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6 Mar 2020: 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 follows Thursday 23rd April 2pm

19 Jan 2024: We have created a new Supporting others with Elements video, showing how colleagues and administrators can be authorised to access and manage researchers' Elements accounts.

5 Jan 2024: In light of the re-association of the United Kingdom (UK) to Horizon Europe 1 January 2024, Lund University (LU) launches a call for “Get Started Funding” aimed at early career researchers from Lund University and UK-based LERU universities* (up

21 Jul 2016: Published on 21 July 2016. RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers. Reminder: new Income Allocation Policy effective from 1 August 2016. ... The new  Income Allocation Policy of the University will be effective from 1 August 2016 onwards.

7 May 2020: The Research Grant User Group meeting has been re-scheduled as a Live Event to take place on Thursday 21st May at 11am - 12pm. Further details will follow. In the meantime if you have any queries, please contact hannah.pawson@admin.cam.ac.uk

6 Aug 2021: A new Sharepoint site, Supporting Research at Cambridge has been set up to provide guidance, information and support to the academic and administrative community in the management of research grants.

12 Oct 2018: As announced in the previous bulletin, the new research grant application deadlines are now in place as follows. ... Further details about the New Research Grants Application Deadlines are available on the ROO website.

15 Apr 2020: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we have consulted with our internal auditors and taken the decision to cancel all of the H2020 interim audits until the current restrictions allow us to re-open our buildings and Departments. For those affected H2020

16 Dec 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Reminder - Christmas and New Year Deadlines for Applications.

6 May 2022: EU Missions are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. ... There will be presentations on a wide range of new topics for all five missions, following the amendment to the Missions’ Work Programme 2021- 2022 under

21 Feb 2017: For financial audits, generally the following items will be looked at: Copies of invoices and expense claims Billing report and reconciliation with submitted claims Back up for personnel costs, including signed timesheet, Contract of Employment and

25 Feb 2022: The Apprenticeship Levy is a tax on salary bills introduced in 2017. There are many funders who deem the Apprenticeship Levy cost ineligible when costing a project; this includes CRUK, Royal Society, Leverhulme, BHF and the BA. For applications to

19 Nov 2021: The agenda will include a presentation on the new Large Grant Contributions Fund and updates on EU matters.

21 Feb 2017: For technical audits, generally the followings will be looked at: Degree of fulfilment of the project work plan and deliverables for the relevant period Continued relevance of the objectives Management procedures and methods of projects The

5 Nov 2021: Worktribe is the new costing and pricing software that the University will be implementing to replace the current X5 tool, we are also reviewing other products from Worktribe.

22 Nov 2019: Search site. Research Operations Office. New Funder or Collaborator Requests. Published on Fri, 22/11/2019 - 14:20. ... When completing the new funder / collaborator form, email your Research Development Team and copy the following teams.

21 Nov 2017: In order to help us manage new work received, deadlines that fall during the Christmas break and the first week in January 2018, will need to be with ROO on the ... This is to allow Final Expenditure Statements to be submitted prior to the Christmas/New

31 Jul 2020: In particular NIHR have begun to unpause their non-COVID related research, UKRI have new COVID-19 calls and CRUK is reviewing its spend following a decline in its fundraising income.

19 Aug 2016: Equipment Sharing Project – new Twitter account. It was announced over the weekend that HM Treasury has agreed to underwrite the payments of Horizon 2020 grants singed whilst the UK remains a ... Here relevant topical information relating to the

19 Aug 2022: Over the last couple of weeks, ROO have scheduled some online demonstration and Q&A sessions about the new mechanism for timesheets so that we comply with audit requirements on UKRI

26 Jan 2018: st. February between 7am and 9am to allow for the updating of the new fEC and MRF / SRF rates for 2018.

19 Mar 2015: Published on 19 March 2015. The Wellcome Trust have announced that they will be launching their new grants management system in May 2015. ... There will be a transition period from May – September when this new system will run in parallel to eGrants.

20 Nov 2020: Innovate UK’s new Innovation Funding Service Portal (IFS) is now live and there is a suite of training videos aimed at Participants, Finance Contacts and Monitoring officers.

6 Apr 2023: Cambridge Enterprise have recently expanded their team and are now offering dedicated contacts for new enquiries. ... Please direct any new enquiries as follows -. Research commercialisation/technology transfer/general enquiries:.

6 Aug 2021: The UKRI Funding Assurance Programme (FAP) provides assurance that public funds destined for research are properly safeguarded and used for the purposes intended. We are expecting a UKRI audit to be undertaken remotely during the Michaelmas Term 2021

24 Apr 2020: Some funders are still going ahead with fellowship interviews remotely, here are some tips for researchers who need to take part in remote interviews https://postdoccareers.edublogs.org/2020/04/01/taking-on-a-fellowship-interview-panel-from-your-home

15 May 2020: The agenda will cover two items; the new application deadlines that have been temporarily introduced and the furloughing of staff funded from research grants. ... New NI rates:. Including Apprenticeship Levy: file date of 06/04/20. Without Apprenticeship

7 Oct 2022: Whilst the new system of authorising and storing timesheets is bedding in, UKRI have indicated that they will offer some flexibility during this initial period regarding timesheets that are currently being

24 Jan 2020: The EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill passes through the European Parliament next week for the UK to leave the EU on 31st January. The University Brexit website will be updated accordingly https://www.eu.admin.cam.ac.uk/ and further communication will

6 Dec 2019: A new Industry Pricing Policy has been approved by the Research Policy Committee and guidelines are currently being drafted for Departments.

15 Oct 2021: During the pilot phase of this new MTA swift service, there will be a 10 working day turnaround time.

18 Mar 2022: The new rules empower the government to impose conditions on qualifying acquisitions of entities and assets, or, if necessary, to block or unwind the offending transactions.

2 Feb 2017: Please be advised that X5 has been updated with the new fEC rates for 2017 from the 1st of February 2017 (note MRF/SRF rates are yet to be updated). ... Users of X5 are advised to update their costings (the Rates Tab in X5) to ensure the new rates are

6 Oct 2023: Handbook MSCA-NET, the network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for the MSCA, has prepared an unofficial handbook for applicants to the MSCA Doctoral Networks (DN) 2023 call. The main aim of this handbook is supporting NCPs in assisting applicants,

22 Jul 2013: Published on 22 July 2013. There are 3 new tutorials to help you use X5 on the following topics:. ... but any new costings need to be done in X5. If you have any queries, please contact your Research Support Administrator at the.

5 Dec 2017: In order to help us manage new work received, deadlines that fall during the Christmas break and the first week in January 2018, will need to be with ROO on the ... This is to allow Final Expenditure Statements to be submitted prior to the Christmas/New

1 Dec 2023: completed. Access to view Apollo will be available as usual. What's new. ... Accessibility improvements, making navigation easier. A new layout with more in system guidance on the Name based search page, which researchers can use to refine which

3 Nov 2023: A new version of the tracker has been released recently which includes:.

21 Apr 2015: Search site. Research Operations Office. X5 Submission Report - new FAQ. ... A new FAQ has been added to the X5 submission reports about a type of warning message.

14 Aug 2020: Thanks to those who attended the RGUG meeting on 28th July. The recording, slides and Q&As are now available on the Research Office RGUG webpages. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 24th September at 11:15am and further details will be

29 Apr 2016: Innovate UK – new home for funding opportunities. BA/ Leverhulme Small Research Grant applications. ... A new governmental website has been launched for all funding competitions run by Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency.

1 Oct 2021: On 20th September, X5 was updated with the new non-clinical pay scales and the renamed grades linked to the Academic new titles coming into effect from 1st October 2021. ... To apply these new rates and renamed grades to existing costings, go to the

11 Sep 2020: X5 - the costing and pricing tool for research projects is due to be upgraded in early October. The upgrade will include improvements to the interface, fixes to known bugs and enable us to remain supported by the supplier. For the upgrade to take

23 Sep 2022: To apply the new rates to existing costings, go to the rates table tab and update the out of date files by clicking on "apply all updated files now".

14 Jun 2024: On the 7th June 2024, there was an ERC online webinar about lump sum funding, where experts from the ERC Executive Agency answered questions about the new lump sum model of

25 Jun 2015: Once you have contacted the Contracts Manager we will send an introductory email to open the contract negotiation dialogue. The following will also happen ROO will assign an "RG number" for the project, if it does not already have one.

5 Nov 2021: The Open Research at Cambridge conference will run online from 22 - 26 November 2021. Research takes place in collaborative networks, tied together by publications, conferences, informal discussions and often data sharing. Approaching all stages of

14 Aug 2020: The X5 Upgrade project team is looking for volunteers to do User Acceptance Testing which is scheduled to take place from 1st - 25th September. Testing will take place remotely and flexibly during this period and volunteers would be expected to

17 Aug 2018: Search site. Research Operations Office. New RGUG date - 13 September 2018. ... One of the agenda items we will be discussing is the new application deadlines and you may like to review the decision tree document on the ROO website prior to the

28 Mar 2024: In response to Departmental feedback, we have simplified our guidance regarding the recording requirements of staff time for Horizon Europe grants and updated the Time Declaration Form.