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19 Aug 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place on Thursday 29th September at 11:15am. Further details about the meeting will follow nearer the time.

11 Mar 2022: The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 17th March at 4pm for most major funders including UKRI, CRUK, BHF and NIHR. Reporting outcomes are a requirement of accepting an award and PIs who do not comply

28 Jan 2022: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 8th February at 11:15am. Please use this link to join the meeting. The agenda will include a presentation on grant application deadlines and updates on EU matters. Slides and recording

4 Nov 2022: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the financial year of 2022 to 2023. Call 1: Other ODA Awards.

23 Dec 2022: Requests for a petty cash float and any permanent, or temporary, increases to an existing float must be made in writing by either the Head of Institution or Administrator to the Head Accounting Services, clearly stating the amount of petty cash

2 Dec 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 6th February to 16th March 2023 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission period,

4 Nov 2022: Applications are now open for the University Collaboration Budget, designed to fund collaborative projects between the University of Cambridge and the Academic department at Cambridge University Press. Both University of Cambridge Staff and

16 Dec 2022: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Friday 23rd December 2022 and will re-open on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. Therefore, please be aware of the following deadlines and ensure that your researchers

27 Jan 2022: Registration Registration is now open for the Cambridge Teaching Forum 2022 on Thursday 21 April.

22 Apr 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 26th April at 11:15am. The agenda will include presentations on the revised UKRI open access policy, Horizon Europe guarantee funding, updated guidance on

23 Dec 2022: Heads of Institution are responsible for the security of the float and for ensuring that all expenditure is properly supported and authorised. There must be regular independent checks of petty cash balances and use and Departments are required to

19 Aug 2022: The University has been allocated funding from the GCRF/Newton Fund block grant and other ODA block grant funding to be spent over the period 1 April 2022 to 31st March 2023. These awards are from the Department for Business, Energy and Innovation

22 Apr 2022: The European Commission have recently launched a dedicated portal ERA4Ukraine as a one-stop-shop for information on support to researchers of Ukraine by the EU, its Member States and Associated Countries. Displaced researchers or other specialists

23 Dec 2022: Petty Cash must be used exclusively for expenditure directly relating to University business. These shall be limited to items of expenditure below the cost of £25 unless the Director of Finance has given written dispensation to increase the limit.

10 Oct 2022: The Council and the General Board have approved a new Workforce Policy which is being launched with effect from 1 October 2022. It provides guidance to institutions in making workforce planning and engagement decisions and has been developed in

15 Jun 2022: The University's Festival of Wellbeing 2022, which will take place from Monday 27 June to Friday 8 July, is now open for bookings. The programme includes a range of talks, tours, activities and resources aimed at

1 Sep 2022: Registration is now open for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Teaching & Senior Tutors, and for the Annual Meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors.

11 Mar 2022: UKRI guarantee funding scheme for the first wave of successful applicants to Horizon Europe is open for applications for EIC and EIT-KICs. UK-based organisations who are partners on successful applications to EIC 2021 calls can apply for a UKRI grant

25 Jan 2022: Search site. Human Resources. Dashboard FAQs. Q. Will it be the responsibility of the department to contact individuals to register on the new system or will this come from UPS? Yes. We will provide the information required by a worker to register

9 Sep 2022: Further details of the agenda and registration will be posted in the latest EC news section of Research Operations Office website and circulated in this bulletin.

2 Dec 2022: The full list of updates can be found on the latest news section of the ROO website.

25 Feb 2022: The Apprenticeship Levy is a tax on salary bills introduced in 2017. There are many funders who deem the Apprenticeship Levy cost ineligible when costing a project; this includes CRUK, Royal Society, Leverhulme, BHF and the BA. For applications to

9 Sep 2022: Further details of the agenda and registration will be posted in the latest EC news section of Research Operations Office website and circulated in this bulletin. ... Upgrading to the latest release will give us a strong platform from which to better

28 Jan 2022: To allow researchers to apply for and receive US Federal funding, the University of Cambridge needs to be registered on the "System for Award Management" (SAM), an official website of the U.S. government. The University is required to renew its

7 Oct 2022: UKRI Terms & Conditions require that all timesheets must be signed by both the 'Employee' and by the 'Approver' within 2 months of the end of the timesheet period. From 1st July 2022, monthly timesheets of part funded DI staff need to be uploaded

2 Dec 2022: From July 2022, there has been a new mechanism for timesheets so that we can comply with audit requirements on UKRI and Innovate funding. Since then we have gathered feedback from users and made improvements to the documentation and processes.

13 Dec 2022: Closure of UPS2 From 2 January 2023, casual workers will be paid via the Cambridge Casual Worker System (CCWS). This will replace UPS2. The final UPS2 runs will take place on 5 and 19 January 2023 for work up to and including 1 January 2023. It is

24 Jun 2022: ERC and MSCA Fellows Following on from previous bulletin updates, EC Grant Agreement Preparations for the awarded MSCA projects in 2021 have now been terminated. We are anticipating similar steps to be taken for ERC grants from 29th June 2022 and we

6 May 2022: There are a number of webinars scheduled over the next few weeks which may be of interest to researchers and support staff. EU Missions info days - 17 and 18 May 2022 EU Missions are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest

19 Aug 2022: Over the last couple of weeks, ROO have scheduled some online demonstration and Q&A sessions about the new mechanism for timesheets so that we comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (RCUK and Innovate). The recording of the timesheet

23 Sep 2022: The following updated pay scales with an effective date of 01/08/2022 are being uploaded to X5 on Tuesday 27th September University grades (non-Clinical) and banded rates Clinical grades such as CLLR and CLLRSTR grades NHS grades for nurses: NHS6,

14 Jan 2022: We are pleased to announce that the University has been notified of the first tranche of successful applications under the Horizon Europe funding programme. Work is underway between the Research Operations Office, Departments and PIs to prepare the

22 Apr 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Two more dates have been added to the programme Thursday 28th April 2022, 12:30-13:30 Export Control - understand your

23 Sep 2022: All UKRI grants (RCUK and Innovate) with part funded DI staff need to have timesheets for the entire lifetime of the grant. Timesheet records have always been a requirement of the Terms and Conditions. From 1st July 2022, monthly timesheets of part

20 Dec 2022: The latest round of the University’s Career Support Fund is open for applications until 31 January 2023. ... Bulletin ID:. 130. Bulletin Summary:. Details about the latest round of the University’s Career Support Fund.

6 May 2022: The European Research Executive Agency (REA) is looking for expert evaluators from a wide range of fields to evaluate project proposals and monitor the implementation of projects for EU Programmes including Horizon Europe.

25 Mar 2022: On 1 March 2022, the UK government issued additional sanctions on Russia, which expand sanctions that have been in place since 31 July 2014. The full statutory guidance on the new sanctions is available on the GOV.UK website. This includes sanctions

8 Jul 2022: Underwrite of 2021 ERC projects As expected, the UK’s current lack of association to the Horizon Europe programme, means we are unable to sign the EC Grant Agreements for ERC StG/CoG/AdG grants. The majority of these ERC projects are in the

6 May 2022: Guidance is available on the Managing Research Grants Sharepoint page which has lots useful topics to help support you with grant administration. This includes understanding fEC, costing staff and working with contracts. Whether you are new to

8 Jul 2022: From July 2022, a new mechanism for timesheets has been implemented to comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (RCUK and Innovate). Information about timesheets is available on the ROO website to tell you about the changes and we will

25 Mar 2022: On Monday 14th March 2022, the UK Government announced an extension of the guarantee to a second wave of eligible, successful applicants. In a letter to the UK research and development sector, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation

18 Nov 2022: We have set up a new Yammer community - Supporting Research at Cambridge, please join us! This is an opportunity to provide guidance, support and discussion for academic and professional services staff. Whether you are actively involved in the

18 Nov 2022: The University has a Large Grant Contributions Fund which provides financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. To be eligible for funding, the following criteria apply Research grant applications for funding normally over

10 Jun 2022: In the previous bulletin, we reminded you that timesheets are required for all part-funded directly incurred (DI) staff and must be signed off and dated within 2 months of the end of the timesheet period. This week we have written to Departmental

23 Feb 2022: Views are sought on the development of a Mutual Respect Policy (to replace the current Dignity at Work Policy) and a revised Grievance Policy. These proposed Policies have been prioritised in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and form

20 May 2022: About these notes These notes relate to applications for those coming to the University to undertake research. Details should be entered in English, for example ‘Instituto Politécnico Nacional’ would be ‘National Polytechnic Institute’ and

25 Aug 2022: The HR Schools/NSIs teams have been renamed the "HR Business Partnering teams" and position titles have been updated to more accurately reflect the work and approach of these teams. The new titles also better align to other similar organisations

14 Jul 2022: Background Like all other organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the University was required to transform the normal working routines of staff at unprecedented speed and in unprecedented ways. The various ways we needed to work during the

25 Aug 2022: Congratulations on receiving a job offer at the University of Cambridge. To enable you to work in the UK, the University has assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to you, and you can now apply for your visa. Please see the guidance below

25 May 2022: Dashboard has been confirmed as the University’s new IT system for managing casual workers, replacing UPS2. Dashboard will manage the full process of engaging and paying a casual worker, including the right to work, booking and payment processes.