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15 Oct 2019: While many tools and methodologies exist for evaluating the social, environmental and economic impact of the built environment, there is no single tool that supports a holistic value-based approach to

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

25 Oct 2019: The European Research Council (ERC) has launched their first competition for ERC Public Engagement with Research Award. The purpose of the award is to recognise ERC grant holders who engage with audiences beyond the scientific community and do so in

1 Oct 2019: Dr Flavio Toxvaerd, Faculty of Economics. Understanding economic models through interactive graphs: a platform for visualisation and independent student experimentation using Mathematica.

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

25 Oct 2019: The Finance Business Transformation Programme (FBTP) are seeking views from all the staff across the University who are involved in any financial activities (both recipients of the financial services or users of financial systems). Staff are able to

10 May 2019: When submitting grant applications to the Research Operations Office, please be aware of your Department’s delegated authority limits. These are set out in the annual Delegation of Financial Authority letter which is signed by the Head of

26 Apr 2019: To help you work out when your grant application should reach the Research Operations Office, there is a new tool on the ROO website. Enter the funder deadline into the application deadline calculator and it will give you the date when you need to

8 Feb 2019: The annual submission period on Researchfish is 4 February 2019 to 4pm on 14 March 2019 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

22 Aug 2019: Over its six year duration, the programme has included a diverse range of topics relating to sustainability studies, ranging from the environment and behaviour, to policy and economics.

26 Jul 2019: A new grant condition is being trialled to allow for some EPSRC grants to delay the start of the grant for up to six months. A statement to this effect will be included in the offer letters for eligible grants and a review of the trial outcomes is

18 Oct 2019: In this blog, Rey makes the case for considering the socio-economic inhibitors to the take up of digital innovation in construction. ... However, transforming construction is a social, cultural, economic and political challenge – not simply a technical

17 Dec 2019: With its ambitious climate initiative Cambridge Zero, the University is helping to build a zero-carbon future.

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

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

13 Aug 2019: ii. their ethnicity. iii. their socio-economic background, in the form of the English Index of Multiple Deprivation (EIMD) 2019.3.

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

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

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

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.

5 Apr 2019: Hub. CDBB and the DFTG would like to invite industry leaders to act as champions for the organisational, societal and economic benefits possible through effective information management.

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

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.

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

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

20 Nov 2019: FEOSW 2014: 2nd International Workshop on Finance and Economics on the Semantic Web.

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

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

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

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

8 Aug 2019: Franklin will take on the CIO role in a challenging era for fund management, as the world economy transitions towards a more sustainable economic model in the 21st century.

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.

9 Jul 2019: PGT. MPhil in Economics. PGT. MPhil in Education. PGT. MPhil in Egyptology. ... PGT. Diploma's and. Advanced Diploma's. Advanced Diploma in Economics. PGT. Advanced Diploma in Hebrew Studies.

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

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

11 Sep 2019: be aligned with international strategies, but that in turn, given the specific cultural, economic and legal conditions of our country, it was not possible to make a literal adoption of the

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

16 Sep 2019: Keith said: “In the UK, we spend around £65 billion every year on economic and social infrastructure projects, building things like new schools and hospitals, roads and railways.

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

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

30 Oct 2019: If you're interested, join us at any time from 12.30 to 14.30 on the Sidgwick Site's car park on Sidgwick Avenue, behind the Economics building.

28 Jul 2019: The project contributes to generating knowledge that is crucial to unlocking the potential of CDTs i delivering social, economic and environmental outcomes that meet citizens’ needs and also respond to contemporary

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

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

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