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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

20 Nov 2018: the Construction and Infrastructure Sectors’, highlighted how digital technology is changing the way we plan, build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure, driving up commercial competitiveness and productivity to

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

3 Jul 2018: build, maintain and use our social and economic infrastructure.

18 Jul 2018: The core aim of the DFTG is to ensure that the UK is well positioned to capitalise on the use of data for the public good in the UK’s economic

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

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

23 Mar 2018: We have recently become aware that parts of the staff costs charged to EC grants by the Temporary Employment Service (TES) may be ineligible under Horizon 2020 rules. As per Articles 6 and 18 of the Annotated Model Grant Agreement, the cost of

28 Aug 2018: Designing for children has also become a bit of a numbers game which considers a few metrics about people, economic background and child yield.

1 Jul 2018: Economics and Business.

16 Aug 2018: Congestion and overcrowding have reduced, overall network efficiency has improved and economic benefit has been estimated as £130m per year.

20 Jul 2018: If we get this framework right, and enable secure interoperability across the various sectors of economic infrastructure, we will by that act get much of the National Digital Twin.

14 Dec 2018: The numbering for Research Grants will be changing soon. 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 and it is expected that

30 Nov 2018: Research Administrators Programme 2019 The Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS Tier 2) consists of three morning sessions offering a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer. Topics will cover applying & managing grants

14 Dec 2018: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Friday 21st December 2018 and will re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.

23 Mar 2018: The Researchfish submission has now closed for RCUK, BHF, CRUK, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, NC3R's, NIHR, The Brain Tumour Charity and UK Space Agency and we would like to thank all researchers and administrative staff for preparing and submitting a

2 Nov 2018: On 27th September UKRI launched a new portal as a first step towards supporting the continuity of funding for UK organisations which have been awarded grants from the EC Horizon 2020 Programme. UKRI is asking recipients of H2020 grants to input

4 May 2018: In January 2018, the Research Policy Committee (RPC) discussed the impact of late research grant applications. It was noted that the current number of late applications placed an unacceptable additional burden on Departments and the Research

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