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6 Dec 2019: The FOREX policy states that EC awards are activated using a lifetime exchange rate based on when the Grant Agreement is signed to allow PIs to plan their budgets. However, due to the movement of exchange rates over time, or in periods of high rate

10 May 2019: X5 has been updated with a new salary file with an effective date of 01/04/2019 which contains the proposed USS pension rate of 24.2%.

22 Feb 2019: There have been some updates to the Research Dashboard this week. You will see that it is now easier to scan the list of grants which is helpful for those with large datasets. Also each grant now has a unique URL, allowing users to communicate more

5 Jul 2019: In response to an increasing number of findings on audits of Innovate UK grants, there are some areas of concern in relation to the following eligibility of staff costs (DI And DA), including templates for timesheets and declarations eligibility of

18 Jan 2019: Work has been undertaken to make changes in the CUFS and CHRIS systems to take account of the new number system.

22 Feb 2019: What are we doing? Recruitment to the new Pre-Award posts in the Research Office is progressing well with new staff starting in the Schools of Physical Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Humanities & ... If you have any questions about this new service, please

5 Jul 2019: The presentations from the recent RGUG meeting on 27th June are now available on the ROO website. One of the discussion points from the meeting last week was to gauge interest in having an Open Day at ROO during the Michaelmas Term. Options include

22 Feb 2019: The new April 2019 USS pension rate of 19.5% (currently 18%) for employers has been added into X5.

10 May 2019: The Research Grant User Group (RGUG) meeting is led by the Research Operations Office and is an open forum where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next meeting will take place as follow Thursday 27th June 2019

26 Apr 2019: The next Research Grants User Group Meeting will take place as follows Thursday 2nd May 2019 2pm – 3:30pm Norwich Auditorium, Roger Needham Building, 7 J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0RB Agenda for the meeting and minutes for the previous