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21 Apr 2015: As stated in previous Research Office bulletins, this is a reminder that pFACT will not be available after 31st July 2014. Please ensure that any reports that you need are printed and/or saved locally before 31st July 2014.

21 Apr 2015: A new overview guide is available on how interdisciplinary projects work within X5. This is relevant to lead departments as well as collaborating departments.

21 Apr 2015: As part of a drive by the RCUK to increase efficiency and effectiveness across research management, there is a need to make greater use of existing equipment and to share this between Universities wherever possible. The EPSRC has issued the

25 Jun 2015: What is the difference between a contract and terms and conditions?

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust have announced that they will be launching their new grants management system in May 2015. This will replace eGrants and will be used for submitting online applications and to manage the peer review process. There will be a

12 Nov 2015: We are launching a new monthly Open Access newsletter, which will provide you with updates on funders’ policies, services available to you at the University of Cambridge, upcoming events, and much, much more. To sign up for our newsletter please

21 Apr 2015: As you may have heard, HMRC have announced the removal, from this August, of the VAT exemption under UK legislation for research supplied by one ‘eligible body’ to another. Universities, government departments and some non-profit making bodies

21 Apr 2015: From Monday 7 February, current users of pFACT will no longer see the ‘I Accept’ button within the terms and conditions screen when logging into pFACT. New pFACT users will see this screen only when they log in for the very first time. Even

2 Apr 2015: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are making changes to the funding thresholds for their Research Grant scheme. ... £1 million at Full Economic Costs.

21 Apr 2015: 1.       Final reporting With the advent of reporting research outcomes through online systems, requirements for final reports have been reduced.  For all councils with the exception of BBSRC and ESRC, grants ending on o

21 Apr 2015: In preparation for Horizon 2020, the Commission has released draft Work Programmes for 2014-2015. The latest copies are available on the ROO website http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/raven/ec/Work_Programmes.aspxYou will need to use your

21 Apr 2015: In order to highlight the assumptions that are being made by the Department Budget Calculator in relation to the Income Policy, the following changes have been introduced: A link to the fEC webpage detailing the income policy at the top and the

30 Jan 2015: Published on 30 January 2015. In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from February each year.

27 Feb 2015: The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) was set up in 1957 and is legally separate from the European Community (EC). Euratom research activities differ from those in the other FP7 programmes, and are carried out under a separate treaty.

21 Apr 2015: To check what equipment, external partners, facilities, funders or salary scales are already in X5, go to the common values list which can be found here. The New Funder Form is also available on the ROO website.

21 Apr 2015: It is anticipated that the University’s New Costing Tool (X5) will be rolled out across the University within the next few months.In preparation for this event, the Research Operations Office will be holding a number of  briefing sessions on fEC

21 Apr 2015: The X5 Research Pricing and Costing project is now in the final phase of testing.   Further to previous communications, the User Acceptance Testing dates and venues have now been arranged.  If you would like to take part in this testing ple

21 Apr 2015: Please be advised that the following Banded rates will be updated in pFACT on Monday 7th March 2011 between 8:00am and 10:00am during which time the system will be vulnerable.

21 Apr 2015: The EC has confirmed that tuition fees (or University fees) are an eligible cost for Early Stage Researchers under Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITNs) and Industry Academia Pathways & Partnerships (IAPPs) actions. The fees should be

21 Apr 2015: The BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) will be visiting Cambridge to give a presentation on Pathways to Impact. This will include: What is impact? Expectations and policies Guidance for completing the Pathways for Impact

21 Apr 2015: The Research Offive has received the official findings from the EC external audit conducted by Ernst and Young.  There were a few areas where costs have been disallowed, which we would like to bring to your attention: VAT on travel exp

21 Apr 2015: Following a recent review of the usage of our funding opportunities database, Research Professional, which included an administrators’ questionnaire in November and a survey of academic staff in January, the Research Office will be amending its

21 Apr 2015: NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) will be visiting Cambridge to give a presentation on Pathways to Impact. This will include: What is impact? Pathways to Impact and the grant application form Assessing Pathways to Impact Knowledge Exchange

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from 1 February each year.

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost rates from 1 February each year.

21 Apr 2015: The X5 Project will be conducting the final round of User Acceptance Testing for 2 weeks, commencing 4 March 2013.  The session times are:Clinical Schools – 4th March and 12th March17 Mill Lane – 6th March and 11th MarchGreenwich House – 7th

21 Apr 2015: In line with fEC guidelines, the University has to implement revised full economic cost (fEC) rates from 1 February each year.

21 Apr 2015: After careful consideration, the Research Office has decided to cancel the forthcoming pFACT upgrade scheduled for 19-25 August 2010.

21 Apr 2015: Changes to Wellcome Trust Investigator Award and Senior & Principal Research Fellowship schemes assessment processes. Effective with immediate effect, and to include recently-submitted applications.Process to date: Applicants submit full

21 Apr 2015: The pFACT upgrade will be taking place from 10am on Thursday 19 August to 10am on Wednesday 25 August 2010.  From 11am on Thursday 19th August a "Read Only" version will be available. In preparation for the upgrade, could all user

21 Apr 2015: Research Professional is a research funding opportunities database which offers researchers the opportunity to search for funding in all disciplines from a wide range of sponsors in the UK and overseas.

21 Apr 2015: The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are making changes to the funding thresholds for their Research Grant scheme. ... £1 million at Full Economic Costs.

21 Apr 2015: Emma Carey, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Monday 16 March 2015 in Mill Lane Lecture Room 1. There will be two sessions as follows:Session 1: Horizon 2020

21 Apr 2015: RCUK have extended the ROS collection period to 14 June 2013 in order to improve the response from PIs. Information from ROS is important in enabling Councils to report to Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).    ROS informa

10 Dec 2015: Did you know that Nature Publishing Group has a dedicated journal 'Scientific Data' for publishing scientific data? An excellent way to get citations for the research data that you share. Articles in 'Scientific Data' can describe data from new or

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office is embarking on a new round of our ROOTS (Research Operations Office Training Strategy) Tier 2 (2015) Research Administrators Programme. We invite submissions from all staff who play an active role in the Grants

21 Apr 2015: Currently it is a requirement to keep timesheets for EC FP 7 Awards and NIH Awards (where a person is not charged 100% to the grant). As part of the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) Update no.3 issued by RCUK, from 1 December 2010 it will be a

23 Jan 2015: Prerequisite: Must have attended a Full Economic Costing (fEC) / Income Allocation Policy (IAP) Seminar during the last 3 years.

6 Aug 2015: The Research Operations Office has a new website www.research-operations.admin.cam.ac.uk. New features include A portal for requesting Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) and Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements (CDAs)

21 Apr 2015: The European Commission has launched the “Call for Twinning” within the Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation strand of Horizon 2020, which aims to increase the participation rate of low performing countries through a series of

29 Oct 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 146. Published on 29 October 2015. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Information Session about Funders’ Requirements for Sharing Research Data. For new staff

13 Nov 2015: RCUK has announced its collection period for 2016: 1st February to 10th March 2016. This time both PIs and research students are asked to submit their research outcomes via Researchfish. Further information can be found here, more details will be

12 Jun 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 136. Published on 12 June 2015. The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues

21 Apr 2015: Presentations from the recent Research Grant User Group (RGUG) which took place on Tues 19 July are now available on the Research Office website http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/research/rgug/default.aspx?id=20110719. This includes: Marie Curie

21 Apr 2015: Commercial suppliers are interested in the antibodies, cell lines, proteins and other reagents you generate in your lab. The availability of these research reagents is important for the worldwide research community and a number of commercial

21 Apr 2015: Update on the Removal of VAT Exemption for ResearchWe have previously issued advice about the withdrawal of the VAT exemption for research from 1 August 2013. Here, we provide an update on the latest position.Overall positionAs previously advised,

21 Apr 2015: The Trust has published revised standard Grant Conditions for Biomedical Science awards.

21 Apr 2015: The BBSRC have announced several changes to their processes and procedures.

19 Mar 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue: 132. Published on 19 March 2015. The Wellcome Trust have announced that they will be launching their new grants management system in May 2015. This will replace

21 Apr 2015: Amy Williams, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels gave two presentations in Cambridge on Thursday 31 March 2011 about the European Research Council (ERC) and the Common Strategic Framework for Research &