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19 Oct 2023: On 7th September 2023, the UK Government and the EU announced the UK’s association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus Programmes, to enter into force on 1st January 2024. To support our researchers, we have invited the dedicated European Advisor

22 Sep 2023: In 2019, the Tsinghua University and the University of Cambridge established the Tsinghua - Cambridge Joint Research Initiative Fund, a five-year initiative to strengthen research collaborations between academics in the two institutions. The recent

1 Dec 2023: The Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) took place on 30th November 2023 and the recording and slides are now available. Our next meeting is schedule for 15th February 2024 at 2pm and you can join either online as a Teams call or in person at

28 Apr 2023: The Falling Walls Lab gives students and early-career professionals a chance to present their ground breaking research to win a spot at the Falling Walls Lab finale in Berlin in November 2023. Each candidate has 3 minutes to showcase a breakthrough

13 Jan 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place on Thursday 23rd February at 11:15am. Further details about the meeting will follow nearer the time.

8 Sep 2023: As you hopefully know by now the Transforming Research Support (TRS) Programme will be introducing a new research grant management system called Worktribe. Worktribe will change the way that principal investigators and professional staff across the

19 Oct 2023: As outlined in the application process, it is occasionally necessary to implement a 7 working day internal deadline for particular calls.

22 Sep 2023: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the months of March, June, September and December. Before ROO submits the next OSR, please could Departments check and

28 Jul 2023: The Royal Society’s University Research Fellowship scheme is now open with a funder deadline of 7th September 2023. This year’s scheme has changed, in line with the Royal Society’s Grant Funding Guidance which was published earlier this year.

6 Oct 2023: The UK Government has published guidance on UK association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes. It is an explainer for applicants and grant holders which includes details about eligibility, consortia and timescales. Please read if you

13 Jan 2023: Following the UKRI FAP audit last year, we implemented new timesheet procedures for DI staff working less than 100% on a grant which included setting up SharePoint libraries for uploading timesheets. UKRI will be returning to the University of

19 May 2023: On 15 December 2022, EU Council adopted an implementing decision prohibiting certain Hungarian institutions (any public interest trusts established on the basis of the Hungarian Act IX of 2021) from entering into legal commitments regarding the EU

10 Mar 2023: We have arranged for some online training sessions aimed at research support staff, finance staff and PIs who deal with expenditure on research grants. The sessions will be delivered by our internal auditors from Lees. Monday 27 March 9:30am -12noon

28 Apr 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 11th May at 11:15am. The agenda will include information about UKRI and Wellcome’s new funding platforms, an update on Trusted Research and Export Control as

19 Oct 2023: 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. A new Teams channel has been set up called “The Funding Service (Je-S

10 Feb 2023: UKRI has updated its standard terms and conditions for research grants. In the guidance document, RGC 4 Use of Grant states - “Public funds should be deployed with due consideration to value for money, environmental impact, welfare and business

19 May 2023: In 2010, EPSRC introduced the Repeatedly Unsuccessful Applicant (RUA) policy. With the transition to the new UKRI Funding Service and the aspiration to create a more consistent policy landscape across UKRI, EPSRC has taken the decision to pause the

10 Mar 2023: The online Public Consultation on the past, present and future of the European research and innovation programmes 2014-2027 called on research institutions, businesses and other organisations to reflect their views on the performance of the Horizon

22 Sep 2023: At this webinar organised by Universities UK, Government and UKRI officials will provide an update on the announcement that the UK will become an Associated Country in the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes, with effect from 1 January 2024. To

28 Jul 2023: The first phase of work being delivered in the TRS Programme is the Grant Management Support (GMS) Project. This will include the launch of a new collaborative grant management platform called Worktribe which will replace the grant costing tool X5