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24 Jun 2022: European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation

11 Feb 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 8th February. The recording and slides are now available to view. The meeting included a presentation about the new grant application deadlines coming into

19 Aug 2022: Academics and research support staff can find details of how to apply to the ERC Starting Grant on the ROO website including a crib sheet and webinar recordings. The deadlines for this call are - Notification to ROO of intention to submit 27th

22 Apr 2022: The following new rates have now been imported into X5. NI rates including increase of 1.25%. Without Apprenticeship Levy - file added 05/04/22 With Levy Including Apprenticeship Levy- file added 06/04/22 USS rate of 21.6% starting from 01/04/22. To

19 Aug 2022: Over the last couple of weeks, ROO have scheduled some online demonstration and Q&A sessions about the new mechanism for timesheets so that we comply with audit requirements on UKRI

11 Mar 2022: UKRI guarantee funding scheme for the first wave of successful applicants to Horizon Europe is open for applications for EIC and EIT-KICs. UK-based organisations who are partners on successful applications to EIC 2021 calls can apply for a UKRI grant

25 Feb 2022: The Apprenticeship Levy is a tax on salary bills introduced in 2017. There are many funders who deem the Apprenticeship Levy cost ineligible when costing a project; this includes CRUK, Royal Society, Leverhulme, BHF and the BA. For applications to

7 Oct 2022: UKRI Terms & Conditions require that all timesheets must be signed by both the 'Employee' and by the 'Approver' within 2 months of the end of the timesheet period. From 1st July 2022, monthly timesheets of part funded DI staff need to be uploaded

25 Mar 2022: Owing to some very specific requirements in completing the UKRI re-submissions, we urge applicants to liaise with the ROO team to ensure that the correct process is undertaken.

23 Sep 2022: The following updated pay scales with an effective date of 01/08/2022 are being uploaded to X5 on Tuesday 27th September University grades (non-Clinical) and banded rates Clinical grades such as CLLR and CLLRSTR grades NHS grades for nurses: NHS6,

6 May 2022: There are a number of webinars scheduled over the next few weeks which may be of interest to researchers and support staff. EU Missions info days - 17 and 18 May 2022 EU Missions are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest

22 Apr 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Two more dates have been added to the programme Thursday 28th April 2022, 12:30-13:30 Export Control - understand your

14 Jan 2022: We are pleased to announce that the University has been notified of the first tranche of successful applications under the Horizon Europe funding programme. Work is underway between the Research Operations Office, Departments and PIs to prepare the

6 May 2022: The European Research Executive Agency (REA) is looking for expert evaluators from a wide range of fields to evaluate project proposals and monitor the implementation of projects for EU Programmes including Horizon Europe.

6 May 2022: Guidance is available on the Managing Research Grants Sharepoint page which has lots useful topics to help support you with grant administration. This includes understanding fEC, costing staff and working with contracts. Whether you are new to

24 Jun 2022: ERC and MSCA Fellows Following on from previous bulletin updates, EC Grant Agreement Preparations for the awarded MSCA projects in 2021 have now been terminated. We are anticipating similar steps to be taken for ERC grants from 29th June 2022 and we

18 Nov 2022: We have set up a new Yammer community - Supporting Research at Cambridge, please join us! This is an opportunity to provide guidance, support and discussion for academic and professional services staff. Whether you are actively involved in the

25 Mar 2022: On 1 March 2022, the UK government issued additional sanctions on Russia, which expand sanctions that have been in place since 31 July 2014. The full statutory guidance on the new sanctions is available on the GOV.UK website. This includes sanctions

20 May 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 290. Published on 20 May 2022. Following the recent UKRI FAP Audit, we would like to draw your attention to the UKRI Terms and Conditions of Grant Guidance RGC 14,

18 Nov 2022: The University has a Large Grant Contributions Fund which provides financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. To be eligible for funding, the following criteria apply Research grant applications for funding normally over