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19 Jun 2024: A step-by-step guide to completing your grant funding application as a researcher. Including how to make sure that you're eligible to apply, meeting deadlines, preparing your proposal, costing and pricing and submitting your application.

21 Jul 2023: Publications It is important that researchers consider the export control risks of their research not just at the stage of international collaboration but also when it comes to publishing their results. Technology or software that is in the

5 Jan 2024: The new UKRI open access policy for monographs, books chapters and edited collections comes into effect on 1 January 2024. Any monograph, book chapter or edited collection under contract from 01 January 2024 will need to be open access within one

19 Jun 2024: A guide for PIs who are preparing a grant funding application alongside their Academic Department.

2 Feb 2024: Advanced Research Invention Agency (ARIA) has opened a seed funding call under the Nature Computes Better programme. ARIA will fund high potential proposals, with awards between £10k and £500k each, and initially expect to fund up to 10 projects

19 Jun 2024: Whilst Worktribe will support the automation of pricing to funders, it is important to be familiar with the funder's requirements. ... request the costs from all partners, ensuring these meet the funder costing requirements, and have been approved by the

28 Mar 2024: In response to Departmental feedback, we have simplified our guidance regarding the recording requirements of staff time for Horizon Europe grants and updated the Time Declaration Form. ... This guidance has also been updated in the time recording

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

6 Jun 2024: The Research Operations Office EU Team is organising a European Innovation Council (EIC) Information online event which will be held on Thursday 4th July 2024, between 10:30-12:00 (UK time).

7 Jul 2023: X5 was updated on 4th July 2023, with new fEC rates which are effective from 1st July 2023. The University has made an adjustment to the research charge-out rates following a review of the way central administration costs are classified, with the

15 Mar 2024: 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

1 Dec 2023: 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.

11 Aug 2023: Royal Society (RS) have announced that an inflationary uplift of 2.48% is being applied to current grants within the following categories; Directly Incurred Staff Costs, Directly Allocated Costs and Indirect Costs. Individual grant holders should

1 Nov 2023: The Research Office invites administrative staff across the University to attend this Horizon Europe Programme, Legal and Financial Matters (including Horizon 2020) information session.

22 Sep 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 321. Published on 22 September 2023. The Latest EC News has been updated to include details on the association of the UK to the Horizon Europe Programme and

10 May 2024: UKRO is holding two information webinars for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 Call on 14 and 15 May 2024 from 10am -12pm UK time. Prior registration to the webinars is mandatory, please find more information for session 1 and session 2 on the

1 Mar 2024: The Health National Contact Points (NCP) Network is organising an online workshop to - Enhance your skills in writing Horizon Europe Health proposals Gain insight into the process Ask questions from the expert-led discussion The online session takes

8 Sep 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 320. Published on 8 September 2023. As many of you will now be aware, it was announced yesterday (Thursday 7th September) that the Government and the European

24 May 2024: The Research Operations Office EU Team is organising a European Innovation Council (EIC) Information Event for University of Cambridge Researchers. The online event will be held on the 4th July 2024, between10:30am - 12:00pm (UK Time). The event is

1 Mar 2024: An Elements upgrade is taking place from Tuesday 5th March at 5pm until Friday 8th March 2024. During this time, it will not be possible to make open access, research data or doctoral thesis deposits from Elements into the University repository

11 Aug 2023: The Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker (WTGT) system will be closed down on 30th September 2023 and replaced on 1st October 2023 by the Wellcome Funding platform. Once the WTGT is closed, you won’t be able to access the system. If you want to keep any

19 Apr 2024: Do you use in vitro models in your research? Are you drafting a manuscript to submit for publication in the next few months? Would you like to receive expert feedback on your manuscript? The RIVER (Reporting In Vitro Experiments Responsibly www.nc3rs

17 Nov 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place on Thursday 30 November, 11:00am – 12:15pm (note earlier start time). This will be a hybrid meeting for you to join either online as a Teams call or in person at West 2, The West Hub, JJ

3 Nov 2023: The Research Operations Office (ROO) is about to embark on the next Research Grants Administration Programme 2024 (previously known as ROOTS) and we are pleased to invite Expressions of Interest from all departmental professional support staff at

3 Nov 2023: Timesheet records have always been a requirement of the Terms and Conditions.

28 Mar 2024: The initial release of Worktribe’s pre-award and contracts modules will no longer take place in the Research Office and School of Technology in April 2024 as planned. This is due to changes in project resources, navigating risks associated with

19 Jan 2024: You'll learn how to:. Upload accepted manuscripts to meet REF and funder open access requirements.

28 Jun 2024: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 338. Published on 28 June 2024. Worktribe is launching in the School of Technology on Monday 1st July. This is a big milestone and an exciting step forward. Thank

5 Jan 2024: 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

16 Feb 2024: The Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) took place on 15th February 2024 and the recording and slides are now available. Presentations included the Worktribe implementation schedule and PI submissions for the Researchfish deadline on 14th

28 Jul 2023: The ERC has opened a call for the 2024 Starting Grants. An updated crib sheet reflecting some novelties in the application format and evaluation procedure can be found on ROO website. Please contact your Research Development Team for further guidance

28 Mar 2024: On the 14th June 2024, the Research Operations Office is organising a European Research Council (ERC) Information Event (hybrid) at the University of Cambridge. Following the association of UK to Horizon Europe Programme, this event aims to inform

19 Jan 2024: Working on a large, complex grant application? Our online information session is a great opportunity to improve your knowledge, get guidance and ask questions. The Research Funding team offers application support services such as coordination of bid

1 Dec 2023: Thank you to those who have provided up-to-date delegated letters of authority for their Department. If you have yet to review the delegated authority for research grants, please do so by using the following guidance and template. Heads of

19 Oct 2023: ERC President Maria Leptin has written to UK Principal Investigators (PIs) leading a project that would have been funded under the ERC Work Programmes for 2021-2023, but which was instead funded by the UKRI Guarantee. The letter confirms that PIs

6 Oct 2023: UKRO as the UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council (ERC) has collated the most common queries received on ERC funding following the recent association deal between EU and UK on Horizon Europe announced on 7th September.

24 May 2024: The Cambridge Research Office (CRO) has introduced some additional ways for getting in touch if you don’t already have an existing contact with us. Web form Email Phone Complete the enquiry form on our website 2 working day response time

16 Feb 2024: The Office of Scholarly Communication would like to invite you to an online information session regarding the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Open Access Policy for Long-form Scholarship, on Monday 19 February 2024, 12pm to 12:45pm. This policy came

5 Jan 2024: In Dec 2023, the ROO EU Team organised two hybrid Horizon Europe Information Sessions led by Anne Nierobisch, the European Advisor for the University of Cambridge and the UK MSCA National Contact Point. The sessions were packed with information, and

17 Nov 2023: The Research Operations Office (ROO) invites Expressions of Interest for the Research Grants Administration Programme 2024 from all departmental professional support staff at the University who play an active role in the grants lifecycle, whether

7 Jul 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 20th July at 11:15am. The agenda will include a presentation on Trusted Research and Export Control, updates on the Grant Management Support (GMS) Project and

22 Sep 2023: Heads of Department (HoD) have responsibility regarding the supervision of resources and finances as defined in the University’s Financial Regulations (Section B). However, in some circumstances, the regulations allow the HoD to delegate various

1 Mar 2024: The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). The CBE JU are organising an “Info Day” on 23rd April 2024 to give participants

17 Nov 2023: At two information sessions in December, the dedicated European Advisor for Cambridge University and the UK Marie Sklodowska Curie National Contact Point (UKRO) will address important legal and financial changes under Horizon Europe, upcoming

17 Nov 2023: 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.

3 Nov 2023: The School of Technology will be the first school to adopt Worktribe from 2024 onwards as part of the phased rollout. The exact timings are to be confirmed. Shui Lam, Secretary of the School of Technology and Chair of the Grant Management

19 Oct 2023: The European Commission has extended the deadlines for several Horizon Europe calls in light of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The deadlines of the calls will be extended for all applicants, irrespective of the country where the organisation is

19 Jan 2024: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 5th February 2024 to 14th March 2024, during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission

3 Nov 2023: 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.

17 Oct 2023: On Tuesday 10th October, the University Tax Office with the support of the Research Office hosted an online VAT training session on research grants and contracts aimed at administrative staff in Departments. The session was recorded and is now