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20 May 2022: Responding to the findings of the UKRI FAP Audit, new timesheet procedures will be implemented and further guidance will be provided during the coming weeks.

5 Aug 2022: If you are costing a new proposal to submit to a Horizon Europe (HE) call, you should continue to use the current “EC Horizon Europe” Funder templates in X5.

18 Nov 2022: The University has a Large Grant Contributions Fund which provides financial contributions to large, collaborative grant applications. To be eligible for funding, the following criteria apply Research grant applications for funding normally over

25 Mar 2022: On Monday 14th March 2022, the UK Government announced an extension of the guarantee to a second wave of eligible, successful applicants. In a letter to the UK research and development sector, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation

8 Jul 2022: The lack of association currently only impacts those new awards under the Horizon Europe framework, ongoing H2020 grants are not affected and can continue as normal.

29 Jul 2022: Last week, we produced a new timesheet template which is available on the ROO website. ... New system (recommended). Fill in your timesheet as usual. Fill in new timesheet template.

24 Jun 2022: In the meantime, continue to store your timesheets in the usual way and we will provide guidance about the new repository when it is available for you to access. ... More information will follow about the new process. If you have any queries, please

20 May 2022: Our Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration aims to support all those who run and are involved in the grants lifecycle at the University of Cambridge. If you would like to be involved with this group, please sign up on the Supporting

10 Jun 2022: A reminder that the next RGUG meeting is scheduled for Thursday 14th July at 11:15am. An agenda will be circulated nearer the time. If you have any queries, please contact Hannah.Pawson@admin.cam.ac.uk.

25 Feb 2022: The Research Administration Programme aims to help staff who work in grant administration to improve their knowledge and understanding of the grant lifecycle. Each module will focus on a different aspect of grant administration and consists of

11 Mar 2022: The annual audit of US Federal Funding (including NIH awards) for the Financial Year 19/20 is now finalised and available on the ROO website.

14 Jan 2022: The next RGUG meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 8th February 2022 at 11:15am. Details will be circulated nearer the time. Slides and recording of the previous RGUG meeting in November are available on the RGUG web page. For further

10 Jun 2022: This situation impacts only those new awards under the Horizon Europe framework and ongoing H2020 grants are currently not affected and can continue as normal.

25 Mar 2022: The University has been informed of the outcome of the recent UKRI Funder Assurance Programme Audit and has received LIMITED assurance. Systematic issues were identified in relation to Directly Incurred staff costs (RGC 14e) which requires all

4 Nov 2022: For staff involved in the new timesheet process, the demo and Q&A  sessions that had been scheduled for 15th and 17th November have been postponed and these will be

11 Feb 2022: The annual submission period for UKRI, NIHR, CRUK, BHF, WT and other funders is 7th February to 17th March 2022 during which time PIs should use their Researchfish account to submit a return on their research outputs. Award holders will have

19 Aug 2022: 25th October 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

16 Dec 2022: On the 6th December 2022, the European Commission adopted the main Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24 with a budget of around €13.5 billion to support researchers and innovators in Europe. The final versions of the dedicated work programmes for

9 Sep 2022: Further details of the agenda and registration will be posted in the latest EC news section of Research Operations Office website and circulated in this bulletin.

16 Dec 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".