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7 Jul 2023: The European Commission has published an updated version of the Guide for Applicants for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 call. Further details about the changes are available on the UKRO website. These

7 Jul 2023: 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

10 Feb 2023: A revision has been made to allow the IHS on research grants for those directly incurred staff recruited to work 100% of their contracted time on the grant. Further details can be found in the guidance document RGC14 Status e) Directly Incurred. We

10 Mar 2023: The deadline for Principal Investigators to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 16th March at 4pm for most major funders including UKRI, CRUK, BHF and NIHR. Funders have made it clear that strike days will not be accepted as

7 Jul 2023: The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is an EU-funded programme which provides researchers and innovators with funding to set up interconnected, interdisciplinary and collaborative research networks in Europe and beyond. UKRO is

24 Mar 2023: We have arranged for some online training sessions aimed at research support staff, finance staff and PIs who deal with expenditure on research grants. The sessions will be delivered by our internal auditors from Lees. Monday 27 March 9:30am -12noon

28 Jul 2023: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 20th July 2023. The recording and slides are now available. The next meeting is schedule for 28th September 2023 at 11:15am and this will be a hybrid meeting

23 Jun 2023: A short new film that introduces the Transforming Research Support Programme, what’s being delivered and some of the benefits that people can expect has now been released! Please do take 5 minutes to grab a cuppa, watch the video, and hear

27 Jan 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place on Thursday 23rd February at 11:15am as a Teams meeting. RGUG is led by the Research Operations Office and is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed

6 Oct 2023: Handbook MSCA-NET, the network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for the MSCA, has prepared an unofficial handbook for applicants to the MSCA Doctoral Networks (DN) 2023 call. The main aim of this handbook is supporting NCPs in assisting applicants,