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30 Nov 2018: The User Experience team at UIS would like to ask Department Staff about how they manage their budgeting and forecasting to inform future development of the Research Dashboard. Here is a short survey (consisting of 6 questions) for Departmental

13 Apr 2018: The Royal Society Research Grant Scheme is now open for scientists who are at an early stage in their career or returning from a career break. https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/research-grants/. The objective of the scheme is to

26 Jan 2018: The Research Data Management Facility and Neil Chue Hong from the Software Sustainability Institute are running a software licensing workshop on the 8th March. This event will explore why researchers should licence their software clearly and how to

16 Nov 2018: The Research Operations Office Training Strategy (ROOTS Tier 2) consists of three morning sessions offering a mix of skills development and knowledge transfer. Topics will cover applying & managing grants including EU projects, understanding

4 May 2018: X5 Surgery – a one to one session to help you with a particularly challenging costing. Bookable appointments are available on a Wednesday, please contact Debbie.West-Lewis@admin.cam.ac.uk. X5 Expanding Skills - this session covers how to change

9 Feb 2018: Following the recent change in Wellcome Trust procedures, Grant Holders are no longer able to submit Grant Start Certificates on the Grant Tracker system. Instead, Grant Holders should liaise with their Departmental Grants Administrator who will

9 Nov 2018: The contribution that your research makes to society and the economy Since it was established more than 800 years ago, the University of Cambridge has had a world-leading impact on the economy, society, culture, business, public policy and services,

15 Jun 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 207. Published on 15 June 2018. The BBSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) pump-prime project funding call is now open. The funding will support short (up to 3

9 Feb 2018: The annual submission period on Researchfish is 5 February 2018 to 4pm on 15 March 2018 for most funders. Award holders of grants from RCUK (AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, EPSRC, STFC), BHF, CRUK, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, NC3R's, NIHR, The Brain Tumour

23 Feb 2018: The annual submission period on Researchfish is 5th February 2018 to 4pm on 15th March 2018. As we approach the halfway point, award holders from RCUK, BHF, CRUK, NIHR & NC3Rs are advised to allow plenty of time to log on to their researchfish

23 Mar 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 203. Published on 23 March 2018. The Researchfish submission has now closed for RCUK, BHF, CRUK, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, NC3R's, NIHR, The Brain Tumour Charity and

29 Jun 2018: The latest release of the Research Dashboard is now in beta phase - this means new functionality has been added and is now available for you to use and review. The new functionality for this release includes • Visibility of both award-data and

14 Dec 2018: Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Friday 21st December 2018 and will re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.

2 Nov 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 213. Published on 2 November 2018. The RCUK submission period for Researchfish will be the 4th February to 14th March 2019. In preparation for the submission period,

17 Aug 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 210. Published on 17 August 2018. The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. This

12 Oct 2018: During the Summer of 2018, a review was undertaken of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers. Recommendations have now been published and a revised version of the concordant is expected in 2019. It is likely that there will

9 Mar 2018: The deadline for a PI to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 15th March at 4pm for all RCUK, CRUK, BHF, NIHR and NC3Rs awards. Currently only 50% of PIs who are required to make a submission have done so. Those PIs who do

13 Apr 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 204. Published on 13 April 2018. The fEC Rates used by the University from the 1st February 2018 saw a notable increase to the Indirect Cost Rate. The calculation

12 Oct 2018: Some EC grant holders have received a notification informing them of a new tool called the “personnel costs calculation wizard”. Since the tool is part of the usual H2020 financial reporting that is done by the Research Operations Office, there

4 May 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 205. Published on 4 May 2018. In January 2018, the Research Policy Committee (RPC) discussed the impact of late research grant applications. It was noted that the