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25 Oct 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 231. Published on 25 October 2019. The annual UKRI submission period on Researchfish will be the 3rd February to 12th March 2020. In preparation for the submission

9 Aug 2019: All MSCA-IFs (European and Global Fellowships included) can be treated as a small application, therefore can be submitted to the ROO one working day before the deadline. Applications should reach the ROO by 4pm on 10th September. Details of the

7 Jun 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 224. Published on 7 June 2019. This briefing is relevant to all staff involved in research grants, particularly those new to the University or wishing to increase

8 Nov 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 232. Published on 8 November 2019. An information event for the ERC Consolidator Call 2020 is being organised for all potential applicants, departmental

22 Feb 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 219. Published on 22 February 2019. The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will take place as follows. Tuesday 26th February 2019. 2pm – 3:30pm. LR4, Dept of

21 Jun 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, understanding contracts and audit

22 Feb 2019: There have been some updates to the Research Dashboard this week. You will see that it is now easier to scan the list of grants which is helpful for those with large datasets. Also each grant now has a unique URL, allowing users to communicate more

8 Feb 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 218. Published on 8 February 2019. Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2019. The revised fEC rates are available on the PRAO

18 Jan 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 217. Published on 18 January 2019. The Contract Status Portal is due to be retired on 31. st. January 2019 as its content has now been integrated into the Research

22 Nov 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 233. Published on 22 November 2019. The following updated pay scales with an effective date (COLA date) of 01/04/2019 were uploaded into X5 on Tuesday 19. th.

18 Jan 2019: Due to the Norwich Auditorium AV equipment being replaced, the next RGUG meeting will instead be held at the Department of Engineering as follows Tuesday 26th February 2019 2pm – 3:30pm LR4, Dept of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2

6 Dec 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 234. Published on 6 December 2019. An Organisational Spend Report is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the

8 Feb 2019: At the next RGUG, Helen Wain from Finance will be available to answer any questions or queries about Procurement. Please send your topic suggestions to Procurement.Services.Enquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk by 19th February so she can prepare accordingly.

19 Dec 2019: There has been an update to the University’s Policy Framework on Research Data Management. The new version reflects the expectations of best practice held by the major funders of the University and is applicable to all research staff and students.

8 Mar 2019: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 14th 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

8 Feb 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

5 Jul 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, understanding contracts and audit

29 Mar 2019: Minutes from the Research Grants User Group Meeting on 26th February are now available on the ROO website. The next meeting will be Thursday 2 May 2019 2pm - 3.30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, West Cambridge

8 Mar 2019: When costing grant applications to access shared equipment through the Henry Royce Institute, the EPSRC have advised that Royce equipment access costs must be entered into X5 as "Non-staff – Other Directly Incurred - OTHER COSTS – Consumables

6 Dec 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020.

21 Jun 2019: The Research Grants User Group Meeting is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research contract and grant administration topics can be discussed. The next meeting will take place as follows Thursday 27th June 2019 10am – 11:30am Large

11 Oct 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

18 Jan 2019: The Contract Status Portal is due to be retired on 31st January 2019 as its content has now been integrated into the Research Dashboard. The dashboard offers Researchers and Administrators an overview of their contracts, applications and grants

13 Sep 2019: In the case of a no deal Brexit, the UK government has committed to underwrite the funds of all active EU grants and bids submitted until exit day. Information and updates on the underwrite can be found here. Further guidance is still to be published

8 Nov 2019: The annual funder submission period on Researchfish will be the 3rd February to 12th March 2020. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other staff involved in this process.

19 Dec 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. The Research Operations Office will be open for business as usual in the morning on

25 Oct 2019: The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is moving to a new research grants management system in January 2020 which means that they will soon stop accepting applications made through their current system. There will be deadlines for each grant type which

25 Oct 2019: The annual UKRI submission period on Researchfish will be the 3rd February to 12th March 2020. In preparation for the submission period, the Research Office is running a workshop for node administrators and other administrative involved in this

6 Dec 2019: An Organisational Spend Report is submitted quarterly to the Wellcome Trust (WT) by the Research Operations Office (ROO) for the months of March, June, September and December. Before ROO submits the OSR, the WT have now asked that all expenditure is

8 Nov 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines. Final Expenditure Statements

18 Jan 2019: The annual submission period for UKRI, CRUK, NIHR, NC3R’s, BHF and other funders is 4th February to 14th March 2019 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to make a return. To help with this process, research outputs entered

7 Jun 2019: Eligible research organisations and NERC research centres are invited to submit up to two proposals for this pre-announcement NERC Capital Equipment Call (with a minimum value of £100,000 per proposal, but not exceeding a combined total value of

8 Nov 2019: An information event for the ERC Consolidator Call 2020 is being organised for all potential applicants, departmental administrators and research support staff. The deadline for the ERC Consolidator Grant Call 2020 is 4th February 2020 at 4pm (UK

9 Aug 2019: Researchers who are planning to apply to the 2020 ERC Starting Grant Call are invited to attend an information seminar. Aimed at potential applicants, Dr Akshay Rao who is an ERC starting grant holder, will provide insights from his experience and

7 Jun 2019: This event is aimed primarily at researchers and administrative staff who will be involved in applying for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship 2019. The agenda will include an introduction to the call guidance on how to prepare

7 Jun 2019: This briefing is relevant to all staff involved in research grants, particularly those new to the University or wishing to increase their understanding of University policy and its impact on research grants and their administration. Content includes

29 Mar 2019: Further scheduled rises in the USS pension rates are planned to come into effect in October 2019 and April 2020. The Wellcome Trust are requesting that where an application is currently under review for award, that salary costings are revised to

7 Jun 2019: This event is aimed at researchers and administrative staff who are involved in ERC funding programmes and / or the specifics of the ERC advanced grant call 2019.

10 May 2019: For all applications to UKRI GCRF and Newton Fund calls / competitions, it is now mandatory to provide a Gender Equality Statement. This statement must outline how applicants have taken meaningful yet proportionate consideration as to how the

22 Nov 2019: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 1pm on Tuesday 24th December 2019 and will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines – Final Expenditure Statements

6 Dec 2019: The FOREX policy states that EC awards are activated using a lifetime exchange rate based on when the Grant Agreement is signed to allow PIs to plan their budgets. However, due to the movement of exchange rates over time, or in periods of high rate

5 Jul 2019: In response to an increasing number of findings on audits of Innovate UK grants, there are some areas of concern in relation to the following eligibility of staff costs (DI And DA), including templates for timesheets and declarations eligibility of

10 May 2019: X5 has been updated with a new salary file with an effective date of 01/04/2019 which contains the proposed USS pension rate of 24.2%. Users who wish to use the existing rate of 19.5% should select the 01/02/2019 salary file.

11 Oct 2019: The following rates were uploaded into X5 on 24th September 2019. New August 2019 pay scales: for MRC (EPI, CU, BSU, MBU, CBU, TOX) grades for University grades (non-Clinical) and banded rates USS grades have retained the superannuation rate of 24.4%

19 Feb 2019: 1: To be confidential, information must be “commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided for by Union or national law to protect a legitimate economic interest, in particular concerning

1 Feb 2019: 1: To be confidential, information must be “commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided for by Union or national law to protect a legitimate economic interest, in particular concerning

5 Jul 2019: The presentations from the recent RGUG meeting on 27th June are now available on the ROO website. One of the discussion points from the meeting last week was to gauge interest in having an Open Day at ROO during the Michaelmas Term. Options include

26 Apr 2019: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will take place as follows Thursday 2nd May 2019 2pm – 3:30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0RB Agenda for the meeting and minutes for the previous

10 May 2019: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting is led by the Research Operations Office and is an open forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting will take place as follow Thursday 27th June 2019

26 Jul 2019: The Wellcome Trust have made some policy changes including laboratory gloves can now be requested on grant applications and charged to existing grants. Further details are available from their website under the section ”Materials and consumables