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21 Apr 2015: The process for including new items of equipment on the Equipment Admin Database is as follows: New Fixed Assets in excess of £10K will be loaded monthly by the Fixed Assets Team in Finance into the database as ‘DRAFT’ records. This will

21 Apr 2015: There are 3 new tutorials to help you use X5 on the following topics: Copying a costing Costing Tabs External partner leads These videos are available on the X5 website http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/applying/x5/default.aspx  

16 Jun 2015: Print jobs need to be sent to either MUR_FindMe or MUR_ITRC_BW printer. Printing costs will still be added to your college bill.

21 Apr 2015: The ability to create an award costing in X5 at Department Administrator and Principal Investigator level has been removed, as this costing type should only be used at Research Office level. If you need to create an award costing for an award not

26 Nov 2015: Scheduled. Indirect Cost Contribution (or ICCs.). 3rd June. 1st July. Monthly Payroll. ... 31st May. 28th June. Non Direct Costs and Pooled Labour. posted to Grants module.

21 Apr 2015: claimed as ‘real costs’. ... Please note that the general rules of eligible costs still applies to all Marie Curie grants.

9 Sep 2015: However, less than 1% goes towards mitigating the toll farming takes on the natural world – despite agriculture contributing more to environmental degradation than any other economic sector, say researchers. ... They write that while governments

19 Aug 2015: Our case studies illustrate the richness and diversity of our research impacts, spanning social, cultural, environmental and economic gains to society. ... Research impact is often multi-faceted, for example, research underpinning a new medical

6 Aug 2015: The Research Policy Committee have approved guidelines on authorship designed to encourage good practice in this area. The guidelines are available on the University’s Research Integrity webpages

21 Apr 2015: RCUK PhD stipends have been updated (see http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2014news/Pages/070114.aspx). National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2014/15 is £13,863 Research Councils UK Indicative Fee Level for 2014/15 is £3,996 The rates been updated

21 Apr 2015: As part of the Research Council’s commitment to moving to the Shared Services Centre, the MRC will be transferring to the RCUK joint electronic system (JeS) at the end of March. All applications to the MRC with a deadline before the end of March

21 Apr 2015: Details about how timesheets are used in the claiming of staff costs can be found on the Research Office website, along with an example of a timesheet template and FAQsyou have

21 Apr 2015: We are aware of an issue with Euro and USD currency rates not updating when the file is updated through the rates tab within the costing screen. Whilst we are waiting for a fix from the developers we would advise users to: i) Check that the rate is

16 Dec 2015: Saltmarsh was the perfect man for the task: he was an economic historian with a particular interest in the medieval world; he was a meticulous researcher; and he was a gifted ... Some key figures emerge: the individuals who steered the project forward,

14 Apr 2015: 5. At full application stage, the Research Operations Office (ROO) will need to check the proposal to ensure costs have been calculated correctly.

21 Apr 2015: Funding alerts generated by Research Professional and circulated by Rhys Morgan will discontinue from the end of September.  Each institution should now have a designated administrator able to create and distribute more discipline-specific alerts

21 Apr 2015: pFACT will no longer be supported after 31st July 2014 and therefore will no longer be available for use after this date.What do you need to do ?1) Please ensure that any reports you need access to are printed and/or saved before 31st July 2014 so

21 Apr 2015: The Isaac Newton Trust has recently written to all the Heads of Departments in the Biological, Clinical, Physical Sciences and Technology Schools advising them of a change to the application process. The key change is that for all

21 Apr 2015: We would like to apologise for any inconvenience cause by the unplanned outage of X5 this morning. Unfortunately any work performed within X5 from 8:30 until 9:45 is likely to be lost and will have to be rekeyed. We are currently investigating this

29 Oct 2015: RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Information Session about Funders’ Requirements for Sharing Research Data