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21 Apr 2015: The ESRC has just announced a change to its grant procedures for new awards.Before the grant begins, the principal investigator must upload an abstract for the project, directly to the Research Outcomes System (ROS).  The ESRC will make no payments

6 Feb 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 130. Published on 6 February 2015. The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant scheme is aimed at senior academics from any discipline and is judged on

21 Apr 2015: It has come to the attention of the Research Office that there is a scam e-mail in circulation which appears to be sent from the Gates Foundation offering individuals the opportunity to apply for research funding via an attached application form.

21 Apr 2015: From the 1st October 2013, all Research Councils (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, MRC, NERC and STFC) are aligning their terms and conditions on starting procedures. Previously some Research Councils had allowed a delay of up to 6 months from the start

21 Apr 2015: The Foreign Exchange policy is now in place across the University and having consulted with the members of Research Grants User Group (RGUG), the Research Office will be updating the inflation factor used on all overseas funders within pFACT from 5%

10 Dec 2015: 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

21 Apr 2015: Following the launch in February of the pre-checks available from the Research Operations Office for high-risk grant applications, the Research Office was asked to develop some guidance for risk assessment.  We have now developed a draft which can

21 Apr 2015: The exception to this is if there are any subcontracting costs, ethical issues, collaborations or special insurance requirements, please contact the Research Office so that we can carry out full checks

2 Oct 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 142. Published on 2 October 2015. The Research Operations Office is embarking on a new round of our ROOTS (Research Operations Office Training Strategy) Tier 2 (2016

7 Aug 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 139. Published on 7 August 2015. The Research Operations Office has a new website www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk. New features include. A portal for