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21 Apr 2015: As part of their assurance strategy, the Wellcome Trust has been conducting a number of grant reviews in relation to the financial transactions on awards.  We have been informed that all centre grants, strategic awards, investigator awards and

4 Jun 2015: 1. Open Data lunchtime session –15 June Monday 15 June, 12:30 – 13:30, Mill Lane Lecture Room 10 Most research funders (research councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The general expectation

21 Apr 2015: New funder schemes for industrial funders are being added to X5 over the next few weeks to allow users to select schemes that will: Attract 80% fEC Replace previous templates in pFACT that were used for “New Industry Policy” with 70% and 120%

25 Jun 2015: The following feature among the most commonly negotiated terms Intellectual Property (IP) Publication Confidentiality Liability / indemnity Further details can be foud here about why we negotiate.

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office (ROO) where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday 25 March, 9:30am in Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms.

21 Apr 2015: As a move to harmonise further with other Research Councils, BBSRC will no longer require final reports. These used to be submitted by funded researchers at the end of a project. This change will be implemented from 1 October 2013. Grants ending

21 Apr 2015: The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for the European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept scheme.

25 Jun 2015: What is a research contract? Research contracts are legally binding agreements that govern collaborative research between the University and external organisations, whether those organisations are funding the research or are participating in the

21 Apr 2015: Following the recent RGUG presentation about the above, a guidance note has been prepared and is available on the Internet:    http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/documents/local/applying/VAT_Exemption_for_Research_briefing_not

4 Jun 2015: Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. Minutes and presentations from the meeting on Thursday 12 March are now available http://www

21 Apr 2015: During 2012 & 2013 the Wellcome Trust undertook a review of how grant holders manage expenditure on their grants. One of the outcomes from this review is that they have issued specific guidance regarding what costs are allowed on its grants.Further

4 Sep 2015: Download this chapter in PDF format Version History Version Number Issue date Comments 3.1 Apr 2024 Updated links and terminology Basic, overtime and casual transaction pay codes added to chapter 3.0 Jan 2018 Updated formatting to new FPM style

21 Apr 2015: 1. Updated Clinical Lecturer/Research Associate pay scale In light of the revised Clinical Lecturer/Research Associate pay scale effective from 1 April 2010, the pay scale will be updated in pFACT to reflect this. This change will be made to pFACT

21 Apr 2015: The next Research Grants User Group meeting is taking place this Tuesday, 20th March at 9.30am at the Sanger Building Lecture Theatre. This meeting is led by the Research Operations Office to discuss Research Grant administration issues and

29 Apr 2015: The team comprised Ravi Prasad and Ian Loo, both of whom are studying Economics at St John’s, Chris Watkins, who is reading Social Anthropology, and their colleague from Trinity College,

31 Mar 2015: Download this chapter in PDF format Overview The pages in this section give further information on the policies and procedures for Fixed Assets.

4 Jun 2015: Most research funders (research councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The general expectation is that data from publicly funded research projects should be made openly available with as few

21 Apr 2015: A new FAQ has been added to the X5 submission reports about a type of warning message. Please refer to p5 for more details.

21 Apr 2015: There will be 2 further X5 “hands on” training sessions on Wednesday 19 June at the following times, 09:00 – 12:30 13:30 - 17:00 These are a repeat of the sessions from 18 and 19 April. The training will take place at the Physics MCS Room

21 Apr 2015: Applicants for Wellcome Trust awards should be aware that the Trust's inflation allowance has been revised to 1.6 per cent per year effective from 1 April 2013. Full details can be found at:http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Managing-a-grant/Finance-and-