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3 Nov 2017: The RCUK submission period for Researchfish will be the 5th February to 15th March 2018. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other administrative staff involved in

30 Jun 2017: The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is offering a Public Affairs and Media Training opportunity for EPSRC-supported researchers. This opportunity is open to researchers who are interested in policy and evidence-based decision

20 Jul 2017: The Research Office and UIS would like to ask Academic and Administrative staff about their experience of using X5. The questionnaire takes about 10 minutes to complete and asks about any issues you encounter with X5, your suggestions of additional

19 May 2017: The Royal Society has developed a new online Grants Management System to replace e-GAP. The new system is called Flexi-Grant and will run in parallel with e-GAP for the next 18 months until all awards have been migrated across to the new system.

21 Apr 2017: The University’s Research Administration was reviewed in 2016 with the objective of recommending the administrative structure that will best support the University’s research activity. The aim is to have in place a facilitative, flexible

6 Apr 2017: This briefing is relevant to all staff involved in research grants, particularly those new to the University or wishing to increase their understanding of University policy and its impact on research grants and their administration.

24 Mar 2017: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will take place on Tuesday 28th March at 10am in Room 7, Mill Lane Lecture Theatre. An agenda for the meeting is available from the ROO website

6 Jan 2017: The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) is organising a series of half day workshops across the UK for innovators and researchers to engage with Innovate UK and the Research Councils to define a first round of challenges to be addressed by The

2 Feb 2017: The annual submission period on Researchfish is 6 February 2017 to 4pm on 16 March 2017. Award holders of grants from RCUK (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, EPSRC, STFC), BHF, CRUK, NIHR & NC3Rs are required to submit their returns during this time.

17 Nov 2017: The RCUK submission period for Researchfish will be the 5th February to 15th March 2018. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other administrative staff involved in

19 May 2017: This session is aimed primarily at Early Career Researchers interested in applying for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship 2017.

17 Nov 2017: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting is on Thursday 30th November. Minutes and presentations from the previous meeting are available on the ROO website Thursday 30th November 2017 10am - 11:30am Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham

14 Mar 2017: Tuesday 11th April 2017 10am - 11am Cambridge University Library To book https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/osc/event/2101333 Tuesday 11th April 2017 4pm - 5pm (repeat session) 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room G To book https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/osc/event

22 Sep 2017: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Thursday 28th September. Agenda and minutes from the previous meeting are available on the ROO website Thursday 28th September 2017 10:00 - 11:30am Mill Lane Lecture Room 7, Cambridge The

5 Jan 2017: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Friday 10th February 2017 at 10am in the Norwich Room, Roger Needham Building, West Cambridge. Minutes and presentations from the previous meeting are available on the ROO website.

30 Jun 2017: The European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline who have a track-record of significant research achievements in the last 10 years. Funding of up to €2.5 million is available for projects up to 5

16 Feb 2017: The annual submission period on Researchfish is 6 February 2017 to 4pm on 16 March 2017. As we approach the halfway point, award holders of grants from RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR & NC3Rs are advised to allow plenty of time to log on to your researchfish

21 Nov 2017: The Research Operations Office will close for the Christmas break from Friday 22 December 2017 and will re-open on Tuesday 2 January 2018. In order to help us manage new work received, deadlines that fall during the Christmas break and the first

9 Mar 2017: The Office of Scholarly Communication invites you to a workshop to discover how you can make peer review count for your research. Join Cambridge researchers, along with guest speakers from publishers and peer review platforms, to demystify the peer

3 Aug 2017: Dropbox Business is a secure, cloud-based file sharing and storage service. By purchasing a subscription through the University you can benefit from a discount of more than 50% on consumer prices. Accounts can now be acquired on behalf of colleagues

20 Jul 2017: The European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline who is between 2 – 7 years from the award date of their PhD (although extensions to this eligibility window are possible under certain circumstances

22 Sep 2017: This briefing is relevant to all staff involved in research grants, particularly those new to the University or wishing to increase their understanding of University policy and its impact on research grants and their administration.

5 Dec 2017: The Research Operations Office will close for the Christmas break from Friday 22 December 2017 and will re-open on Tuesday 2 January 2018. In order to help us manage new work received, deadlines that fall during the Christmas break and the first

16 Feb 2017: The University's current subscription deal with the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) expired at the end of 2016. Various deals are on offer from the publisher through JISC and a decision needs to be made on which deal (if any) to agree. There will

14 Mar 2017: A University Fund under the stewardship of the Research Policy Committee is available to consider requests for resources to enable the preparation of large research funding bids involving researchers from at least two Schools.

20 Jul 2017: The European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant scheme is aimed at groups of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems in any discipline. The nature of the collaboration within an ERC Synergy Group should

5 Jan 2017: • Do you manage and share software for research? • Are you encountering problems when managing research code? • Is current best practice working for you and your group? • Would you like to discuss solutions for critical issues and common

3 Aug 2017: The European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline who is between 2 – 7 years from the award date of their PhD (although extensions to this eligibility window are possible under certain circumstances

18 Aug 2017: A reminder that the ERC Advanced Grant deadline is on 31st August 2017 at 4pm. The Research Office asks that applications are with us at least 5 working days (24th August) before the deadline in order for the checks to be completed and the Host

5 May 2017: Dr Paola Quattroni from Cancer Research UK will give a presentation on CRUK's policy on data management and sharing including examples of data management plans. There will also be a discussion where researchers can feedback their experiences, issues

9 Mar 2017: The Office of Scholarly Communication in collaboration with the Center for Open Science (COS) are hosting a workshop, to learn easy practical steps you can take to increase the reproducibility of your work. The workshop will be led by Courtney

18 Aug 2017: The University of Cambridge has been awarded an Agri-Food Technology Seeding Catalyst Award. The Agri-Food Technology Seeding Catalyst aims to: • Increase productivity in the agri-food sector • Provide healthy, safe, high quality and nutritious

16 Feb 2017: Following feedback from a recent RGUG meeting (Research Grants User Group), the Research Operations Office is organising a workshop about the role of ROO and Departments. This will be presented in the context of assessing risk in research grant

3 Aug 2017: The European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant scheme is aimed at groups of two to four Principal Investigators to jointly address ambitious research problems in any discipline. The nature of the collaboration within an ERC Synergy Group should

5 Dec 2017: The European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant scheme is aimed at academics from any discipline who are between 7 – 12 years from their PhD. Funding of up to €2M is available for projects up to 5 years duration, with the call deadline on

19 Jan 2017: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. Funders included in this window are RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR,

5 Jan 2017: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. Funders included in this window are RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR,

22 Aug 2017: The aim of the Research Dashboard is to provide PIs with an easy, single point of access to their research grant and contract information at a high level with the ability to obtain further information from underlying existing research administration

21 Feb 2017: The requirements also apply to staff working 100% on a federal funded grant. ... The requirements for Sub-recipient Monitoring and Management are described in section 200.331.

16 Feb 2017: The University Information Services (UIS) has been developing three new, large-scale, enterprise grade storage services to meet the need for mass data storage across the University. These are Research Data Store Research File Share Research Cold

6 Apr 2017: From 6 April 2017, employers with a wage bill over £3 million per year, must pay the apprenticeship levy which is charged at 0.5% of the annual pay bill. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-levy/apprenticeship-levy| Funders

17 Nov 2017: The Research Dashboard is a web-based application designed for PIs to see their research project activity in one place. The dashboard will give researchers an overview of their applications, grants and contracts including The progress of a grant

16 Feb 2017: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new MRF/SRF rates for 2017 as of 1st February 2017. Users of X5 will need to update their costings (go to the Rates Tab / Facilities Rates File / select the new date and save). Also please be aware

22 Jun 2017: US Export Control If you import controlled technology / goods / software from the USA, US Export Controls apply even after the item is no longer in the US.

18 Aug 2017: The training covers setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. Monday 18th September 2017 17 Mill Lane Thursday 19th October 2017 17 Mill Lane Monday 13th November 2017 17 Mill Lane The

19 Oct 2017: The Grant Lifecycle Guidance has been developed to help staff in Departments who work on research grants, topics include costing PI time, risk assessment and audits. This is a new project and any feedback regarding additional topics or suggestions

19 May 2017: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting is on Tuesday 23 May 2017. Note the room has changed from LR3 Inglis Building to LR4 Baker Building). The agenda is available from the ROO website

6 Apr 2017: The training covers setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. Thursday 27th April 2017 Greenwich House Spaces Monday 15th May 2017 17 Mill Lane Full Thursday 22nd June 2017 17 Mill

21 Apr 2017: Leverhulme Trust have recently received reports from successful applicants that the email sent to them at their university email address by the Trust to notify them of their success and provide their award letter was filtered to their junk mail or

5 Oct 2017: The Research Contracts Portal is a tool designed to be used by Principal Investigators and Departmental Administrators so that they can keep track of the latest status of research contract negotiations. The online tool is available on the ROO