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27 Feb 2015: ERC Grants are awarded to a single researcher ('Principal Investigator') heading an individual research team to conduct a frontier research project on the condition that he/she is engaged by a legally established hosting organisation.

21 Apr 2015: The Wellcome Trust support research into all aspects of biomedical science, including the social and ethical aspects of biomedical research and health, the historical and cultural contexts of medicine, and, applied research and development projects

23 Jul 2015: Grants costed from September 2005 must be costed on a full economic cost (fEC) basis using the X5 tool. ... The full economic costing methodology allocates non-direct costs to a project based on research staff FTE (excluding support staff).

27 Feb 2015: In addition to the straightforward Intra European Fellowships, there are a number of differing types of Marie Curie Actions in FP7.

21 Apr 2015: In the previous bulletin there was an error in the table under "Description" as the last line read "Dir of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B) and instead should have read "Assistant Director of Research" (ADR-AS-09-B).

9 Jun 2015: As soon as you know you will be moving, please contact the following people: Your current department Your new department at your new University The Research Operations Office's Finance Analyst - Research & Grants The Research Operations Office at

21 Apr 2015: The Medical Research Council's (MRC) annual Research Board and Panel Recruitment round has now begun and the deadline for applications is 15 October 2010. The MRC are seeking to fill 44 scientific vacancies in the 4 research boards and 5 panels from

5 Aug 2015: Weekly payment runs Payments take place weekly. All invoices have to be secondary approved in the system by 10h00 on Tuesdays. All payments are made electronically. The payment selection process commences at 10h00 on Tuesday for payment on the

6 Aug 2015: There are several considerations that must be addressed before any new type of external sales are undertaken or a significant increase in scale of activity occurs. The new activity form must be completed and forwarded to the Accounts Receivable

21 Apr 2015: The Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) schemes aim to provide funding to outstanding scientists who have the potential to become leaders in their chosen field. They have recently

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Wednesday 19 November, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

21 Apr 2015: Research Professional is a funding opportunities database.

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 9 December which means that the Office will be closed on this day. We will be open the following day on Friday 10 December as usual.

14 Jul 2015: An important aspect of the role of the Contracts Team is to negotiate appropriate terms on behalf of the University, ensuring that everyone’s rights and responsibilities are clear and protecting the interests of all parties. Our negotiations cover

21 Apr 2015: X5 users are advised that the system has been updated so that when initiating a Horizon 2020 costing, X5 now automatically defaults the currency to Euros. If you have any questions please contact your Research Support Advisor.

21 Apr 2015: The Research Office Staff Conference is taking place on Thursday 8 December and therefore the Office will be closed on this day. If you have a deadline for either the 8 or 9 December, could you ensure that your application is with the Research

21 Apr 2015: The Research Operations Office (ROO) will be running a workshop on De-Mystifying Audits on Friday 12 September, 9:30am – 11:30am at 16 Mill Lane.The session is aimed at Administrators who are involved with research grants that require audits and

22 Oct 2015: PLEASE FORWARD THE RELEVANT SECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation RELEVANT TO: Academics/ Researchers and Administrators RCUK Funding Assurance Programme Audit Presentation

21 Apr 2015: The next meeting of the RGUG will take place on Tuesday 20 September at 9:30am and will be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Computer Lab, West Cambridge. The RGUG is led by the Research Office and is a forum where research grant administrati

6 Aug 2015: The Research Councils will be undertaking an audit at the University as part of their work for the 2015/16 RCUK Funder Assurance Programme (FAP) which will also include Wellcome Trust grants. The visit will be for 3 days from Monday 23 November -

21 Apr 2015: Grant holders of Parkinson’s UK will need to use Researchfish to enter outcomes data from their projects by the deadline of 16 January 2015. Further details are available from their website

29 Jul 2015: Pre-Award Services The Research Operations Office (ROO) are responsible for assisting departmental administrative and academic staff to understand the processes and requirements associated with research grants and contracts.

21 Apr 2015: Amy Williams, European Advisor for the UK Research Office (UKRO) in Brussels will be visiting Cambridge and giving two presentations on Thursday 31 March 2011 in Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. These sessions are aimed at researchers who are plann

21 Apr 2015: Due to the British Heart Foundation updating their Student Maintenance rates with effect from 1 October 2010, pFACT is being updated to reflect this change. The new rates will be added to pFACT on Monday 8 November 2010 between 8:00 am and 10:00 am

16 Apr 2015: Coordinating research contracts The Contracts Team co-ordinates the whole transaction for the University by identifying the issues involved as well as identifying the specific steps or tasks necessary to resolve these and to close the contracts deal

27 Feb 2015: Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides customer-driven scientific and technical support to the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies.

2 Apr 2015: Download this chapter in PDF format Overview The principal purpose of this chapter of the Financial Procedures Manual is to set out and explain the procedures to be followed by staff in Departments in respect of income received by means of donation

16 Apr 2015: A key part of our role is to conduct risk assessments to mitigate any possible risks involved in conducting the research and in agreeing specific contractual provisions. Risk Assessment includes What is the value/financial benefit? What is the

21 Apr 2015: The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) http://www.dcc.ac.uk/ is running a series of inter-linked regional workshops as part of the DCC Roadshow, aimed at supporting institutional research data management planning and training. The sixth DCC Roadshow

21 Apr 2015: The new online searchable database of research facilities and equipment is now available to all members of the University of Cambridge. For more information about the Equipment Project and the Research Facilities and Equipment Database please visit

24 Jul 2015: Guidance has been developed to assist departments when creating a cost extension or supplement in X5. This includes how to copy to a new draft as well as amending the dates and duration of the costing. The guidance document is available on the

21 Apr 2015: Dr John Williams from the Science Funding division of the Wellcome Trust will be in Cambridge delivering a presentation about their Strategic Plan for 2010–2020 and funding opportunities including the introduction of the new Investigator Awards

21 Apr 2015: The University of Cambridge is hosting a Wellcome Trust regional event on Wednesday 3 July at which they will address the opportunities that are available across the Wellcome Trust's newly expanded funding schemes.

24 Mar 2015: Each Investigator must disclose to his or her Head of Department any Significant Financial Interests (and those of his/her spouse and dependent children) that reasonably appear to be related to the Investigator's Institutional Responsibilities.

21 Apr 2015: European Research Council (ERC) starting grants allow aspiring PIs to start their own independent research team. Offering 5 years funding of up to €1.5 million, these substantial grants are open to researchers with 2 -7 years’ postdoc

2 Apr 2015: prior achievement, socio-economic status), regression-style statistics will be used to assess the extent to which variation in dialogue predicts subsequent performance on objective, standardized and socially significant measures of

20 Mar 2015: The new FX Management for Research Income Policy provides sterling budget certainty for those awards in scope. The budget is set on a key date in the award lifecycle. The key date is different for EC and non-EC awards.

21 Apr 2015: When making an application to the Wellcome Trust where the pay increase is not known, they have allowed applicants to add 1% inflation to the salary costs of year 1 only. This is because the Wellcome Trust automatically compound inflate commencing

21 Apr 2015: Recent audits have highlighted a number of instances where government taxes have been charged to these awards.  It is important to remember that for these awards no government taxes (either local or international) are allowed to be charged.  Spe

1 Apr 2015: Search site. Finance Division. Appendices. Search. Some items on this website are restricted. University members are encouraged to log in using Raven to make the best use of the site:. 2024 University of Cambridge.

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Thursday 16 October, 9:30am in Room 1, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms and will include

21 Apr 2015: This information can be found going to our pFACT webpage and selecting the User Guide. On page 52 of this guide it gives you instructions on how to archive and retrieve projects.The link to this document

1 Apr 2015: When trust funds are established there are a number of considerations that should be taken into discussion with potential benefactors, including: The value of the capital This should be sufficient for the purpose for which it is to be used.

21 Apr 2015: Research Councils (notably the EPSRC) are currently providing notifications of successful awards to PIs only, with a request that the PI confirm the 50% matched funding on their equipment budget within a 3 week deadline.  Although it is asked that

21 Apr 2015: Following the Research Policy Committee meeting on 17 January 2013, we can confirm that from 8 February 2013 there will be new deadlines for submitting grant applications to the Research Operations Office (ROO).In summary, Departments are asked to

21 Apr 2015: As discussed at this week’s RGUG, different institutions are taking different approaches to managing top slices pro-rated to subcontractor budgets funded by Research Council grants prompting us to review our own approach.  As a result, instead

21 Apr 2015: The deadline for the new Wellcome Trust Investigator awards scheme is on Monday 22 November 2010, however as the process for these applications represent a significant shift in focus of the Trust, the applications along with the signed Letter of

20 Mar 2015: A policy on the management of foreign currency research income was implemented with effect from 1 August 2009, following collaboration between the Research Office and the Finance Division.

2 Oct 2015: The Research Operations Office is embarking on a new round of our ROOTS (Research Operations Office Training Strategy) Tier 2 (2016) Research Administrators Programme.We invite submissions from all staff who have been in post for a minimum of six

21 Apr 2015: RGUG is a forum led by the Research Operations Office (ROO) where research grant administration issues and developments are discussed. The next RGUG meeting will take place on Tuesday 26 November, 9:30am in Room 4, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. The