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30 Nov 2018: The next UKRI Submission Period using Researchfish will be taking place between 4th February and 14th March 2019. Node Administrators are currently checking accuracy of the award data to ensure that the correct response code has been allocated and

9 Feb 2018: From 29th March 2018, the AHRC will be removing their requirement for a Technical Plan to be submitted in grant applications. In its place applicants will be required to submit a Data Management Plan. This will be mandatory for all Research Grants,

15 Jun 2018: The BBSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) pump-prime project funding call is now open. The funding will support short (up to 3 month) projects of up to £15,000 that enable new connections with industry or strengthen existing collaborations. More

13 Apr 2018: The fEC Rates used by the University from the 1st February 2018 saw a notable increase to the Indirect Cost Rate. The calculation of the University fEC Rates is based on a prescribed method approved by HEFCE using information that appears in the

12 Jan 2018: As part of the University Science Festival, the Office of Scholarly Communication will be hosting a storytelling event for families with Marion Leeper, the first Bard of Cambridge. We are looking for keen researchers with interesting areas of study

14 Dec 2018: The Contract Status Portal is due to be retired in early 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 including

12 Oct 2018: During the Summer of 2018, a review was undertaken of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers. Recommendations have now been published and a revised version of the concordant is expected in 2019. It is likely that there will

12 Oct 2018: Some EC grant holders have received a notification informing them of a new tool called the “personnel costs calculation wizard”. Since the tool is part of the usual H2020 financial reporting that is done by the Research Operations Office, there

26 Jan 2018: In 2017, a trial of different Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) providers ran across the University to investigate the possibility of deployment (or recommendation) of a product for use at Campus, School or Departmental level. However, the results of

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