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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

6 Oct 2023: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 28th September 2023. We were delighted to have our first hybrid meeting and we will continue with this format in future. The recording and slides from the

10 Mar 2023: The UKRI Underwrite has been further extended and will now cover successful Horizon Europe applications submitted to calls with a final submission deadline date on or before 30th June 2023. This will be needed in the event that a grant agreement

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

24 Feb 2023: Thank you to those who were able to attend the Research Grants User Group Meeting (RGUG) on 23rd February 2023. The recording and slides are now available. The meeting included an introduction to UKRI’s The Funding Service (TFS) which will replace

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

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

17 Nov 2023: On 15 November 2023, the Council of the EU – representing 27 EU Member States – gave the green light to UK association to the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes from 1 January 2024 by approving the agreement in principle reached between

19 Oct 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. New Teams channel to support users of UKRI’s The Funding Service (TFS). ... Several calls are already active on TFS and the new CoP channel will initially focus on application related queries.

17 Nov 2023: Search site. Research Operations Office. Reminder: Christmas and New Year deadlines for applications and expenditure statements.