the specific project.

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.

5 Nov 2021: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF and other funders is Monday 7th February to 4pm, Thursday 17th March 2022 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. We are starting to

1 Jul 2024: This International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Early-Career Collaboration Grants Scheme is for early-career academics and provides funds to cover the costs of a short-term research visit at another IARU university. Current early-career

10 Jun 2022: There are a number of webinars scheduled to help Horizon 2020 grant holders and applicants to Horizon Europe funding. This includes 22 June - H2020 grants. Avoiding errors in declaring personnel costs 22 June - ERC 2023 starting grants (Part 1) 24

19 Nov 2021: Gender Equality Plans (GEP) are now part of the eligibility criteria in Horizon Europe for calls with deadlines in 2022 onwards. Details of how the University of Cambridge complies with the GEP can be found on the ROO website. The European Research

9 Feb 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. New X5 User Group. Published on Fri, 09/02/2018 - 10:00. ... Understanding user requirements, processes and providing feedback. Identify and prioritising new report requests and testing new modules and versions.

21 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. New X5 Tutorials. Published on Tue, 21/04/2015 - 12:23. ... There are 3 new tutorials to help you use X5 on the following topics:.

24 Mar 2015: The University of Cambridge has developed a policy for the management of Financial Conflict of Interests (FCOI) for anyone applying or receiving research funding from US-based research organisations.

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

12 Feb 2021: New details about how Horizon Europe is structured and the schemes that the UK can participate in are now available on the Research Operations Office website. ... The latest EC news page includes information regarding. UKRO webinars scheduled for 18.

5 Mar 2021: New functionality now exists within X5 that notifies users of messages/announcements when they log on to the system. ... A screen shot of this alert can be seen under “Other new functionalities” in the new SharePoint user manual.

22 Apr 2022: The Research Operations Office has updated its guidance on who is eligible to be a Principal Investigator (PI) on a research grant hosted at the University. Further details can be found on the PI Eligibility webpage and this topic will also be

19 Mar 2015: Background The Research Councils expect there to be efficiencies in the use of equipment: Universities must now check if there is an opportunity to share equipment with internal departments and other institutions prior to submission of grant

31 Jul 2014: Maps Greenwich House, Madingley Rise Site Clinical School, Addenbrookes Hospital By train There are regular fast trains from London King's Cross and Liverpool Street stations to Cambridge. The journey is around 50 minutes.

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.

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

19 Mar 2021: The University’s calculated fEC rates for 2019-20 are showing a significant decrease compared to 2018-19. This is believed to be an anomalous result arising from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The University believes this may be an issue for

7 May 2020: In particular UKRI has updated its new deadline extensions for applications and is also allowing some newly awarded grants to be delayed by up to 6 months.

24 Mar 2023: The Researchfish submission for 2023 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. For those researchers who

21 Feb 2017: There are three situations in which an audit can happen: award specific, funder specific and an internal audit.

22 Apr 2022: The following new rates have now been imported into X5. NI rates including increase of 1.25%. ... USS rate of 21.6% starting from 01/04/22. To apply these new rates to existing costings, go to the rates table tab and update the out of date files

10 Jul 2015: All major funders expect recipient institutions of research funding to provide assurance that public funds are spent efficiently and in a cost-effective manner. Some research projects are subject to financial audits. Scientific (technical) and

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

18 Nov 2022: At the next RGUG meeting on 22nd November, there will be an overview of updated documents and processes regarding the recently introduced timesheet requirements. This will be followed by two further sessions (which will be recorded) - Demonstration

16 Nov 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. New Feature on ROO Website. Published on Fri, 16/11/2018 - 13:43. ... The Research Operations Office www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/ website now includes a new feature on the home page to help Researchers

9 May 2018: If not, apply for new or modified PIC and MAT from the provider country. ... access permits and MAT, if applicable, and. The transferred information must be kept by the new holder and included in any subsequent transfers.

19 Apr 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. NC3Rs Call for in vitro researchers to participate in user testing new reporting standards.

15 Apr 2014: Certain research projects require the University to negotiate an agreement with the other parties involved, making everyone’s rights and responsibilities clear and protecting the interests of all.

9 Jun 2023: We have a number of job opportunities at the Research Office, further details can be found on our jobs page.

9 Sep 2022: To help staff involved in the new mechanism for timesheets we will be holding two further sessions as follows.

25 Feb 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. New UKRI Open Access Policy From 1st April 2022. ... Researchers will need to take action before submitting a paper to a journal in order to ensure compliance with the new policy.

22 Apr 2022: The Researchfish submission for 2022 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. For those researchers who

13 Oct 2017: The Research Dashboard - see your research project activity in one place The Research Dashboard is a web-based application which will give Researchers an overview of their applications, grants and contracts including the progress of a grant

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.

28 Jun 2024: As the introduction of the new system is phased, this means some schools will still be working on X5, while others have access to Worktribe.

18 Dec 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications.

19 Jun 2024: what equipment will you need? (before you ask for money for new equipment, check the Cambridge Equipment Sharing database and the National Equipment Portal to see if it's already available). ... will you need to create a new building for your research?

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

16 Jul 2015: There is an increased emphasis on managing and sharing data produced in research. Many of the research funders supporting work at the University of Cambridge require that research data are openly available with as few restrictions as possible.