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20 Feb 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 131. Published on 20 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: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost (fEC) rates from 1 February each year. Therefore, please be advised that the University fEC rates will change on 1 February 2011. pFACT will not be available on

27 Feb 2015: ERC Grants are awarded to a single researcher ('Principal Investigator') heading an individual research team to conduct a frontier research project on the condition that he/she is engaged by a legally established hosting organisation.

27 Feb 2015: In addition to the straightforward Intra European Fellowships, there are a number of differing types of Marie Curie Actions in FP7.

21 Apr 2015: You will be aware that from September 2014 all Research Councils will use Researchfish to report research outcomes. RCUK have now clarified that sanctions will be imposed for non-compliance.Sanctions include - A researcher will be unable to apply

9 Jun 2015: As soon as you know you will be moving, please contact the following people: Your current department Your new department at the University of Cambridge The Research Operations Office's Finance Analyst - Research & Grants Your sponsor Any staff

21 Apr 2015: The Medical Research Council's (MRC) annual Research Board and Panel Recruitment round has now begun and the deadline for applications is 15 October 2010. The MRC are seeking to fill 44 scientific vacancies in the 4 research boards and 5 panels from

6 Aug 2015: The Research Councils will be undertaking an audit at the University as part of their work for the 2015/16 RCUK Funder Assurance Programme (FAP) which will also include Wellcome Trust grants. The visit will be for 3 days from Monday 23 November -

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 8 December and therefore the Office will be closed on this day. If you have a deadline for either the 8 or 9 December, could you ensure that your application is with the Research

16 Apr 2015: Coordinating research contracts The Contracts Team co-ordinates the whole transaction for the University by identifying the issues involved as well as identifying the specific steps or tasks necessary to resolve these and to close the contracts deal

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Friday 12 September, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust support research into all aspects of biomedical science, including the social and ethical aspects of biomedical research and health, the historical and cultural contexts of medicine, and, applied research and development projects

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 20 September at 9:30am and will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Lab, West Cambridge. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administrati

21 Apr 2015: A recent internal audit has found that in some instances the narrative assigned to an expenditure item on CUFS is either missing or unclear. This has also been noticed by a number of sponsors who have conducted audits over the last two years.

21 Apr 2015: In the previous bulletin there was an error in the table under "Description" as the last line read "Dir of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B) and instead should have read "Assistant Director of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B).

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Wednesday 19 November, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

21 Apr 2015: Grant holders of Parkinson’s UK will need to use Researchfish to enter outcomes data from their projects by the deadline of 16 January 2015. Further details are available from their website

21 Apr 2015: Dr John Williams from the Science Funding division of the Wellcome Trust will be in Cambridge delivering a presentation about their Strategic Plan for 2010–2020 and funding opportunities including the introduction of the new Investigator Awards

22 Oct 2015: PLEASE FORWARD THE RELEVANT SECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers and Administrators RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation

24 Jul 2015: Guidance has been developed to assist departments when creating a cost extension or supplement in X5. This includes how to copy to a new draft as well as amending the dates and duration of the costing. The guidance document is available on the

27 Feb 2015: Budgets. Each type of Marie Curie award has differing eligible expenditure and reporting requirements.

26 Nov 2015: For queries regarding reporting requirements please contact research@arthritisresearchuk.org.

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Thursday 16 October, 9:30am in Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and will include

6 Aug 2015: Sign up for the Open Data newsletter to get monthly updates on funders’ policy changes, research data sharing requirements and help available at the University of Cambridge .

21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge is hosting a Wellcome Trust regional event on Wednesday 3 July at which they will address the opportunities that are available across the Wellcome Trust's newly expanded funding schemes.

18 Sep 2015: Step by step guidance on EPSRC requirements: www.data.cam.ac.uk/funders/epsrc-funded-researchers.

21 Apr 2015: The UK Research Office are holding information and proposal writing events aiming to provide participants with a better understanding of the MSC Individual Fellowships scheme and its requirements.

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 9 December which means that the Office will be closed on this day. If you have a deadline for either the 9 or 10 December, please make sure your application is with the Research Office

21 Apr 2015: Amy Williams, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 31 March 2011 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. These sessions are aimed at researchers who are plann

21 Apr 2015: Finance Division have introduced the Cognos PI report which has been developed for use by all Principal Investigators who are paid via the University payroll and who have live grants, along with Departmental Administrators (as nominated by School

21 Apr 2015: The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ is running a series of inter-linked regional workshops as part of the DCC Roadshow, aimed at supporting institutional research data management planning and training. The sixth DCC Roadshow

21 Apr 2015: European Research Council (ERC) starting grants allow aspiring PIs to start their own independent research team. Offering 5 years funding of up to €1.5 million, these substantial grants are open to researchers with 2 -7 years’ postdoc

21 Apr 2015: In a recent letter to Oxford University, Research Council UK (RCUK) clarified their position relating to sanctions for late submission of final reports.  Please note the following: With RCUK's move to the Shared Services Centre, sanctions are ap

12 Nov 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 147. Published on 12 November 2015. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. ContentMine Workshop: mining for the life sciences. OpenCon Cambridge. New RCUK

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office (ROO) where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 November, 9:30am in Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. The

21 Apr 2015: This information can be found going to our pFACT webpage and selecting the User Guide. On page 52 of this guide it gives you instructions on how to archive and retrieve projects.The link to this document

21 Apr 2015: Due to the British Heart Foundation updating their Student Maintenance rates with effect from 1 October 2010, pFACT is being updated to reflect this change. The new rates will be added to pFACT on Monday 8 November 2010 between 8:00 am and 10:00 am

14 Jul 2015: If the collaborator or sponsor/funder has different requirements, the Principal Investigator (PI) must consider how far these are compatible with responsible publication and the University’s educational mission.

24 Mar 2015: The ROO will ensure that such requirement is addressed in the contract put in place with the sub-recipient. ... Q. What is the special requirement for clinical research? In any case in which the HHS determines that an NIH-funded project of clinical

16 Apr 2015: A key part of our role is to conduct risk assessments to mitigate any possible risks involved in conducting the research and in agreeing specific contractual provisions. Risk Assessment includes What is the value/financial benefit? What is the

21 Apr 2015: The new online searchable database of research facilities and equipment is now available to all members of the University of Cambridge. For more information about the Equipment Project and the Research Facilities and Equipment Database please visit

21 Apr 2015: Recent audits have highlighted a number of instances where government taxes have been charged to these awards.  It is important to remember that for these awards no government taxes (either local or international) are allowed to be charged.  Spe

21 Apr 2015: Research Councils (notably the EPSRC) are currently providing notifications of successful awards to PIs only, with a request that the PI confirm the 50% matched funding on their equipment budget within a 3 week deadline.  Although it is asked that

21 Apr 2015: All BBSRC, AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC and NERC funded  PIs are reminded that they are required to submit information about outputs from their grants through the ROS web portal which can be accessed here https://logon.rcuk.ac.uk/ using JeS login details.

21 Apr 2015: The Research Council UK minimum doctoral stipend for 2011/12 has been frozen for 2010/11 at £13,590 per annum, see Research Council letter http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/researchcareers/Feesandstipends2011-12letter.pdf. The Research Office

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office is planning its 2014 programme for Research Administrators which consists of 6 morning modules from Feb – July 2014. Delegates will gain a greater understanding of how grants administration is carried out through a

25 Jun 2015: Please click on the link below to initiate your on-line request. https://researchportal.admin.cam.ac.uk/Raven/submissions/MTAIn.aspx

25 Jun 2015: Please click on the link below to initiate your on-line request. https://researchportal.admin.cam.ac.uk/Raven/submissions/MTAOut.aspx

21 Apr 2015: When making an application to the Wellcome Trust where the pay increase is not known, they have allowed applicants to add 1% inflation to the salary costs of year 1 only. This is because the Wellcome Trust automatically compound inflate commencing

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