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18 Nov 2022: In these circumstances, please continue to contact us at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application. ... At the next RGUG meeting on 22nd November, there will be an overview of updated documents

16 Dec 2022: Position titles for roles formerly known as Senior Research Support Advisor and Research Support Advisor have been updated to reflect the work and approach of these teams more accurately. Below is a summary of the changes: Previous title

14 Jan 2022: The Research Office is conducting its annual SAM (System for Award Management) registration renewal process for US Federal funding and in doing so is performing some additional checks to satisfy recent updates to the US regulatory framework. We

5 Aug 2022: Published on 5 August 2022. Over the last couple of months, we have been updating you about the timesheet requirements which the University needs to implement so that it can comply ... Information about the new requirements can be found on the ROO website

8 Jul 2022: Underwrite of 2021 ERC projects As expected, the UK’s current lack of association to the Horizon Europe programme, means we are unable to sign the EC Grant Agreements for ERC StG/CoG/AdG grants. The majority of these ERC projects are in the

8 Jul 2022: A reminder that previous bulletin items about Final Expenditure Statements and timesheet requirements are available on our website. ... The agenda will include presentations on Sustainable Business Travel Guidelines, timesheet requirements for UKRI

19 Aug 2022: requirements on UKRI funding (RCUK and Innovate).

28 Jan 2022: government. The University is required to renew its registration annually to ensure we comply with any new federal requirements. ... Champion. Researchers, postgraduate students, librarians, IT managers, data managers, and other members of research

9 Sep 2022: A major upgrade of Elements, the University’s Research Information Management System has taken place and is ready for the new academic year. Elements users will notice a big difference in the look and feel, as well as several functional

5 Aug 2022: If you are costing a new proposal to submit to a Horizon Europe (HE) call, you should continue to use the current “EC Horizon Europe” Funder templates in X5. The “UKRI Horizon Europe Underwrite” Funder templates are only to be used for those

6 May 2022: Owing to some very specific requirements in completing the UKRI re-submissions, we urge applicants to liaise with the ROO team to ensure that the correct process is undertaken.

20 May 2022: Our Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration aims to support all those who run and are involved in the grants lifecycle at the University of Cambridge. If you would like to be involved with this group, please sign up on the Supporting

10 Jun 2022: A reminder that the next RGUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday 14th July at 11:15am. An agenda will be circulated nearer the time. If you have any queries, please contact Hannah.Pawson@admin.cam.ac.uk.

25 Feb 2022: The Research Administration Programme aims to help staff who work in grant administration to improve their knowledge and understanding of the grant lifecycle. Each module will focus on a different aspect of grant administration and consists of

7 Oct 2022: Procurement - departments should ensure that for each award, funder’s terms and conditions for the procurement process are met, even though these requirements may sometimes be different to the University’s

11 Mar 2022: NIHR. Reporting outcomes are a requirement of accepting an award and PIs who do not comply maybe subject to sanctions from their funder.

11 Mar 2022: The annual audit of US Federal Funding (including NIH awards) for the Financial Year 19/20 is now finalised and available on the ROO website.

22 Jul 2022: Published on 22 July 2022. Over the last few weeks, we have been updating you about the timesheet requirements which the University needs to implement so that it can comply with ... audit requirements on UKRI funding (including Innovate UK).

10 Jun 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 291. Published on 10 June 2022. Earlier today (10th June), successful ERC Awardees and MSCA Fellows from the 2021 Horizon Europe calls were contacted by the EC

25 Mar 2022: The University has been informed of the outcome of the recent UKRI Funder Assurance Programme Audit and has received LIMITED assurance. Systematic issues were identified in relation to Directly Incurred staff costs (RGC 14e) which requires all

14 Jan 2022: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 8th February 2022 at 11:15am. Details will be circulated nearer the time. Slides and recording of the previous RGUG meeting in November are available on the RGUG web page. For further

2 Dec 2022: From July 2022, there has been a new mechanism for timesheets so that we can comply with audit requirements on UKRI and Innovate funding. ... In these circumstances, please continue to contact us at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the

11 Feb 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, CRUK, BHF, WT and other funders is 7th February to 17th March 2022 during which time PIs should use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Award holders will have

10 Jun 2022: Earlier today (10th June), successful ERC Awardees and MSCA Fellows from the 2021 Horizon Europe calls were contacted by the EC informing them that the process to terminate the EC Grant Agreement Preparation sessions will soon be initiated. As

29 Jul 2022: Last week, we produced a new timesheet template which is available on the ROO website. This week we are providing details about how to submit timesheets, how timesheets can be saved in the new SharePoint library and how you can get help with the new

16 Dec 2022: On the 6th December 2022, the European Commission adopted the main Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24 with a budget of around €13.5 billion to support researchers and innovators in Europe. The final versions of the dedicated work programmes for

6 May 2022: Owing to some very specific requirements in completing the UKRI re-submissions, we urge applicants to liaise with the ROO team to ensure that the correct process is undertaken.

23 Sep 2022: Timesheet records have always been a requirement of the Terms and Conditions.

14 Jan 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 282. Published on 14 January 2022. The Research Office is conducting its annual SAM (System for Award Management) registration renewal process for US Federal

4 Nov 2022: For staff involved in the new timesheet process, the demo and Q&A sessions that had been scheduled for 15th and 17th November have been postponed and these will be re-arranged for the end of the month. In the meantime, at the Research Grants User

21 Jun 2022: In order to manage the extra requirements to UKRI, Departments will need to be aware that when you receive the FES email from ROO you should. ... the turnaround time for getting the information to ROO will change from 2 months to 6 weeks to enable us to

8 Jul 2022: The agenda will include presentations on Sustainable Business Travel Guidelines, timesheet requirements for UKRI funding and updates on Horizon Europe / UKRI Underwrite.

9 Sep 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for the Horizon 2020 Projects of the University. The event will he held on Thursday 3rd November 2022

25 Mar 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Two more dates have been added to the programme Thursday 28th April 2022, 12:30-13:30 Export Control - understand your

16 Dec 2022: The following updated pay scales with an effective date of 6/11/2022 were uploaded into X5 on 14th December 2022 NHS grades for nurses: NHS6, NHS7 and NHS8a grades.

28 Jan 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Topics include protecting your research – intellectual property and publishing rights knowing when to seek ethics

7 Oct 2022: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the financial year of 2022 to 2023. The University has been

11 Feb 2022: We are pleased to announce the launch of the Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration at the University of Cambridge. Our aim is to facilitate more collaboration and knowledge-sharing, provide access to resources and to support all

22 Jul 2022: The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) 2022 call is now open and the cribsheet is available on the ROO website. As usual, the MSCA PF submissions to ROO are treated as ‘Small Applications’ in line with the

11 Feb 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 284. Published on 11 February 2022. We are pleased to announce the launch of the Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration at the University of Cambridge

20 Oct 2022: Academics and research support staff can find details of the MSCA Doctoral Networks on the ROO website. Information includes a crib sheet about the scheme updated Part B information for the MSCA DN scheme As noted in the crib sheets, due to the

22 Apr 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 288. Published on 22 April 2022. The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 26th April at 11:15am. The agenda

25 Mar 2022: Owing to some very specific requirements in completing the UKRI re-submissions, we urge applicants to liaise with the ROO team to ensure that the correct process is undertaken.

18 Nov 2022: The agenda will include an overview of updated documents and processes regarding the recently introduced timesheet requirements, UKRI underwrite grants for Horizon Europe and an update on the Transforming Research Support

11 Mar 2022: Reporting outcomes are a requirement of accepting an award and PIs who do not comply maybe subject to sanctions from their funder.

4 Nov 2022: Published on 4 November 2022. The European Commission requires grant holders to keep documentary evidence of absences as a requirement of Article.18 in the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AMGA).

20 Oct 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 301. Published on 20 October 2022. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance

25 Feb 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 285. Published on 25 February 2022. Due to ongoing delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe, UKRI has now released the terms and

10 Jun 2022: The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund is now open. Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an

29 Jul 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 295. Published on 29 July 2022. Last week, we produced a new timesheet template which is available on the ROO website. This week we are providing details about how