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11 Jun 2021: The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund is now open. Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an

3 Sep 2021: National and international business travel can play a key part in academic, research and education objectives at the University of Cambridge. However, in 2018/19, carbon emissions from business travel were roughly equivalent to emissions from gas

23 Apr 2021: When costing a research project using a funder or collaborator that is not listed on X5, you will need to complete a New Funder Form or New Collaborator Form. These forms have recently been updated to clarify information required for each field,

25 Jun 2021: In order to implement critical security updates, the Finance Division will be upgrading the Cognos reporting tool from version 10.2.1 to version 11.1.7 on Wednesday 30th June, once all overnight processing has been completed. The system will

3 Sep 2021: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Topics include - ensuring that your project is properly costed knowing when to seek ethics approval protecting your research

1 Oct 2021: In the Contracts Improvement Programme, we have been looking at ways to process Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) requests faster. We have launched the Outgoing MTA Swift Service which will issue a pre-signed MTA that can be used if the material

25 Jun 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 272. Published on 25 June 2021. Moving from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe. Update and structure of Horizon Europe compared to Horizon 2020. Submission and

15 Jan 2021: For new and existing PIs as well as others working with postdocs, please join PPD’s live webinar PIs: Working Effectively with your Postdoc to hear how to establish a productive working environment, align plans and utilise skills and knowledge.

3 Sep 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 275. Published on 3 September 2021. The University of Cambridge has been notified by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) of our forthcoming Funding Assurance

5 Mar 2021: Academics and research support staff can find details of the ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant Calls on the ROO website. Information includes a crib sheet about how to apply to the Starting Grant forthcoming UKRO webinars on 16th & 19th

6 Aug 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 274. Published on 6 August 2021. Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2021, which this year are applicable from 1. st. August 2021.

6 Aug 2021: The Research Office are looking to facilitate more collaboration and knowledge-sharing to support all those who run, contribute and are involved in grants administration. We would like to set up a Community of Practice (CoP) for grants

19 Nov 2021: Due to an essential upgrade of the connector between Symplectic Elements and the Apollo repository, the deposit functionality will be unavailable from Friday 26th November 2021 for a period of 7-10 days. All deposits into Apollo (Open Access,

9 Jul 2021: The UK Research Office (UKRO) and the University of Cambridge will be jointly presenting a webinar on Moving from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe. This will include Update and structure of Horizon Europe compared to Horizon 2020 Submission and

19 Nov 2021: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 30th November at 11:15am, please use this link to join the meeting. The agenda will include a presentation on the new Large Grant Contributions Fund and updates on EU matters. There

1 Oct 2021: There is a growing expectation for researchers to offset the carbon emissions generated by unavoidable business travel. At the forefront of this, from 1st October 2021 the Wellcome Trust's carbon offset policy for travel requires applications for

12 Feb 2021: The impact of the COVID pandemic has led to the Research Office working at reduced capacity and this means that our Post Award teams will no longer be able to extend a CUFS grant close date (usually two months after the end of the grant). This is to

19 Nov 2021: Capabilities in Academic Policy Engagement (CAPE) is a £10 million funded project which has been created to support effective and sustained engagement between academics and policy professionals across the higher education sector. In order to better

5 Nov 2021: The Cambbridge Research Office and UIS are looking for people from Departments to join the newly created Worktribe Implementation Project board, we are looking for two representatives. Worktribe is the new costing and pricing software that the

15 Oct 2021: There are only two weeks left to give your feedback on the University’s draft Sustainable Business Travel Policy. You are invited to share your views on business travel and provide feedback on the policy through a 15-minute consultation

6 Aug 2021: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Wednesday 21st July. Presentations included transforming research support and an update on EU matters. The slides and recording are now available on the RGUG web page

15 Oct 2021: Following our Community of Practice (Cop) survey for grants administration, we have collated all the results and summarised the initial evaluation. Details of the survey findings and next steps are now available. You will find additional information

5 Mar 2021: Thank you to everyone who attend the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Thursday 25th February. Presentations included CJRS, Horizon Europe and Export Control. The slides and recording are now available on the RGUG web page.

25 Jun 2021: EPSRC (the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) is seeking applications from Early Career academics to join the Early Career Forum in Manufacturing Research for a three-year term. They are looking to recruit 10 new members who will

9 Apr 2021: Due to some on-going technical issues with the Funding & Tenders Portal, preventing users from accessing and submitting their draft proposals, the ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA) has decided to further extend the deadline of its 2021 ERC Starting Grant

5 Mar 2021: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 11th March at 4pm for many funders including UKRI, CRUK, BHF and NIHR. Due to the current COVID pandemic, funders have been reviewing their exemption and sanction

3 Sep 2021: The Research Office are looking to facilitate more collaboration and knowledge-sharing to support all those who run, contribute and are involved in grants administration. We would like to set up a Community of Practice (CoP) for grants

5 Nov 2021: Our Post Award teams remain with not extending a CUFS grant close date once it has expired, this is to ensure that ROO are able to make any adjustments needed during the one-month period available for reporting and prior to the reporting submission

10 Dec 2021: In these circumstances, please continue to contact the ROO at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application.

6 Aug 2021: This two-part webinar series by UKRO is aimed at researchers who are planning to submit a proposal to the 2022 ERC Starting Grant call, and the research support staff who will be supporting these applications. Webinar 1: Tuesday 28th September 2021

10 Dec 2021: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 30th November. The recording and slides are now available to view. The meeting included a presentation about the new Large Grant Contributions Fund and a

10 Dec 2021: As per the information given at RGUG, claims for Facilities usage on Horizon Europe grants will then be made in accordance with the new requirements as agreed methodology comes on-line

9 Jul 2021: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting has been moved from Tuesday 13th July to Wednesday 21st July 2021 at 11:15am. It will take place as a live event and you can join the meeting using this link.

17 Sep 2021: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 5th October at 11:15am. Details and joining information will be circulated in the next bulletin. Slides and recording of the previous meeting in July are now available on the RGUG web

5 Nov 2021: In these circumstances, please continue to contact the ROO at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application.