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8 Nov 2018: record and report your research to meet funders terms and Research Excellence Framework (REF) requirements.

4 May 2018: Presentations from the April meeting are available here https://www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/about-us/rgug/rgug-meeting-26-apr-2018 The next RGUG meeting is Thursday 28th June 2018 10am – 11:30am Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham

9 Feb 2018: Understanding user requirements, processes and providing feedback. Identify and prioritising new report requests and testing new modules and versions.

14 Dec 2018: Next week (w/c 17th December 2018) a change will be made in X5 to the current “ROO deadline” label. The wording will be made clearer by relabelling to “5 day deadline”.

23 Feb 2018: The training covers setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. Thursday 19th April 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane Monday 14th May 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane To book a place please

26 Jan 2018: The training covers setting up an X5 using the Project Wizard as well as using the correct methodology for capturing costs. Monday 19th March 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane Thursday 19th April 9:00am to 12:30pm 17 Mill Lane To book a place please

18 May 2018: The X5 User Group met for the first time on 21st March to discuss the development of X5 and support for users. The minutes, presentations and membership are available here

9 Mar 2018: University Information Services (UIS) has now made it possible for institutional IT staff to provide basic SharePoint sites for office teams and research groups that need a collaborative group workspace. It provides free access to cloud-based

9 Nov 2018: Keeping track of grant spending Find out how to keep track of grant spending. Invoicing Find out about invoicing. Claiming expenses Find out about claiming expenses

30 Nov 2018: The following new pay scales were imported into X5 on 27th November 2018 with an effective date of 01/04/2018 (Cost Of Living Allowance): NHS grades MRC CBU and TOX

23 Mar 2018: Cancer Research UK has informed us that they intend to carry out an audit of approximately 200-300 transactions from 16 research grants. The audit will be done remotely and Departments will be contacted by mid-April if their grants have been

28 Sep 2018: The following rates were uploaded into X5 on 27th September 2018 – New August 18 pay scales: for University grades (non Clinical) and banded rates for MRC EPI, CU, BSU and MBU grades. The MRC CBU and Toxicology grades will be uplifted at the same

1 Feb 2018: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2018 as of today. The revised fEC rates are available on the PRAO website. Should you have any queries related to the updates, please contact your Research Support Advisor at the

10 Aug 2018: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. This is an open meeting for Departments, Schools and Administrative Staff. The next meeting is as follows Thursday 20

13 Apr 2018: Employment laws. Taxation rules. Insurance arrangements. Immigration. Research Excellence Framework (REF) requirements.

16 Nov 2018: The Research Operations Office www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk/ website now includes a new feature on the home page to help Researchers and Administrative staff navigate through the grants lifecycle. We have been working with the User

29 Jun 2018: The numbering for Research Grants will be changing in the 2018 Michaelmas term. Currently the University uses a 7 digit reference for research grants starting with “RG” and then five numbers e.g. RG12345. We are running out of 5 digit numbers

23 Feb 2018: Since the launch of the Equipment sharing initiative 5 years ago, the University of Cambridge now has over 3000 individual items of equipment available for sharing http://www.equipment.admin.cam.ac.uk/ The equipment database has been accessed by

10 Aug 2018: The 2019 ERC Work Programme, which was due to be published in mid-July, is now expected in mid-September 2018. This significant delay means that the opening of the call and issuing of the University’s usual crib sheets will also be delayed. The

2 Nov 2018: Topics will cover applying & managing grants including EU projects, understanding contracts and audit requirements.