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30 Sep 2016: 7.1 Applications to Continue Employment 7.1.1 A University officer who wishes to continue their employment for a limited period of time beyond the retirement age should discuss their intentions with the relevant Head of Institution at the earliest

10 Jun 2016: Wellcome Trust asked us to circulate the following opportunity: This fellowship scheme enables medical, dental, veterinary and clinical psychology graduates to continue their research at postdoctoral level and develop scientific independence. It

26 May 2016: Researchers are faced throughout their careers with managing research data. Implementing best practice early on cannot only help you to access the right data quickly, but also ensure that data is relevant, reusable and accessible to others,

4 Mar 2016: Irrecoverable VAT is now eligible expenditure on Innovate UK grants with effect from the new guidance issued on Oct-2015. For grants dated before Oct-2015, the wording of the award letter should be considered. For questions in this regard, please

1 Apr 2016: You have probably been in this situation before: How do you find and access data for your research? In this workshop we will discuss the current challenges in data sharing, focusing especially on challenges faced by researchers studying cancer and

26 May 2016: How can we ensure that researchers are rewarded for the quality of their research and not only for the impact factor of the journals in which they publish? What needs to happen so the quality of the whole research process is taken into account when

8 Dec 2016: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will be held on Friday 10th February 2017 at 10am in the Norwich Room, Roger Needham Building, West Cambridge. Further details will be circulated in the New Year.

13 Oct 2016: The BBSRC Interim Chief Executive Professor Melanie Welham and colleagues are visiting the University on Monday 7th November 2016. Professor Welham will give an open presentation on the BBSRC strategy and forward plans followed by Q&A. Monday 7th

21 Jul 2016: The new Income Allocation Policy of the University will be effective from 1 August 2016 onwards. The Policy outlines how income received from Research Grants and Contracts, which is surplus to direct costs on the project, is split between the Chest

22 Nov 2016: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. For PIs - a return is mandatory if you have been in receipt

15 Apr 2016: to know your funders’ Open Access and research data sharing requirements.

13 May 2016: MSCA - New Expert Evaluators Sought As the schemes continue to be very popular and receive large numbers of proposals, new expert evaluators that have not yet registered or been invited to take part in the review process for the Marie

10 Jun 2016: Changes to the Income Allocation Policy come into effect for awards activated on and after 1st August 2016. The new policy will increasingly affect new and existing costings in progress. A message has been added to the X5 costing screen notifying

30 Sep 2016: 5.1. While there is no retirement age for these staff groups, the University operates a procedure for employees to consider their choices at or about the time they become entitled to draw their occupational pension in full. 5.2. For planning purposes

22 Jan 2016: Researchfish will host a training workshop for administrators and researchers in Cambridge today. Two sessions will take place: the first one (1:30-2:30pm) is aimed at PIs, the second one (2:30-3:30pm) at Departmental Administrators. We strongly

4 Mar 2016: The following funders have Open Submission periods with imminent deadlines in Researchfish: • All seven Research Councils (RCUK): 10 Mar 2016 • Cancer Research UK (CRUK): 10 Mar 2016 • British Heart Foundation (BHF): 10 Mar 2016 • NC3Rs: 17

25 Oct 2016: The BBSRC Interim Chief Executive Professor Melanie Welham and colleagues are visiting the University on Monday 7th November 2016. Professor Welham will give an open presentation on the BBSRC strategy and forward plans followed by Q&A. Monday 7th

8 Dec 2016: Mary de Silva, Head of the Wellcome Trust's Population, Environment and Health section and colleagues will visit the University on Tuesday 20th December. The team will give an overview of their funding schemes and invite your feedback on the changes

19 Feb 2016: This is advance notice from UIS that X5 will be unavailable during these times whilst essential server updates are performed. Users may also experience issues with submitting MTA/CDAs on-line during this period. UIS apologise for any inconvenience

21 Jan 2016: Researcher Declaration A “Researcher Declaration” needs to be completed within 20 days of the start of the project for every researcher employed on a MSCA European Training Network or RISE project.

19 Aug 2016: It was announced over the weekend that HM Treasury has agreed to underwrite the payments of Horizon 2020 grants singed whilst the UK remains a member of the EU for projects that continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. For more information

8 Dec 2016: The Research Office will be offering guidance to PIs and students who are required to submit a return to Researchfish for the next submission period 6 February 2017 to 16 March 2017 at 4pm. Funders included in this window are RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR,

13 May 2016: Pop over to our informal 1hour information session to learn about the University’s research repository ‘Apollo’ and see how it can help you to get more credit for your work. The Office of Scholarly Communication will show you how to easily get

7 Dec 2016: Description This monthly report shows whether or not employees have completed the E&D Essentials online training module, Prevent training, and Unconscious Bias training. Completions up to the end of the previous calendar month are captured. Any

19 Sep 2016: Information for HR and managers Guidance in cases of staff mental health difficulties or acute distress Anyone can get upset or distressed at work and this document will help you identify the most helpful things to do to ensure a satisfactory and

8 Jan 2016: Researchfish is running a series workshops across the UK in January 2016 on the Researcher Interface and covering some training for administrators who are tasked with administering the returns on behalf of their institutions. Two sessions will take

30 Sep 2016: 3rd party copyright. Open Access publisher requirements. This session is part of a series run by the Office of Scholarly Communication for PhD students in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

1 Jun 2016: the benefits of making your research openly available. your funders’ Open Access and research data sharing requirements.

23 May 2016: administrative and academic staff alike to ensure that it meets its needs and requirements.

6 May 2016: Acceptable behaviour The University expects that all employees will conduct themselves in a professional manner when interacting with others or when managing colleagues. All members of the University should consider their own behaviour and the

5 Aug 2016: In an update to the new IAP, the 50:50 split between Chest and Department of PI time income for chest-funded PIs for ERC awards, has been extended to apply to all H2020 awards. The update was implemented as part of the new IAP which came into effect

23 May 2016: The questions will now be tailored to the needs and requirements of the course and applicant, meaning that applicants will be working with a much more efficient and intuitive form.

26 Aug 2016: to ensure that any standard University documents and procedures (including procurement terms and procedures, fundraising documentation, and terms and conditions of employment) reflect the requirements of this Policy;.

30 Sep 2016: Strategies for file exchange with collaborators. Funder requirements for making your digital information (or data) available.