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11 Oct 2016: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on our 2017 Research Administrators' Programme. It consists of six separate morning sessions offering a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer, delegates are encouraged to learn from each

8 Jan 2016: Node administrators are monitoring the submissions of research outcomes in Researchfish from PIs in their Department. Based on frequently asked questions we have compiled a user guide for Researchfish.

30 Sep 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 169. Published on 30 September 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. RGUG: change of date and feedback needed. RELEVANT TO: Departmental Administrators. RGUG:

13 May 2016: Would it make your research easier to handle if there was a platform to store, manage, organise and share all your notes, experimental results, parameters and discussions in one place? There are solutions available to help you with this. The

15 Apr 2016: The European Commission will soon launch the next “Teaming and Twinning calls” within the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation strand of Horizon 2020, which aims to increase the participation rate of low performing countries through a

5 Aug 2016: This session will be aimed at Researchers planning to apply to the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant scheme. It will include a brief overview of the scheme by Sara Imarisio, the ERC Officer at ROO, with hints and tips from Dr Thomas

30 Sep 2016: The RGUG meeting planned for 8th October has been moved to Tuesday 1st November 1.30pm at Mill Lane Lecture Theatre 9. We are keen to hear your views on format and content, so that the November RGUG meeting can be improved based on your comments. To

19 Aug 2016: RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers HM Treasury guarantees EU funding beyond date UK leaves the EU Equipment Sharing Project – new Twitter account RELEVANT TO: Departmental Administrators HM Treasury guarantees EU funding beyond date UK leaves

10 Nov 2016: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on our 2017 Research Administrators' Programme. It consists of six separate morning sessions offering a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer, delegates are encouraged to learn from each

22 Jan 2016: The service offers guidance on funders’ requirements for data management plans, as well as templates and examples of data management plans.

21 Jul 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 164. Published on 21 July 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Reminder: new Income Allocation Policy effective from 1 August 2016. EPSRC: Presentation on

4 Feb 2016: From the 1st Feb. 2016 the PI incentive in the budget calculator has been removed. Please note that this new split is applied to grants from the 1st Feb. 2016 onwards irrespective of the application date. The PI incentive was an attempt to encourage

24 Jun 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 162. Published on 24 June 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Inappropriate use of RCUK funds – future grant reviews. New Income Allocation Policy

15 Sep 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 168. Published on 15 September 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. WORKSHOP: Helping Researchers Publish. Call for Data Champions. RELEVANT TO: Departmental

10 Nov 2016: Wellcome Open Research is a new publishing platform for Wellcome-funded researchers to rapidly publish any research outputs they wish to share. The platform enables research outputs to be made available faster and in ways that support

19 Aug 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 166. Published on 19 August 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. HM Treasury guarantees EU funding beyond date UK leaves the EU. Equipment Sharing Project –

21 Jul 2016: The date of the next RGUG meeting has been changed: it will now take place on 8 Sept. 2016 at Mill Lane Lecture Theatres. The meeting will start at 9:30am. For more details regarding the meeting please refer to RGUG section of the ROO website.

18 Mar 2016: The Researchfish submission deadline for NIHR grants closes 23 March 2016. For response code change requests and other assistance please email RFCam@admin.cam.ac.uk.

4 Feb 2016: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates, as well as the amended MRF/SRF rates for 2016. We request that users update their costings (the Rates Tab in X5) in order to ensure the new rates are uploaded. If you have facilities

29 Apr 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 158. Published on 29 April 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Equipment Sharing Update Easter Term 2016. Innovate UK – new home for funding

4 Mar 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 154. Published on 4 March 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. DEADLINE: RCUK Researchfish submission period closing 10 March 2016. Eligibility of claims

8 Sep 2016: The University, together with other European institutions, is lobbying the Commission to get this requirement overturned.

11 Oct 2016: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is led by the Research Operations Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will be next month Tuesday 1st November 2016 1:30pm - 3pm

1 Apr 2016: Indexation: From 1st April 2016 indexation will be reduced from 2.5% to 2% Only affects grant award letters sent on or after 1st April 2016 Continue to submit applications without indexation On-costs: In light of SA and NI increases as of 1st April

19 Feb 2016: your funders’ research data sharing requirements and support available. Please fill in the contact form and someone will answer your query within 2 working days.

11 Oct 2016: To prepare for the audit, we would advise grant holders to be familiar with the key requirements of managing funding from US Federal Sources, some of these are highlighted on the

29 Apr 2016: A new governmental website has been launched for all funding competitions run by Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency. Applications can be made to test the feasibility of your idea, research and develop it and demonstrate it in a prototype.

18 Mar 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 155. Published on 18 March 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Researchfish submission deadline for NIHR grants. “Teaming and Twinning calls” event.

22 Jan 2016: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday, 9 February 2016 at 9.30am in Mill

21 Jul 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 163. Published on 21 July 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. ROO website update following EU referendum result. The Data Dialogue - Time to Share:

15 Apr 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 157. Published on 15 April 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. End of Researchfish submissions. “Teaming and Twinning calls” event. BA/Leverhulme

29 Apr 2016: Earlier this year the Science and Engineering South (SES) Equipment Sharing Consortium extended its membership to include Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial, UCL, Southampton and King’s College London. Providing access to all University staff and

25 Oct 2016: Are you a researcher applying for grants? Or someone supporting researchers with their grant applications? If so, this event is for you. Wednesday 16th November 2016 12noon - 2pm Seminar Room G, 17 Mill Lane You will learn everything you need to

5 Aug 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 165. Published on 5 August 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Advance Notice  - Symplectic upgrade w/c 15 August 2016. New Income Allocation Policy – ERC

13 May 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 159. Published on 13 May 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. 1. Platforms for research data management. 3. Evaluators needed for Horizon 2020, Marie

19 Feb 2016: Researchfish is a research outcome gathering programme used by an increasing number of funders. For essential information and guidance please refer to the Researchfish section of the ROO website. Outcomes can be entered throughout the year but MUST

22 Nov 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 173. Published on 22 November 2016. X5 will not be available on Monday 28th November 2016 from 7:30am to 9:00am to allow the loading of the Salary uplift. For

10 Nov 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 172. Published on 10 November 2016. In preparation for the forthcoming funders’ collection period between 6 February and 16 March 2017, the University of

1 Apr 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 156. Published on 1 April 2016. 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Cancer Research UK Grant Finance Changes. New Jisc-funded service for recruiting

22 Jan 2016: The RCUK submission period for reporting outcomes of research opens on 1st February and runs to 10th March 2016. PIs and research students are required to submit their research outcomes via Researchfish. Guidance on using Researchfish can be found

8 Jan 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Wellcome Trust’s and CRUK’s requirements for data sharing – meet the funders. ... They will give short talks about their requirements for data sharing and afterwards you will have the opportunity to ask them

10 Jun 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 161. Published on 10 June 2016. RELEVANT TO: Departmental Administrators. 1. Changes to Income Allocation Policy- effective from 1st August 2016. 2. RGUG meeting on

25 Oct 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 171. Published on 25 October 2016. In preparation for the forthcoming funders’ collection period between 6 February and 16 March 2017, the University of Cambridge

10 Nov 2016: This call is open to Cambridge research groups funded by the Wellcome Trust. Are you in favour of more transparency in research? Are you concerned about research reproducibility? Would you like to get better recognition and credit for all outputs of

4 Feb 2016: Researchfish is a research outcomes collection system for researchers and students. Research outcomes can be uploaded throughout the year but must be submitted during the submission period of the respective funders. The submission period for the

10 Jun 2016: Wellcome Trust asked us to circulate the following opportunity: Proposals are now accepted for a joint funding programme between three European foundations: the Wellcome Trust, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.

15 Apr 2016: The British Academy Small Research Grants deadline is 11 May 2016 (5pm BST). Please note that these grants fall below the value for which ROO undertakes routine checks. Therefore, before submitting an application we strongly advise you to refer to

19 Aug 2016: The Equipment Sharing Project now has its own Twitter account to follow: https://twitter.com/cam_equip Here relevant topical information relating to the Equipment Sharing Community and news from the Sector is circulated. Small Research Facilities

22 Nov 2016: Researchfish is a web-based system used by RCUK to collect the research outcomes and outputs of its award holders. The next RCUK submission period is 6 February to 16 March 2017, 4pm. Representatives from Researchfish will be coming to Cambridge to

26 May 2016: Search site. Research Operations Office. 1. New Requirement for RCUK Funded Equipment to appear on National Portal.