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17 Jul 2020: The Wellcome Trust has published some new guidance about how to offset carbon travel costs in a research grant application. The policy can be found on the Wellcome Trust website. Alongside this development, the University has recently published its

25 Sep 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Thursday 8th October. Some of our users have volunteered to test the new version over the last few weeks and we thank them for their time and feedback. A summary of the

19 Mar 2020: We are asking Departments to prioritise their grant and contracts requirements, and to give consideration to your own contingency plans.

11 Sep 2020: CRUK are in the process of migrating their grant management system eGMS to Flexi-Grant and this will mean some changes to how funding is applied for and how grants are managed. Further information can be found on CRUK's website.

15 May 2020: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting has been re-scheduled as a Live Event to take place on Thursday 21st May at 11am - 12pm. Join the RGUG Live Event The agenda will cover two items; the new application deadlines that have been temporarily

3 Jul 2020: Rose Eichenberger is the Global Health Research Manager at the Research Office and is available to answers queries and advise researchers undertaking health research projects in Low and Middle Income Countries. If you work on a global health

19 Jun 2020: A new Research Investigator Time Policy is being introduced from 1st August 2020 to improve cost recovery and better reflect the true cost of research. Details of the new policy can be found on the ROO website and the presentation slides on this

25 Sep 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Thursday 24th September. Presentations were given on the X5 Upgrade and the CoA arrangements with slides and recording of the meeting now available on the RGUG

20 Nov 2020: Innovate UK’s new Innovation Funding Service Portal (IFS) is now live and there is a suite of training videos aimed at Participants, Finance Contacts and Monitoring officers. Everyone who was registered to use the previous system “ _Connect”

14 Aug 2020: The application deadline calculator on the Research Office website has been updated to reflect the bank holiday as well as the current additional requirements due to the COVID pandemic.

24 Apr 2020: In these circumstances, please contact ROO at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application. ... However, technical work will continue at UIS and once we get to the point of user acceptance testing

6 Feb 2020: UK Research and Innovation has announced changes to requirements on ‘Pathways to Impact’. ... As this area continues to develop, the Research Operations Office will monitor and communicate further updates from UKRI and council specific requirements.

31 Jul 2020: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has launched an open consultation to inform their Review of the PhD in the Social Sciences. Through the consultation they want to capture views on the strengths and limitations of current doctoral

6 Feb 2020: The current schemes on X5 are being reviewed and amended to reflect this change however, please refer to the new guidelines to familiarise yourself with their requirements.

9 Oct 2020: Compliance with all of the above requirements can potentially be checked by auditors to ensure that timesheets are completed accurately and timely. ... The team will continue to advise you on the best course of action to meet funder requirements,

14 Aug 2020: The application deadline calculator on the Research Office website has been updated to reflect the bank holiday as well as the current additional requirements due to the COVID pandemic.

24 Apr 2020: The University requires COVID-19 related research to be prioritised. ROO has therefore set up a Covid Contracts Response Team to ensure that its resources are available to respond to this priority work. As part of this scheme the contracts staff

9 Oct 2020: As outlined by a notice published in the Reporter, the University has approved guidelines for governing the acceptability of donations and other external funding to the University in relation to climate change. It has agreed that it will not accept

19 Mar 2020: We are asking Departments to prioritise their grant and contracts requirements, and to give consideration to your own contingency plans.

25 Sep 2020: Below are useful links to the University’s safeguarding policies, guidance and resources to help applicants complete this requirement:.

4 Dec 2020: Thanks to everyone who joined the Live Meeting Event on Thursday 3rd December. The slides are now available on the Research Operations Office website.

18 Dec 2020: exports. This means that the import/export of controlled goods will be subject to additional checks, regulatory requirements and/or duties.

11 Sep 2020: If you have concerns about individuals who, as a result of lockdown, will be unable to fulfil this requirement, please contact the EC team for advice h2020@admin.cam.ac.uk.

3 Jul 2020: The next meeting of the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Live Meeting on Tuesday 28th July at 11:15am. Agenda topics will include Managing Funding on EU Awards and Furlough of Staff on Research Grants. Join Microsoft Teams

6 Feb 2020: Users of X5 will need to update their costings (go to the Rates Tab / Facilities Rates File / select the new date and save or use the Apply all updated files now option). Also be aware that for MRF / SRF rates - The funder budget headings in the

15 May 2020: The Financial Implications Task Force has produced a briefing note that provides guidance on the processes that the University has put in place to furlough staff who are unable to work while employed on a research grants. A presentation on this

25 Sep 2020: Below are useful links to the University’s safeguarding policies, guidance and resources to help applicants complete this requirement:.

15 May 2020: and normal legal and compliance requirements.

21 Feb 2020: With immediate effect, the MRC will now require host research organisations to provide a 50% contribution towards the fellow's salary for the duration of their award. This change will affect applications submitted to the upcoming round of Senior

19 Jun 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Tuesday 16th June, the presentation slides are now available on the RGUG webpages. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 28th July at 11:15am, further details

4 Sep 2020: The X5 costing and pricing tool is due to be upgraded and the X5 Project Team are looking for current users of the system to test the new software. This is an opportunity to see the new version of X5, to do some of the tasks that you would usually

17 Jul 2020: The allocation that will be awarded to the University of Cambridge is conditional on UKRI accepting our Governance Plan which will outline a number of key requirements including.

15 Apr 2020: Research Councils have published a list of calls with their original deadlines and extensions for April and May https://www.ukri.org/files/funding/calls-april-may/

20 Nov 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Tuesday 24th November 2020. The upgrade will include improvements to the interface, fixes to known bugs and enable us to remain supported by the supplier. A summary of

17 Jul 2020: The allocation that will be awarded to the University of Cambridge is conditional on UKRI accepting our Governance Plan which will outline a number of key requirements including.

10 Jan 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 236. Published on 10 January 2020. The Royal Society Grants Team is visiting the University of Cambridge on 28th January 2020. Their talk is open to everyone and

7 May 2020: The equipment database was developed in 2012 as a response to changes by RCUK to the way that equipment on research grants would be funded and in particular increase shared usage. When the call came to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the database

24 Jan 2020: The School of Biological Sciences is hosting a visit by Prof Melanie Welham, BBSRC Executive Chair and will include an Open Meeting chaired by Prof Anna Philpott, Head of School of Biological Sciences. Tuesday 18th February 11:00 – 13:00 Sainsbury

11 Sep 2020: Please note that UIS will be performing essential maintenance work on the ROO Portal on Tuesday 15th September between 07:30 and 09:00 and the system will be unavailable during these times. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

31 Jul 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 251. Published on 31 July 2020. As research funders continue to review their guidance for grant holders and applicants, the Research Operations Office has updated

31 Jul 2020: A reminder that the new Research Investigator Time Policy is being introduced from 1st August 2020 to improve cost recovery and better reflect the true cost of research. Details of the new policy can be found on the ROO website. If you have any

4 Dec 2020: In these circumstances, please continue to contact the ROO at the earliest opportunity so that we can assess the resource requirements to support the application.

15 May 2020: and normal legal and compliance requirements.

19 Jun 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 248. Published on 19 June 2020. The EU team are organising a series of information events for the ERC advanced grant call 2020. The deadline for this call is 26.

11 Sep 2020: This month, the Wellcome Trust is changing its digital identity from 'wellcome.ac.uk' to 'wellcome.org'. Emails will come from the .org address and from Monday 14 September the website domain will switch. The .ac.uk domain will continue running for

24 Jan 2020: On Monday 3rd February, the new 2020 fEC and facilities rates will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable between 8am and 9am.

7 May 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 245. Published on 7 May 2020. In response to queries that the Research Operation Office have received about the use of electronic signatures on timesheets, we would

4 Sep 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 253. Published on 4 September 2020. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has awarded a COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) to UK organisations to support costed

3 Apr 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 242. Published on 3 April 2020. Since the University has been in its Red phase due to the Coronavirus pandemic for almost 2 weeks, the Research Office like many

22 Oct 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 257. Published on 22 October 2020. On Thursday 22nd October, new salary files were uploaded into X5 to rectify an error in the NI rates in the used previous files.