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1 Mar 2024: The Health National Contact Points (NCP) Network is organising an online workshop to - Enhance your skills in writing Horizon Europe Health proposals Gain insight into the process Ask questions from the expert-led discussion The online session takes

13 Mar 2024: They discuss education, life lessons and how George incorporates his sociology studies into his award-winning podcasts, spoken word performances and his research on the socio-economic potential of black music. ... George is currently doing a PhD at UCL'S

1 Mar 2024: An Elements upgrade is taking place from Tuesday 5th March at 5pm until Friday 8th March 2024. During this time, it will not be possible to make open access, research data or doctoral thesis deposits from Elements into the University repository

10 May 2024: UKRO is holding two information webinars for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 Call on 14 and 15 May 2024 from 10am -12pm UK time. Prior registration to the webinars is mandatory, please find more information for session 1 and session 2 on the

11 Aug 2023: The Wellcome Trust Grant Tracker (WTGT) system will be closed down on 30th September 2023 and replaced on 1st October 2023 by the Wellcome Funding platform. Once the WTGT is closed, you won’t be able to access the system. If you want to keep any

20 Nov 2023: Scheme Guidance for Applicants Having been awarded Horizon 2020 funding, you need to read and understand your obligations to the scheme so that you can comply with the terms and conditions of the grant. You can do this by reading the following EC

24 Apr 2024: Fair Use policy At particular times of the year, the Careers Service is very busy and it is unlikely that we will be able to offer you multiple appointments in a short time frame.

3 Nov 2023: The Research Operations Office (ROO) is about to embark on the next Research Grants Administration Programme 2024 (previously known as ROOTS) and we are pleased to invite Expressions of Interest from all departmental professional support staff at

19 Jan 2024: Most major research funders are committed to open access, but have varied policies, requirements, and funding sources. Grants admins, research facilitators and contracts managers will often deal with Open Access funding and queries throughout the

16 Feb 2024: The Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) took place on 15th February 2024 and the recording and slides are now available. Presentations included the Worktribe implementation schedule and PI submissions for the Researchfish deadline on 14th

5 Jan 2024: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) 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 next OSR, please could Departments check and

1 Dec 2023: Thank you to those who have provided up-to-date delegated letters of authority for their Department. If you have yet to review the delegated authority for research grants, please do so by using the following guidance and template. Heads of

1 Dec 2023: Due to the Christmas vacation, the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Friday 22 December 2023 and will re-open on Tuesday 2 January 2024. Therefore, please be aware of the following deadlines and ensure that your researchers are

28 Mar 2024: On the 14th June 2024, the Research Operations Office is organising a European Research Council (ERC) Information Event (hybrid) at the University of Cambridge. Following the association of UK to Horizon Europe Programme, this event aims to inform

16 Feb 2024: The Office of Scholarly Communication would like to invite you to an online information session regarding the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Open Access Policy for Long-form Scholarship, on Monday 19 February 2024, 12pm to 12:45pm. This policy came

3 Nov 2023: The School of Technology will be the first school to adopt Worktribe from 2024 onwards as part of the phased rollout. The exact timings are to be confirmed. Shui Lam, Secretary of the School of Technology and Chair of the Grant Management

28 Jul 2023: The ERC has opened a call for the 2024 Starting Grants. An updated crib sheet reflecting some novelties in the application format and evaluation procedure can be found on ROO website. Please contact your Research Development Team for further guidance

5 Jan 2024: In Dec 2023, the ROO EU Team organised two hybrid Horizon Europe Information Sessions led by Anne Nierobisch, the European Advisor for the University of Cambridge and the UK MSCA National Contact Point. The sessions were packed with information, and

17 Nov 2023: The Research Operations Office (ROO) invites Expressions of Interest for the Research Grants Administration Programme 2024 from all departmental professional support staff at the University who play an active role in the grants lifecycle, whether

17 Nov 2023: At two information sessions in December, the dedicated European Advisor for Cambridge University and the UK Marie Sklodowska Curie National Contact Point (UKRO) will address important legal and financial changes under Horizon Europe, upcoming

16 Apr 2024: The table lists common activities that are more likely to present a risk of non-payment and customer disputes.

19 Jan 2024: Working on a large, complex grant application? Our online information session is a great opportunity to improve your knowledge, get guidance and ask questions. The Research Funding team offers application support services such as coordination of bid

19 Oct 2023: ERC President Maria Leptin has written to UK Principal Investigators (PIs) leading a project that would have been funded under the ERC Work Programmes for 2021-2023, but which was instead funded by the UKRI Guarantee. The letter confirms that PIs

22 Sep 2023: Heads of Department (HoD) have responsibility regarding the supervision of resources and finances as defined in the University’s Financial Regulations (Section B). However, in some circumstances, the regulations allow the HoD to delegate various

1 Mar 2024: The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). The CBE JU are organising an “Info Day” on 23rd April 2024 to give participants

30 Oct 2023: The new method, developed by scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Exeter and the London School of Economics, is called ‘Permanent Additional Carbon Tonne' (PACT) accounting, and can be used

19 Jan 2024: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 5th February 2024 to 14th March 2024, during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission

1 Dec 2023: The Research Operations Office has prepared additional guidance on Horizon 2020 MSCA grants regarding secondments and audit requirements.

19 Oct 2023: The European Commission has extended the deadlines for several Horizon Europe calls in light of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The deadlines of the calls will be extended for all applicants, irrespective of the country where the organisation is

7 Jul 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 20th July at 11:15am. The agenda will include a presentation on Trusted Research and Export Control, updates on the Grant Management Support (GMS) Project and

22 Sep 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place on Thursday 28th September, 11:15am – 12:15pm. This will be a hybrid meeting for you to join either online as a Teams call or in person at West 1, The West Hub, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge

6 Oct 2023: UKRO as the UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council (ERC) has collated the most common queries received on ERC funding following the recent association deal between EU and UK on Horizon Europe announced on 7th September.

19 Oct 2023: On 7th September 2023, the UK Government and the EU announced the UK’s association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus Programmes, to enter into force on 1st January 2024. To support our researchers, we have invited the dedicated European Advisor

17 Apr 2024: A supplier portal is an integrated online platform, shared by businesses and their vendors, used for submitting documents which can include contracts, electronic purchase orders, invoices for payment, and related information.

19 Oct 2023: Departments who receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) need to be aware of the updated NIH Grants Policy Statement, section 15.2 For foreign subrecipients, a provision requiring the foreign subrecipient to provide access to

26 Mar 2024: It has already been established that budgets are an important method through which to monitor and control actual versus planned activity. However, to carry this out effectively it is important to spread the budget across the months of the financial

17 Apr 2024: After an invoice has been issued it may sometimes be necessary to make a correction to it which will usually take the form of a credit memo (commonly referred to as credit notes).

3 Nov 2023: The exchange rate to convert the EUR grant value to GBP has been updated by UKRI. For grant agreements signed by the Commission from the 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2024 a maximum exchange rate of £1: €1.148787 will be accepted. Read more in

22 Sep 2023: In 2019, the Tsinghua University and the University of Cambridge established the Tsinghua - Cambridge Joint Research Initiative Fund, a five-year initiative to strengthen research collaborations between academics in the two institutions. The recent

19 Jan 2024: The European Commission is organising an information session about Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe. This will be an online event on Thursday 8th February, 10am-12noon (Brussels Time). It is aimed at all applicants and beneficiaries interested in

1 Dec 2023: The Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) took place on 30th November 2023 and the recording and slides are now available. Our next meeting is schedule for 15th February 2024 at 2pm and you can join either online as a Teams call or in person at

17 Oct 2023: On Tuesday 10th October, the University Tax Office with the support of the Research Office hosted an online VAT training session on research grants and contracts aimed at administrative staff in Departments. The session was recorded and is now

8 Sep 2023: As you hopefully know by now the Transforming Research Support (TRS) Programme will be introducing a new research grant management system called Worktribe. Worktribe will change the way that principal investigators and professional staff across the

28 Jul 2023: The Royal Society’s University Research Fellowship scheme is now open with a funder deadline of 7th September 2023. This year’s scheme has changed, in line with the Royal Society’s Grant Funding Guidance which was published earlier this year.

19 Oct 2023: Our Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration aims to support all those who run and are involved in the grants lifecycle at the University of Cambridge. A new Teams channel has been set up called “The Funding Service (Je-S

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17 Nov 2023: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Friday 22 December 2023 and will re-open on Tuesday 2 January 2024. Therefore please be aware of the following deadlines and ensure that your researchers are

10 May 2024: As with the E transaction codes, the second letter of the income code clarifies the type of income, with the last two providing the detail. The table below lists the first two letters, column 1, followed by the description, column 2.

5 Mar 2024: The event explores the complex ecosystem of the Fens and investigates critical facets at play in the landscape including biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, water management, economic factors, and the delicate balance

22 Sep 2023: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) 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 next OSR, please could Departments check and