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9 Sep 2022: On 1st September, the UK Government announced an extension to the financial guarantee provided to successful UK applicants to the Horizon Europe Programme. This new extension means that the guarantee funding will cover all Horizon Europe calls that

7 Oct 2022: You are warmly invited to take part in ‘Open access: where next?’, a symposium to challenge the status quo and imagine new futures in academic publishing. Many researchers are dissatisfied with the current system of publishing and rewards, but

16 Dec 2022: The HR Transformation Programme is keen to interview staff from across the University for our second round of user research. We’ve had a good response so far but would like to speak to some more academics and researchers who would like to share

9 Sep 2022: UKRO in its capacity as UK National Contact Point for the European Research Council and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions is organising the following online events. To access the links, please register with UKRO. UKRO Update on Grant Agreement

28 Jan 2022: The Research Dashboard is a web-based application which gives Researchers an overview of their applications, grants and contracts. When you open the tool you are required to use Raven authentication. This authentication process was upgraded on 27th

25 Feb 2022: Due to ongoing delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe, UKRI has now released the terms and conditions to govern the administration of grants covered by the UKRI underwrite. The University of Cambridge is currently

24 Jun 2022: In order to manage the extra requirements to UKRI, Departments will need to be aware that when you receive the FES email from ROO you should. ... the turnaround time for getting the information to ROO will change from 2 months to 6 weeks to enable us to

2 Dec 2022: From July 2022, there has been a new mechanism for timesheets so that we can comply with audit requirements on UKRI and Innovate funding.

11 Feb 2022: 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

11 Mar 2022: As outlined at the RGUG meeting last month, the grant application deadlines are changing from 1st April 2022. The current 7 working day deadline for the Standard Application Process is being replaced with a 5 working day deadline. In summary this

28 Jan 2022: Champion. Researchers, postgraduate students, librarians, IT managers, data managers, and other members of research support staff are invited to apply.

7 Oct 2022: Procurement - departments should ensure that for each award, funder’s terms and conditions for the procurement process are met, even though these requirements may sometimes be different to the University’s

5 Aug 2022: The University’s research information management system Elements, is undergoing a major upgrade on Thursday 18 August. The system will be unavailable for 3 to 4 days while reindexing takes place. During this time researchers will not be able to

20 May 2022: On 16th May 2022, UKRI published updated guidance on accessing the underwrite guarantee funding for successfully awarded Horizon Europe projects.

25 Feb 2022: Changes to the UKRI open access policy come into effect from 1st April 2022, requiring immediate open access to journal articles funded by UKRI. This can be achieved either by publishing in a journal that offers immediate open access to their

9 Sep 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 298. Published on 9 September 2022. On 1st September, the UK Government announced an extension to the financial guarantee provided to successful UK applicants to

16 Dec 2022: In these circumstances, please continue to contact us at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application.

2 Dec 2022: In these circumstances, please continue to contact us at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application.

4 Nov 2022: The European Commission requires grant holders to keep documentary evidence of absences as a requirement of Article.18 in the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AMGA).

25 Feb 2022: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 26th April 2022 at 11:15am. Details will be circulated nearer the time. Slides and recording of the previous RGUG meeting on 8th February are available on the RGUG web page. For

16 Dec 2022: In these circumstances, please continue to contact us at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application.

24 Jun 2022: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are making a permanent change regarding flexible start dates for responsive mode grants. This allows a period of up to six months from the announced start date to commence grant activity on responsive mode grants.

19 Aug 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place on Thursday 29th September at 11:15am. Further details about the meeting will follow nearer the time.

6 May 2022: As part of the University’s commitment to carbon reduction, the Sustainability Team have consulted with stakeholders from across the University to produced new guidelines on sustainable business travel. The purpose of the guidelines, which were

25 Mar 2022: Grant application deadlines are changing from 1st April 2022. The current 7 working day deadline for the Standard Application Process is being replaced with a 5 working day deadline. In summary this means - Departments are required to give ROO a

28 Jan 2022: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 8th February at 11:15am. Please use this link to join the meeting. The agenda will include a presentation on grant application deadlines and updates on EU matters. Slides and recording

20 Oct 2022: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the financial year of 2022 to 2023. Call 1: Other ODA Awards.

4 Nov 2022: Applications are now open for the University Collaboration Budget, designed to fund collaborative projects between the University of Cambridge and the Academic department at Cambridge University Press. Both University of Cambridge Staff and

22 Apr 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 26th April at 11:15am. The agenda will include presentations on the revised UKRI open access policy, Horizon Europe guarantee funding, updated guidance on

4 Nov 2022: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the financial year of 2022 to 2023. Call 1: Other ODA Awards.

2 Dec 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 6th February to 16th March 2023 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission period,

22 Apr 2022: The European Commission have recently launched a dedicated portal ERA4Ukraine as a one-stop-shop for information on support to researchers of Ukraine by the EU, its Member States and Associated Countries. Displaced researchers or other specialists

18 Nov 2022: In these circumstances, please continue to contact us at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application.

2 Dec 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 22nd November 2022. The recording and slides are now available to view to the ROO website. The meeting included an overview of updated documents and

19 Aug 2022: The University has been allocated funding from the GCRF/Newton Fund block grant and other ODA block grant funding to be spent over the period 1 April 2022 to 31st March 2023. These awards are from the Department for Business, Energy and Innovation

11 Feb 2022: Do you want to make sure your published research is Open Access, meet funder-reporting obligations, and make the most of the Research Information available to you? Find out more about how to: explore the other Research Information tools

16 Dec 2022: 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

23 Sep 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place on Thursday 29th September at 11:15am. The agenda will include the findings of user research at grant application stage, an update on Horizon Europe / UKRI Underwrite and feedback on

7 Oct 2022: 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

20 May 2022: UKRO is running a free webinar for researchers and organisations who were recently awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship under the 2021 call. The 'Navigating the UK Immigration Landscape' webinar will be held on 14

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,