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23 Feb 2018: The next RGUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday 26th April, 2pm - 3.30pm in Mill Lane Lecture Room 7. Presentations from the previous meeting on 6th February are available on the ROO website .

14 Dec 2018: The Contract Status Portal is due to be retired in early 2019 as its content has now been integrated into the Research Dashboard. The dashboard offers Researchers and Administrators an overview of their contracts, applications and grants including

2 Nov 2018: The Research Operations Office is creating a new pre-award service located in Schools to advise and support researchers. New roles include Research Development Managers and Research Development Facilitators. Further details are available on the

17 Aug 2018: The Research Grants User Group (RGUG) is a forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. This is an open meeting for Departments, Schools and Administrative Staff.

18 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: When the updated rates for MRFs and SRFs were loaded into X5 on 1st February 2018, the Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (WBIC) was inadvertently omitted from the list. This has now been corrected so that the WBIC shows the new rates, however Departments

2 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

1 Feb 2018: Users of X5 will need to update their costings (go to the Rates Tab / Facilities Rates File / select the new date and save). Also be aware that for MRF / SRF rates The funder budget heading amounts in the Facilities tab have been removed and will

12 Jan 2018: An online tool has been developed for researchers, PIs and their support staff which provides a step-by-step guide to planning research impact activity including links to many useful resources. It can be used to help write a Pathways to Impact plan

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