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15 Apr 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 243. Published on 15 April 2020. As our staff continue working remotely, to manage our workflow and prioritise activity relating to COVID-19  we would like to

15 Apr 2020: Research Councils have published a list of calls with their original deadlines and extensions for April and May https://www.ukri.org/files/funding/calls-april-may/

7 Oct 2020: After the successful launch of the OSCEAs in 2019, the enthusiastic response from staff and students and the quality of the nominations confirmed our decision to make this an annual award.

5 Oct 2020: This year's Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching and Senior Tutors and the Annual Meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors were held online in September. You can now watch the recordings of each event's plenary

21 Feb 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 239. Published on 21 February 2020. The Symplectic Elements upload to Researchfish is now complete and PIs are advised to check this new data when completing their

10 Jan 2020: The Research Operations Office is about to embark on the ROOTS Tier 2 Research Grants Programme 2020 for grants administrators in departments. Consisting of seven separate morning sessions, the modules comprise a mix of skills development and

15 May 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 246. Published on 15 May 2020. The Financial Implications Task Force has produced a briefing note that provides guidance on the processes that the University has

13 Oct 2020: Bivalves (clams, oysters, mussels, etc.) being high in protein, fortifiable with micronutrients, and able to produce high value by-products, are a promising sustainable option for delivering food and economic security.

24 Jan 2020: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 237. Published on 24 January 2020. On Monday 3. rd. February, the new 2020 fEC and facilities rates will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable

18 Nov 2020: At CDBB our focus is on transforming the UK construction industry’s approach to how we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure in such a way as

1 May 2020: We are delighted to be once again offering the Outstanding Student Contribution to Education Awards.

4 Sep 2020: The next meeting of the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Live Meeting on Thursday 24th September at 11:15am. Agenda topics will include the UKRI COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) and the upgrade to the X5 costing and

20 Jul 2020: How to share your screen or touch-screen device and collaborate with students in the same space in realtime

6 Feb 2020: The British Heart Foundation have recently updated their application portal and guidelines for grants. As a result of this, a provision for inflation should now be included on Salaries, previously this was not the case. The current schemes on X5 are

21 Feb 2020: The Symplectic Elements upload to Researchfish is now complete and PIs are advised to check this new data when completing their Researchfish return. The annual submission period on Researchfish is 3 February 2020 to 4pm on 12 March 2020 for most

17 Mar 2020: During the first two weeks of March, the Finance Transformation Programme (FTP) has been feeding back the results of its Discovery Phase to key stakeholders and those who took part in the engagement activity. One of the feedback sessions was

24 Jan 2020: The School of Biological Sciences is hosting a visit by Prof Melanie Welham, BBSRC Executive Chair and will include an Open Meeting chaired by Prof Anna Philpott, Head of School of Biological Sciences. Tuesday 18th February 11:00 – 13:00 Sainsbury

20 Nov 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded on Tuesday 24th November 2020. The upgrade will include improvements to the interface, fixes to known bugs and enable us to remain supported by the supplier. A summary of

7 May 2020: The equipment database was developed in 2012 as a response to changes by RCUK to the way that equipment on research grants would be funded and in particular increase shared usage. When the call came to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the database

14 Aug 2020: The next bank holiday is Monday 31st August and therefore the Research Office will be closed and is a non-working day. Please take account of this for any forthcoming deadlines you might have. The application deadline calculator on the Research

6 Feb 2020: The annual submission period on Researchfish is 3 February 2020 to 4pm on 12 March 2020 for most funders. Emails have been sent to award holders from Researchfish on behalf of the funders informing PIs that they need to complete their annual

10 Jan 2020: On Wednesday 29th January 2020, John Hand - Head of the Physical Sciences Theme at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is visiting Cambridge.

29 Sep 2020: degree_histmodlang_0.png What do Cambridge graduates do?

19 Aug 2020: I would encourage industry leaders to engage with the DFTG and to act as champions for delivering the organisational, societal and economic benefits possible through effective information management.”.

11 Sep 2020: This month, the Wellcome Trust is changing its digital identity from 'wellcome.ac.uk' to 'wellcome.org'. Emails will come from the .org address and from Monday 14 September the website domain will switch. The .ac.uk domain will continue running for

31 Jul 2020: A reminder that the new Research Investigator Time Policy is being introduced from 1st August 2020 to improve cost recovery and better reflect the true cost of research. Details of the new policy can be found on the ROO website. If you have any

18 Dec 2020: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 and will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines and let your researchers know of

11 Sep 2020: Please note that UIS will be performing essential maintenance work on the ROO Portal on Tuesday 15th September between 07:30 and 09:00 and the system will be unavailable during these times. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

19 Jun 2020: The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund, is now open. Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an

7 Aug 2020: Tony explores how today’s Fenland was created, the technology involved and the changes in economic and social life that resulted.

9 Oct 2020: Throughout the summer and as we move into the autumn, the future of the University's approach to procurement and purchasing has evolved.

21 Jan 2020: The nature of submissions ranged from workshops designed to decolonise the curriculum, to poster campaigns, podcasts and websites celebrating the achievement of staff and students from under-represented backgrounds at Cambridge.

24 Jan 2020: On Monday 3rd February, the new 2020 fEC and facilities rates will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable between 8am and 9am.

10 Jun 2020: All health related research (involving human participants, their data or tissue) carried out overseas, needs ethical approval from the country in which research will take place. Additionally, confirmation from the University of Cambridge research

29 Sep 2020: degree_anglosaxon_0.png What do Cambridge graduates do? The top sectors that ASNC Cambridge graduates joined were research (circa 13% of those who responded), followed by communications (9%) and then IT (3%) and publishing (3%) and the charity

15 May 2020: Innovate have created a fast track process to facilitate “no cost” time extension requests of up to three months for reasons relating to COVID-19, subject to a valid business case and normal legal and compliance requirements. They recognise that

24 Jan 2020: The revised GPS was published last month and replaces the October 2018 version as a standard term and condition of awards. This revision applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after 1st October 2019.

17 Jul 2020: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is issuing a COVID-19 Grant Extension Allocation (CoA) to UK organisations to support costed extensions to grants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective is to ensure that UKRI grant outcomes continue to be

4 Dec 2020: On Thursday 10th December, the updated NHS and new Cost Of Living Allowance date of Aug 20 will be imported into X5. This means that X5 will be unavailable between 7am and 8:30am. Once the new rates are in X5, to apply them to existing costings, go

6 Mar 2020: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 12th March at 4pm for the following major funders UKRI, CRUK, BHF, NIHR, NC3Rs, AMS and Rosetrees Trust awards. Wellcome Trust grant holders whose grant ends

24 Apr 2020: We would like to remind you that from Monday 27th April there will be some changes to the way in which grant applications will be dealt with: a minimum of 4 weeks notice of your intention to submit to a particular scheme a copy of the full proposal

29 Sep 2020: degree_asianmiddleeast_0.png What do Cambridge graduates do? The top sectors that AMES Cambridge graduates joined were arts and recreation (circa 17% of those who responded), followed by consulting (17%) and then IT (8%) and charity sector (18%).

18 Dec 2020: Thank you to everyone who attended the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Thursday 3rd December. Presentations were given on the new CDA fast track service, Brexit and the costing & pricing project. The slides, Q&A and recording of the m

6 Mar 2020: The Research Office is inviting you to our University Research Administration Open Day on Tuesday 30th June 2020 at Greenwich House, Madingley Road to jointly explore what transforming research administration at Cambridge means for all of us together

7 May 2020: Any researchers undertaking COVID-19 health related work that involves, participants – healthy volunteers or otherwise, their data or samples, should contact the Clinical School Research Governance Office for guidance about ethics approvals that

10 Jan 2020: The Royal Society Grants Team is visiting the University of Cambridge on 28th January 2020.

1 Dec 2020: The Strategic Procurement and Purchasing (SPP) project – which will enable the University to better buy its goods works and services, with improved frameworks and more user-friendly systems and processes – is currently planning its

18 Nov 2020: Cambridge academics talk about their experiences teaching online, and a student representative discusses their learning experience

17 Jul 2020: The application process for UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) COVID-19 open call will change on 31st July 2020. After this date, instead of submitting a proposal via email, researchers must apply via UKRI’s online submission system the

12 Nov 2020: graduate_outcomes_0.jpg The Graduate Outcomes survey is a national survey capturing information about the activities and perspectives of graduates 15 months after they finish their studies.