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19 Jan 2024: Working on a large, complex grant application? Our online information session is a great opportunity to improve your knowledge, get guidance and ask questions. The Research Funding team offers application support services such as coordination of bid

19 Oct 2023: ERC President Maria Leptin has written to UK Principal Investigators (PIs) leading a project that would have been funded under the ERC Work Programmes for 2021-2023, but which was instead funded by the UKRI Guarantee. The letter confirms that PIs

22 Sep 2023: Heads of Department (HoD) have responsibility regarding the supervision of resources and finances as defined in the University’s Financial Regulations (Section B). However, in some circumstances, the regulations allow the HoD to delegate various

1 Mar 2024: The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). The CBE JU are organising an “Info Day” on 23rd April 2024 to give participants

1 Dec 2023: The Research Operations Office has prepared additional guidance on Horizon 2020 MSCA grants regarding secondments and audit requirements.

19 Jan 2024: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, BHF, CRUK and other funders is 5th February 2024 to 14th March 2024, during which time PIs need to use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Prior to the submission

19 Oct 2023: The European Commission has extended the deadlines for several Horizon Europe calls in light of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The deadlines of the calls will be extended for all applicants, irrespective of the country where the organisation is

6 Oct 2023: UKRO as the UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council (ERC) has collated the most common queries received on ERC funding following the recent association deal between EU and UK on Horizon Europe announced on 7th September.

7 Jul 2023: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) will take place as a Teams meeting on Thursday 20th July at 11:15am. The agenda will include a presentation on Trusted Research and Export Control, updates on the Grant Management Support (GMS) Project and

19 Oct 2023: On 7th September 2023, the UK Government and the EU announced the UK’s association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus Programmes, to enter into force on 1st January 2024. To support our researchers, we have invited the dedicated European Advisor