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5 Nov 2021: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF and other funders is Monday 7th February to 4pm, Thursday 17th March 2022 during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. We are starting to

29 Jun 2021: Travelling abroad Export controls apply when you are taking controlled technology with you when travelling abroad, e.g. for conferences. When planning for travel, you should review whether your laptop / presentation / USB stick etc. contains

19 Nov 2021: Gender Equality Plans (GEP) are now part of the eligibility criteria in Horizon Europe for calls with deadlines in 2022 onwards. Details of how the University of Cambridge complies with the GEP can be found on the ROO website. The European Research

8 Feb 2021: Transparency Requirements Anyone applying for or in receipt of a US Institutes for Health (NIH) grant must be wholly transparent about financial and in-kind support from, and affiliations with, international institutions. There have been successful

12 Feb 2021: New details about how Horizon Europe is structured and the schemes that the UK can participate in are now available on the Research Operations Office website The latest EC news page includes information regarding UKRO webinars scheduled for 18th &

29 Jun 2021: Scope of technology transfer: what counts as export? ‘Technology’ is defined as information necessary for the development, production or use of goods.

19 Mar 2021: The University’s calculated fEC rates for 2019-20 are showing a significant decrease compared to 2018-19. This is believed to be an anomalous result arising from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The University believes this may be an issue for

5 Mar 2021: New functionality now exists within X5 that notifies users of messages/announcements when they log on to the system. The number of announcements is indicated by the bell in the header information next to workflow tasks notifications. A screen shot

29 Jun 2021: Export control, digital learning and remote teaching In most cases, teaching materials used for undergraduate teaching will not be controlled because they are in the public domain and/or cover basic scientific research.

17 Sep 2021: Researchers who receive US federal funding for a research project are reminded that if you need to travel by plane, flights must be booked using an American flag carrier, or a flag carrier from a country with an Open Skies Agreement with the US.

19 Mar 2021: The Researchfish submission for 2021 has now closed for the main funders and we would like to thank all researchers, administrative staff and node administrators for playing their part in the submission process this year. We recognise that due to

12 Feb 2021: As part of the X5 Upgrade project, a SharePoint site was launched that contains the new X5 User Guide. This can also be accessed directly from the X5 tool by clicking on any of the "question mark" icons within the system.

29 Jan 2021: Due to internal delays in the preparation and submission of the University’s Annual Financial Return to the Office for Students (OfS), approval and submission of the TRAC Return has been delayed. Therefore, fEC rates will not be updated on X5 for

25 Jun 2021: 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 OSR, please could Departments check and

25 Jun 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 272. Published on 25 June 2021. Moving from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe. Update and structure of Horizon Europe compared to Horizon 2020. Submission and

23 Apr 2021: When the Research Office activates an award on CUFS, we would like to remind Departments to check that the award has been set up as expected. If there are any discrepancies, please contact your Research Support Advisor as soon as possible so that we

1 Oct 2021: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 5th October at 11:15am, please use this link to join the meeting. The agenda will include a VAT update for research projects, launching the outgoing MTA swift service and a project

21 May 2021: Thank you to everyone who attend the Research Grants User Group (RGUG) Meeting on Thursday 13th May. Presentations included an update of costing and pricing, contracts process improvements and the strategic procurement and purchasing project. The

19 Mar 2021: The European Commission will be holding an online event to highlight the main changes to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) formerly Individual Fellowships, under the Horizon Europe programme on 23 March 2021, 8am – 11:30am BST (9am –

6 Aug 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 274. Published on 6 August 2021. Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2021, which this year are applicable from 1. st. August 2021.