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21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 19 July at 9:30am and will be held in the Sanger Building, Department for Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Downing Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum

26 Nov 2015: Wellcome Trust will no longer be ring-fencing any budgets on their conventional grants. Grant holders will be able to move funds into and out of budgets, but any significant transfer of funds between cost headings must be agreed with Wellcome Trust.

21 Apr 2015: A University Fund under the stewardship of the Research Policy Committee is available to consider requests for resources to enable the preparation of large cross-School research funding bids.

26 Nov 2015: Research Operations Office’s last day at Mill Lane will be Thursday 24th December, and from January 2016 we shall be situated in new offices at Greenwich House. This relocation is a major operation and therefore Research Operations will be closed

27 Feb 2015: Payments Your UFS budget will be set up for 100% of the total requested EC contribution. The below note aims to assist you in understanding the underlying financing of your award, if necessary for interactions with your Project Coordinator.

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 12 April at 9:30am and will be held at LT2, Computer Lab, William Gates Building, West Cambridge Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where resear

21 Apr 2015: As you may be aware, HEFCE have recently announced a new policy for open access in relation to future research assessments. This policy will run in parallel with other funder open access policies including RCUK, Wellcome Trust and others. To be

21 Apr 2015: The European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant scheme is available to academics who are 7 – 12 years following their PhD. The scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline and is judged on the excellence of both the applicant and the

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 28 September at 9:30am and will be held in the Lecture Theatre, Hopkins Building, Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road. The meeting after that will be on Tuesday 30 November at 9:30am at the

7 Aug 2015: Submission reports are available in the X5 system to provide the Department with a clear and concise breakdown of information required for their grant application. The breakdown of costs for an External Partner/s will now be reflected in the

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance Office, the next briefing sessions on Full Economic Costing and the Income Allocation Policy will take place as follows:Tuesday 29 Oct 9.30am – 11am at

21 Apr 2015: The BBSRC Chief Executive, Jackie Hunter, will be visiting the University on Monday 17th November at the Sainsbury Laboratory. In the morning there will be an open meeting introduced by the VC, followed by a presentation by Jackie Hunter on the

21 Apr 2015: The next Research Grants User Group meeting is taking place on Tuesday 24 May at 9:30am in LT2, Clinical School, Addenbrookes. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are

12 Nov 2015: The Research Councils UK have published new guidelines on research data sharing policy. Since the document was not consulted with the community, the University of Cambridge would like to comment on these guidelines. If you would like to contribute

21 Apr 2015: The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant scheme is aimed at senior academics from any discipline and is judged on excellence of both the applicant and the project. Funding of up to €2.5Million is available for projects up to 5 years and

18 Sep 2015: Have you heard about new funders’ requirements for sharing research data? Will Open Science and sharing research data benefit society, and help move science forward?

21 Apr 2015: Cancer Research UK has launched a new applications and grants management system (eGMS) which replaces the current Application Management System (AMS). The new system allows grantees and host institution administrators to manage their grants and

21 Apr 2015: This monthly webinar is open to all members of the University.

24 Mar 2015: provided, however, that this disclosure requirement does not apply to travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by a federal, state, or local government agency, an Institution of higher education as defined

24 Mar 2015: NOTE THAT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT A REPORT IF THE UNIVERSITY DETERMINES THAT NO DISCLOSURE OF AN SFI CONSTITUTES AN FCOI.

18 Sep 2015: In order to shorten the time needed for the approval of periodic reports and transfer of the EU contribution to FP7 and Horizon 2020 consortia, the European Commission has streamlined its approach to the reporting process. The new approach, named

21 Apr 2015: As a recipient of funding from the US Dept of Health and Human Science’s Public Health Services funding agencies (notably the NIH), the University is required to have a publicly accessible conflict of interest policy to meet DHSS regulation

21 Apr 2015: University Information Services (UIS) has recently released a new application for Principal Investigators (PIs) and their delegates to effectively manage their research grant finances via a simple web interface. Key features and benefits include:

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust has expanded its new Investigator Awards to cover the medical humanities and bioethics in two categories: Medical History and Ethics and Society. Awards of up to £200,000 per year for up to seven years will be made to scholars in

21 Apr 2015: There are a number of deadlines which fall during the Christmas break and the first week of January 2015. To help us manage this work more effectively could you make your PIs aware that applications need to be with us on the following dates:1.

24 Mar 2015: Download the "What to do and when" pdf to see the flow chart

21 Apr 2015: A University Fund under the stewardship of the Research Policy Committee is available to consider requests for resources to enable the preparation of large cross-School research funding bids. The support offered by the Fund is flexible according to

21 Apr 2015: There has been a further increase in the number of calls where sponsors request a support letter from the Vice-Chancellor or Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) to be submitted with funding applications.

21 Apr 2015: Departmental Research Administrators are invited to take part in a 1 hour workshop to discuss how best to support the expected high volume of applications to the forthcoming British Academy small grants scheme, deadline 9 November. Facilitated by

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 19 July at 9:30am and will be held in the Sanger Building, Department for Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research gra

21 Apr 2015: Now available online are the slides from the ERC Advanced Grants & ERC Synergy Grants presentation held on Tuesday 13 December 2011 by Chloë Somers from the UK Research Office (UKRO). Please note these slides are Raven password protected. http://www

21 Apr 2015: You will be aware that from September 2014 all Research Councils will use Researchfish (www.researchfish.com) to report research outcomes. Funders have different submission periods which are as follows -• British Heart Foundation submission period

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 28 September at 9:30am and will be held in the Lecture Theatre, Hopkins Building, Dept of Biochemistry, Downing Site, Tennis Court Road. Tea and coffee will be available from 9:00am.The RGUG

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance Office, the next briefing sessions on Full Economic Costing and the Income Allocation Policy will take place as follows:Tuesday 29 Oct, 9.30am – 11am

21 Apr 2015: The British Heart Foundation will be moving to a web-based application and review process for fellowships, project, programme, special project and new horizons grants in January 2012. If you are planning to submit an application in the coming months

21 Apr 2015: pFACT will be updated on Monday 18 February with RCUK’s announcement on the above, which is as follows: National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2013/14 is £13,726 Research Councils UK Indicative Fee Level for 2013/14 is £3,900 For further details

21 Apr 2015: The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant scheme is aimed at senior academics from any discipline and is judged on excellence of both the applicant and the project. Funding of up to €2.5M is available for projects up to 5 years and the

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance Office, the next briefing sessions on Full Economic Costing and the Income Allocation Policy will take place as follows: Wednesday 2 Oct, 2pm -3.30pm at

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS) and co-presented by Finance; the following sessions are scheduled for: Thursday 13 March 09:30-11:00am at Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Seminar Room 4 Repeated Wednesday 19 March 09:30-11

18 Sep 2015: The Commission has confirmed the new UCF (University Composition Fee) is an eligible cost for Early Stage Researchers under all MSC ITN and IAPP grants. With immediate effect UCF invoices can be charged to all active grants, FP7 and Horizon 2020.

21 Apr 2015: Dr Octavio Pernas, FP7 UK National Contact Point for Health will be visiting Cambridge on Thursday 26 November 2013. He will be talking about the “Health, demographic change and wellbeing” challenge in Horizon 2020 – the EUs new programme for

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 30 November at 9:30am and will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Clinical School, Addenbrookes Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration is

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 1 March at 9:30am and will be held at Little Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Sidgwick Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues

27 Feb 2015: The EC allow all relevant staff costs to be charged within an FP7 project. However they stipulate that only the hours worked on the project can be charged and these must be recorded on timesheets, adequately supported by evidence of their reality

21 Apr 2015: It seems likely that most of our research outputs will be subject to open access requirements of one kind or another.

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 18 January at 9:30am and will be held in the Sanger Building, Department for Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, Downing Site. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a fo

21 Apr 2015: There are a number of issues to draw to your attention following the extremely well attended ResearchFish workshops on Monday 20 October: Type of roles in ResearchFish PI: you will have received an invitation from your funder with a link to register

21 Apr 2015: DeadlinesAll seven Research Councils - Deadline: 4pm 13 November 2014Cancer Research UK - Deadline: 20 November 2014British Heart Foundation - Deadline: 1 December 2014 Here is a summary of the Cambridge submission rates for the following funders,

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 1 November at 9:30am and will be held in the Hopkinson Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site, Free School Lane, Cambridge (please note change of venue). The RGUG is led by the Researc

27 Feb 2015: The EC allow all relevant staff costs to be charged within an FP7 project. However they stipulate that only the hours worked on the project can be charged and these must be recorded on timesheets, adequately supported by evidence of their reality