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7 May 2021: EPSRC is increasing the funding it provides for grant holders’ procurement of scientific and other equipment, changing the FEC Requirement on equipment costs from 50% to 80%. (Equipment costs refer to individual items of equipment with a total cost

11 Jun 2021: The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund is now open. Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an

19 Nov 2021: LinkedIn Learning is an online learning resource available for the staff and students at the University of Cambridge. The Research Office has designed a Principal Investigator Programme for LinkedIn Learning (log in using your Office 365 Online with

3 Sep 2021: National and international business travel can play a key part in academic, research and education objectives at the University of Cambridge. However, in 2018/19, carbon emissions from business travel were roughly equivalent to emissions from gas

15 Jan 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 262. Published on 15 January 2021. All research articles which arise from Wellcome, Gates or Templeton funding submitted for publication after 1 January 2021 are

15 Jan 2021: For new and existing PIs as well as others working with postdocs, please join PPD’s live webinar PIs: Working Effectively with your Postdoc to hear how to establish a productive working environment, align plans and utilise skills and knowledge.

3 Sep 2021: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Topics include - ensuring that your project is properly costed knowing when to seek ethics approval protecting your research

19 Mar 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 266. Published on 19 March 2021. The European Commission will be holding an online event to highlight the main changes to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)

23 Apr 2021: When costing a research project using a funder or collaborator that is not listed on X5, you will need to complete a New Funder Form or New Collaborator Form. These forms have recently been updated to clarify information required for each field,

11 Jun 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 271. Published on 11 June 2021. The UK Research Office (UKRO) together with the University of Cambridge will be presenting webinars on the following topics -.

17 Sep 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 276. Published on 17 September 2021. The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant.

25 Jun 2021: In order to implement critical security updates, the Finance Division will be upgrading the Cognos reporting tool from version 10.2.1 to version 11.1.7 on Wednesday 30th June, once all overnight processing has been completed. The system will

1 Oct 2021: In the Contracts Improvement Programme, we have been looking at ways to process Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) requests faster. We have launched the Outgoing MTA Swift Service which will issue a pre-signed MTA that can be used if the material

15 Oct 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 278. Published on 15 October 2021. The University has set up a fund to provide financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. This is to

29 Jan 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 263. Published on 29 January 2021. The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, CRUK, BHF and other funders is 1st February to 11th March 2021 during which time

5 Mar 2021: Academics and research support staff can find details of the ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant Calls on the ROO website. Information includes a crib sheet about how to apply to the Starting Grant forthcoming UKRO webinars on 16th & 19th

19 Nov 2021: Due to an essential upgrade of the connector between Symplectic Elements and the Apollo repository, the deposit functionality will be unavailable from Friday 26th November 2021 for a period of 7-10 days. All deposits into Apollo (Open Access,

23 Apr 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 268. Published on 23 April 2021. As a result of COVID-19 and its impact on the economy, the UK government has decided to reduce the funds available for Official

12 Feb 2021: Anyone applying for or in receipt of U.S. federal funding must be wholly transparent about all financial and in-kind support from, and affiliations with, international institutions. There have been successful prosecutions in the U.S. of federally

12 Feb 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 264. Published on 12 February 2021. New details about how Horizon Europe is structured and the schemes that the UK can participate in are now available on the