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21 Apr 2015: Further to the update on the CUFS downtime. Please could all departments ensure that all transactions are completed by close of business on 14 April 2014 for any grants that require reporting or audits at the begining of April/end of May.Thank you

21 Apr 2015: X5 Update This week we are continuing with UAT testing and are grateful to the volunteers who are working with us during this period. This is an important phase as the feedback we receive from our testers  ensures X5 meets the demands that will be

20 May 2015: generations. the cost-effective management of resources. 2 Introduction. 2.1 The University Library is one of six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland. ... All major academic periodicals are assessed and factors such as academic importance,

27 Feb 2015: NB: VAT continues to be an ineligible cost on FP7 grants and as such, cannot be claimed from the EC.

29 May 2015: Funded by the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, The Leverhulme Trust and the Isaac Newton Trust. ... to which we are exposed to it. Low-cost pollution detectors could provide the answer.

21 Apr 2015: Please note the availability of the X5 costing and pricing application during the following periods - • X5 will be vulnerable on Monday 18 August between 8:30am and 9:30am due to the updating of University pay scales• X5 will be unavailable on

21 Apr 2015: X5 will be unavailable on Tuesday 23 July between 0800 and 0900 so that routine mainentance and bug fixes can be undertaken.

21 Apr 2015: Research Support Advisor/Administrator and that relevant costs are captured under this heading. ... Booking confirmations, whilst showing the total value of the travel, do not break down the costs sufficiently and may in the future be deemed to an

12 Nov 2015: OpenCon is the conference for students and professionals on Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. Following the main event in Brussels, Belgium we are organising a dedicated Satellite event in Cambridge. OpenCon Cambridge will provide a

21 Apr 2015: Further to the update on the CUFS downtime. Please could all departments ensure that all transactions are complete for any grants that require reporting or audits at the begining of April/end of May.Thank you for your cooperation.

21 Apr 2015: Please be advised that X5 will be unavailable on Monday 3rd March between 08:00am and 12:00 noon to allow MISD to perform an upgrade to the system.Users have been advised separately regarding this downtime but it is important to note that once the

23 Jun 2015: It covers costs such as the rent of the room, kitchens, heating and lighting, security, IT support/WiFi, maintenance and cleaning of your room and communal areas, upkeep of the grounds, ... Licences for these rooms are 33 weeks although additional

21 Apr 2015: The Research Strategy Office has developed a new section on its website dedicated to Restricted Calls. ‘Restricted calls’ are an internal University of Cambridge process that has been established in response to the increasing number of funding

25 Jun 2015: Once you have contacted the Contracts Manager we will send an introductory email to open the contract negotiation dialogue. The following will also happen ROO will assign an "RG number" for the project, if it does not already have one.

10 Jun 2015: a)the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of a Janeway Professorship of Financial Economics payable by the University, and funding for the research activities ... One in the Faculty of

10 Dec 2015: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Nature’s ‘Scientific Data’ journal event 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students Guidance for Resarchfish users Nature’s ‘Scientific Data’ journal event Open Data @ Addenbrokes Open Data @ Mill Lane 3.

24 Jul 2015: The content will include; using the Project Wizard to generate a costing, adding staff and non-staff costs, the differences between copying to a draft or new record, printing reports and

6 Feb 2015: CIMA - The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants CIMA is the world's largest and leading professional body of management accountants with 203,000 members and students in 173 countries.

6 Feb 2015: ACCA - The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants, with 162,000 members and 428,000 students.

26 Nov 2015: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers Researchfish system for collecting Research Outcomes Researchfish submission for Arthritis Research UK – deadline 1 Dec 2015 Researchfish submission for Cancer Research UK (CRUK) 2. RELEVANT TO: Research

12 Nov 2015: 1. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers ContentMine Workshop: mining for the life sciences OpenCon Cambridge New RCUK guidelines on research data sharing policy - feedback welcome 2. RELEVANT TO: Research students ContentMine Workshop: mining for

21 Apr 2015: Presentations from the Research Grant User Group (RGUG) on 1 November are now available on the Research Office website http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/rgug/default.aspx?id=20111101The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 13 December, 9

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.

26 Nov 2015: Scheduled. Indirect Cost Contribution (or ICCs.). 1st May. 3rd June. Monthly Payroll. ... Overheads posted to Grants module. 30th Apr. 31st May. Non Direct Costs and Pooled Labour.

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

25 Jun 2015: The earlier the Contracts Manager is involved in the process the greater the likelihood of putting in place an agreement with suitable terms for both parties. The University has its own set of standard agreements that cover a range of different

19 Jun 2015: avoid unexpected costs for your data management needs, for example storage and data sharing. ... Some funders check your sharing history. Lost data. If you don’t back-up your data and it gets lost, you'll face the costs of getting the data again.

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  

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

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

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

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: 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

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: 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

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,

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

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

16 Apr 2015: We have a set of model and template agreements that contain the University's preferred terms for specific types of research collaborations.

6 Aug 2015: The content will include; using the Project Wizard to generate a costing, adding staff and non-staff costs, the differences between copying to a draft or new record, printing reports and

27 Feb 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Time Cost Procedures. The EC allow all relevant staff costs to be charged within an FP7 project. ... PI Time Cost Allocation Procedure for Staff not directly employed by the grant.

4 Mar 2015: years. “Avoiding deforestation and focusing reforestation in the areas that teeter on the species loss threshold will be the most direct and cost-effective way to prevent further species loss in

19 May 2015: the cost-effective management of resources. 2 Introduction 2.1 The University Library is one of six legal deposit libraries in the UK and Ireland. ... All major academic periodicals are assessed and factors such as academic importance, depth of coverage,

26 Nov 2015: Current areas of concern Fraudulent HMRC e-mails Fraudulent e-mails are being circulated relating to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC). In all cases the e-mails state that a tax refund has been calculated for an individual and provides a link

19 Mar 2015: Background The Research Councils expect there to be efficiencies in the use of equipment: Universities must now check if there is an opportunity to share equipment with internal departments and other institutions prior to submission of grant