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10 Jun 2016: Research Councils will be upgrading their electronic grants submission service in 2017. The Je-S system has come to a natural end and this is an opportunity to design a smarter, simpler more user friendly service in line with the latest digital

1 Apr 2016: Are you interested in research data management? Then you should consider applying to become a member of the Research Data Management (RDM) Project Group. What is the purpose of this Group?

8 Jan 2016: The Research Operations Office has provided Researchfish with an up-to-date list of node allocations for all awards. Researchfish will need time to upload the information. We expect that amendments will be made by mid-January. Until then, Node

22 Nov 2016: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will close for the Christmas / New Year break from Friday 23rd December 2016 - Tuesday 3rd January 2017. In order to help us manage incoming work, deadlines which fall during the office closure period as well as

10 Nov 2016: A publicly accessible webpage http://www.equipment-sharing.cam.ac.uk has been developed to signpost University of Cambridge users to the Equipment Sharing Project Database and non-university members of the public directly to the National Portal.

21 Jul 2016: Is the University providing you with enough support on research data management? Are there any gaps in our current service provision? What could the University do to better address your research data management needs? The University of Cambridge is

5 Aug 2016: Due to planned maintenance work Symplectic will be unavailable from 15-19 August 2016. The system will be upgraded to version 5.1.1, which has a new look and feel as well as additional functionality. During this time, it may be possible to login to

25 Oct 2016: The European Commission has signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) with the USA, allowing American legal entities to work with Horizon 2020-funded consortia outside of the scope of the Horizon 2020 grant agreement. Under this new IA, American

21 Jul 2016: Researchers are faced throughout their careers with managing research data. Implementing best practice early on cannot only help you to access the right data quickly, but also ensure that data is relevant, reusable and accessible to others,

8 Dec 2016: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will close for the Christmas / New Year break from Friday 23rd December 2016 - Tuesday 3rd January 2017. In order to help us manage incoming work, deadlines which fall during the office closure period as well as

18 Mar 2016: We would like to remind departments and all researchers funded under a Marie Curie fellowship about their obligation to submit the following questionnaires: • An Evaluation questionnaire – at the end of his/her appointment/recruitment period,

24 Jun 2016: Income received from Research Grants and Contracts that is surplus to direct costs on the project is split between the Chest and Department in line with the University’s Income Allocation Policy (IAP). Please note that the split currently

10 Jun 2016: Wellcome Trust asked us to circulate the following opportunity: This fellowship scheme enables medical, dental, veterinary and clinical psychology graduates to continue their research at postdoctoral level and develop scientific independence. It

4 Mar 2016: Irrecoverable VAT is now eligible expenditure on Innovate UK grants with effect from the new guidance issued on Oct-2015. For grants dated before Oct-2015, the wording of the award letter should be considered. For questions in this regard, please

8 Dec 2016: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Friday 10th February 2017 at 10am in the Norwich Room, Roger Needham Building, West Cambridge. Further details will be circulated in the New Year.

26 May 2016: Researchers are faced throughout their careers with managing research data. Implementing best practice early on cannot only help you to access the right data quickly, but also ensure that data is relevant, reusable and accessible to others,

21 Jul 2016: RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Reminder: new Income Allocation Policy effective from 1 August 2016 EPSRC: Presentation on delivery plan RELEVANT TO: Departmental Administrators RGUG meeting: date changed to 8 Sept. 2016 Reminder: new Income

1 Apr 2016: You have probably been in this situation before: How do you find and access data for your research? In this workshop we will discuss the current challenges in data sharing, focusing especially on challenges faced by researchers studying cancer and

21 Jul 2016: The new Income Allocation Policy of the University will be effective from 1 August 2016 onwards. The Policy outlines how income received from Research Grants and Contracts, which is surplus to direct costs on the project, is split between the Chest

13 Oct 2016: The BBSRC Interim Chief Executive Professor Melanie Welham and colleagues are visiting the University on Monday 7th November 2016. Professor Welham will give an open presentation on the BBSRC strategy and forward plans followed by Q&A. Monday 7th

26 May 2016: How can we ensure that researchers are rewarded for the quality of their research and not only for the impact factor of the journals in which they publish? What needs to happen so the quality of the whole research process is taken into account when

19 Feb 2016: This is advance notice from UIS that X5 will be unavailable during these times whilst essential server updates are performed. Users may also experience issues with submitting MTA/CDAs on-line during this period. UIS apologise for any inconvenience

22 Nov 2016: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. For PIs - a return is mandatory if you have been in receipt

13 May 2016: MSCA - New Expert Evaluators Sought As the schemes continue to be very popular and receive large numbers of proposals, new expert evaluators that have not yet registered or been invited to take part in the review process for the Marie

25 Oct 2016: The BBSRC Interim Chief Executive Professor Melanie Welham and colleagues are visiting the University on Monday 7th November 2016. Professor Welham will give an open presentation on the BBSRC strategy and forward plans followed by Q&A. Monday 7th

22 Jan 2016: Researchfish will host a training workshop for administrators and researchers in Cambridge today. Two sessions will take place: the first one (1:30-2:30pm) is aimed at PIs, the second one (2:30-3:30pm) at Departmental Administrators. We strongly

8 Dec 2016: Mary de Silva, Head of the Wellcome Trust's Population, Environment and Health section and colleagues will visit the University on Tuesday 20th December. The team will give an overview of their funding schemes and invite your feedback on the changes

10 Jun 2016: Changes to the Income Allocation Policy come into effect for awards activated on and after 1st August 2016. The new policy will increasingly affect new and existing costings in progress. A message has been added to the X5 costing screen notifying

4 Mar 2016: The following funders have Open Submission periods with imminent deadlines in Researchfish: • All seven Research Councils (RCUK): 10 Mar 2016 • Cancer Research UK (CRUK): 10 Mar 2016 • British Heart Foundation (BHF): 10 Mar 2016 • NC3Rs: 17

19 Aug 2016: It was announced over the weekend that HM Treasury has agreed to underwrite the payments of Horizon 2020 grants singed whilst the UK remains a member of the EU for projects that continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. For more information

8 Dec 2016: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. Funders included in this window are RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR,

21 Jan 2016: Researcher Declaration A “Researcher Declaration” needs to be completed within 20 days of the start of the project for every researcher employed on a MSCA European Training Network or RISE project.

13 May 2016: Pop over to our informal 1hour information session to learn about the University’s research repository ‘Apollo’ and see how it can help you to get more credit for your work. The Office of Scholarly Communication will show you how to easily get

8 Jan 2016: Researchfish is running a series workshops across the UK in January 2016 on the Researcher Interface and covering some training for administrators who are tasked with administering the returns on behalf of their institutions. Two sessions will take

5 Aug 2016: In an update to the new IAP, the 50:50 split between Chest and Department of PI time income for chest-funded PIs for ERC awards, has been extended to apply to all H2020 awards. The update was implemented as part of the new IAP which came into effect

15 Apr 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers End of Researchfish submissions “Teaming and Twinning calls” event BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant applications 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students End of Researchfish submissions 3. RELEVANT TO:

13 May 2016: RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers 1. Platforms for research data management 3. Evaluators needed for Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions RELEVANT TO: Research students 1. Platforms for research data management 2. How to use the

18 Mar 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Researchfish submission deadline for NIHR grants “Teaming and Twinning calls” event Obligation for FP7 Marie Curie fellows to submit questionnaires 2. RELEVANT TO: Administrators Date of RGUG meeting

10 Jun 2016: RELEVANT TO: Departmental Administrators 1. Changes to Income Allocation Policy- effective from 1st August 2016 2. RGUG meeting on 23 June cancelled RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers 3. Upgrade of electronic grants submission service in 2017 4.

29 Apr 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Equipment Sharing Update Easter Term 2016 Innovate UK – new home for funding opportunities BA/ Leverhulme Small Research Grant applications 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students Equipment Sharing Update Easter

21 Jul 2016: RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers ROO website update following EU referendum result The Data Dialogue - Time to Share: Navigating Boundaries & Benefits The University needs your feedback on research data services RELEVANT TO: Research students

19 Feb 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers X5 Training for Departments X5 Unavailable – Tuesday 1st March between 07: 00 and 09:00 Reminder: Researchfish submission periods open Equipment and research data sharing information sessions 2. RELEVANT TO:

1 Apr 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Cancer Research UK Grant Finance Changes New Jisc-funded service for recruiting participants Become a member of the Research Data Management Project Group Open Science Framework - platform to manage research

5 Aug 2016: RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Advance Notice - Symplectic upgrade w/c 15 August 2016 New Income Allocation Policy – ERC PI time income split now extended to all H2020 awards ERC Starting Grant Information session New Concordat on Open Data

4 Mar 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers DEADLINE: RCUK Researchfish submission period closing 10 March 2016 Eligibility of claims related to irrecoverable VAT on Innovate UK grants 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students DEADLINE: RCUK Researchfish

22 Jan 2016: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Researchfish training workshop taking place today (22 Jan.) in Cambridge RCUK Researchfish collection period 2016 DMP support service 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students Researchfish training workshop taking

15 Sep 2016: The Research Data Team is looking to recruit Data Champions from across the University of Cambridge to act as the local expert on Research Data Management (RDM) within their department, institute or college. You will have the opportunity to meet

15 Apr 2016: The invoicing process from UFS Grants has been developed and improved and will be released in to the live system on Tuesday, 19th April 2016. One of the improvements is the facility for the grants module to automatically attach an expenditure

11 Oct 2016: Open Access Week 2016 is taking place from 24th – 30th October 2016 and the Office of Scholarly Communication is marking the occasion with several events including 1. Preprints: biomedical science publication in the era of Twitter and Facebook

25 Oct 2016: The next Research Grants User Meeting will be Tuesday 1st November 2016 1.30pm - 3pm Mill Lane Lecture Theatre Room 7 Minutes of the previous meeting and an agenda for Tuesday's meeting are available here.