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20 May 2022: UKRO is running a free webinar for researchers and organisations who were recently awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship under the 2021 call. The 'Navigating the UK Immigration Landscape' webinar will be held on 14

11 Feb 2022: Do you want to make sure your published research is Open Access, meet funder-reporting obligations, and make the most of the Research Information available to you? Find out more about how to: explore the other Research Information tools

23 Dec 2022: Each department will need to establish a Petty Cash Imprest System for issuing petty cash to employees and recording all transactions. Each time the float requires replenishing a Petty Cash Imprest Form must be completed.

4 Nov 2022: The European Commission requires grant holders to keep documentary evidence of absences as a requirement of Article.18 in the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AMGA) “Information included in time-sheets must match records of annual leave, sick leave

2 Dec 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 22nd November 2022. The recording and slides are now available to view to the ROO website. The meeting included an overview of updated documents and

16 Dec 2022: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) 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 next OSR, please could Departments check and

23 Sep 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place on Thursday 29th September at 11:15am. The agenda will include the findings of user research at grant application stage, an update on Horizon Europe / UKRI Underwrite and feedback on

7 Oct 2022: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) 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 next OSR, please could Departments check and

16 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,

5 Aug 2022: On 20th July 2022, the UK Government published a paper entitled Supporting UK R&D and collaborative research beyond European programmes.

23 Dec 2022: Actions required Completed Action Ensure petty cash is stored in a suitable safe or locked drawer and never left unattended Ensure the Imprest Form is completed and posted to the ledger, prior to replenishing the float Check each payment from petty

24 Jun 2022: European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation

24 Jun 2022: An Organisational Spend Report (OSR) 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 next OSR, please could Departments check and

5 Aug 2022: Award letters for the first round of ERC and MSCA projects going through the UKRI underwrite process have now arrived. The Post-Award teams here in ROO are working through the processes of formally accepting the awards, in line with the required

23 Sep 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event on 3rd November about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for Horizon 2020 Projects at the University. Horizon Results Booster (HRB) is an

11 Feb 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 8th February. The recording and slides are now available to view. The meeting included a presentation about the new grant application deadlines coming into

16 Dec 2022: On 1st December, the European Commission opened a public consultation on the past, present and future of the EU's Horizon research and innovation programmes 2014-2027. This consultation is expected to contribute to the final and interim evaluations

7 Oct 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 29th September. The recording and slides are now available to view to the ROO website. The meeting included presentations on Transforming Research Support,

4 Nov 2022: Cloud computing gives you the opportunity to transform how you do certain compute tasks and is particularly well suited to short, time-limited tasks like research projects. University Information Services (UIS) is now offering a new Amazon Web

20 Oct 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event on 3rd November about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for Horizon 2020 and FP7 Projects at the University. An update agenda is available on

22 Jul 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 14th July. The recording and slides are now available to view to the ROO website. The meeting included presentations on the Sustainable Business Travel

18 Nov 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

7 Oct 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event on 3rd November about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for Horizon 2020 Projects at the University. Horizon Results Booster (HRB) is an

6 May 2022: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 26th April. The recording and slides are now available to view. The meeting included presentations on the revised UKRI open access policy, Horizon Europe

24 Jun 2022: Cluster 3 forms part of Pillar 2 within Horizon Europe and focuses on security issues including - Strengthened Security Research and Innovation Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe Increased Cybersecurity Resilient Infrastructure Effective