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25 Mar 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 287. Published on 25 March 2022. On 1 March 2022, the UK government issued additional sanctions on Russia, which expand sanctions that have been in place since 31

18 Nov 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 303. Published on 18 November 2022. Due to the Christmas vacation the Research Operations Office (ROO) will close from 5pm on Friday 23rd December 2022 and will

20 Oct 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 301. Published on 20 October 2022. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance

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

11 Mar 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 286. Published on 11 March 2022. The deadline for PIs to submit their research outcomes into Researchfish is Thursday 17th March at 4pm for most major funders

22 Apr 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 288. Published on 22 April 2022. The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Tuesday 26th April at 11:15am. The agenda

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 re-arranged for the end of the month. In the meantime, at the Research Grants User

11 Feb 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 284. Published on 11 February 2022. We are pleased to announce the launch of the Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration at the University of Cambridge

23 Sep 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 299. Published on 23 September 2022. All UKRI grants (RCUK and Innovate) with part funded DI staff need to have timesheets for the entire lifetime of the grant.

2 Dec 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 304. Published on 2 December 2022. The UKRI Guarantee Guidance was updated on 3rd November 2022 for the third wave of Horizon Europe calls with a final deadline

25 Mar 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Two more dates have been added to the programme Thursday 28th April 2022, 12:30-13:30 Export Control - understand your

22 Sep 2022: 3.1 Casual Workers: The University will only offer work on an hourly-paid casual worker basis where the level and regularity of work is insufficient to justify an employment contract (see The Workforce Policy, Section 4.3). Workers are not employed

9 Sep 2022: The EU and International Team together with Cambridge Enterprise are organising an online information event about the Horizon Results Booster (HRB) for the Horizon 2020 Projects of the University. The event will he held on Thursday 3rd November 2022

25 Feb 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 285. Published on 25 February 2022. Due to ongoing delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe, UKRI has now released the terms and

8 Jul 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 293. Published on 8 July 2022. From July 2022, a new mechanism for timesheets has been implemented to comply with audit requirements on UKRI funding (RCUK and

22 Jul 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 294. Published on 22 July 2022. Over the last few weeks, we have been updating you about the timesheet requirements which the University needs to implement so that

10 Jun 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 291. Published on 10 June 2022. Earlier today (10th June), successful ERC Awardees and MSCA Fellows from the 2021 Horizon Europe calls were contacted by the EC

16 Dec 2022: The following updated pay scales with an effective date of 6/11/2022 were uploaded into X5 on 14th December 2022 NHS grades for nurses: NHS6, NHS7 and NHS8a grades.

4 Nov 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 302. Published on 4 November 2022. The European Commission requires grant holders to keep documentary evidence of absences as a requirement of Article.18 in the

28 Jan 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Topics include protecting your research – intellectual property and publishing rights knowing when to seek ethics

5 Aug 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 296. Published on 5 August 2022. Over the last couple of months, we have been updating you about the timesheet requirements which the University needs to implement

22 Sep 2022: 5.1 Some individuals have “multiple engagements” with the University and their roles may fall into one or more of the categories outlined above. 5.2 Where individuals undertake substantially different types of work at different levels,

21 Jun 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 292. Published on 21 June 2022. From 1st July 2022, UKRI Final Expenditure Statements (FES) will need additional reporting due to the University receiving "limited

7 Oct 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 300. Published on 7 October 2022. UKRI Terms & Conditions require that all timesheets must be signed by both the 'Employee' and by the 'Approver' within 2 months of

11 Feb 2022: We are pleased to announce the launch of the Community of Practice (CoP) for Grants Administration at the University of Cambridge. Our aim is to facilitate more collaboration and knowledge-sharing, provide access to resources and to support all

18 Aug 2022: The University recognises that people may contribute in different ways at different times and that as individuals become more senior they may be asked to take on more commitments that are

7 Oct 2022: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed an additional Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocation to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the financial year of 2022 to 2023. The University has been

16 Dec 2022: Search site. Research Operations Office. Research Operations Office Bulletin - Issue 305. Published on 16 December 2022. Thank you all for your support and engagement with the new timesheet process. UKRI have given us positive feedback on the work

26 Jul 2022: Some technologies are accessible to the poorest people in the world, others aren’t.

20 Oct 2022: Academics and research support staff can find details of the MSCA Doctoral Networks on the ROO website. Information includes a crib sheet about the scheme updated Part B information for the MSCA DN scheme As noted in the crib sheets, due to the

20 Jun 2022: group_photo_of_nvs_event.jpg The University’s Newcomers and Visiting Scholars (NVS) group was originally founded in 1971 to offer community support for spouses of new University staff. Since then, they’ve welcomed many visitors and their

25 Nov 2022: I am also a member of Cambridge Reproduction SRI, a multidisciplinary community of people studying reproduction in Cambridge.

10 Jun 2022: The Cambridge-Africa programme is pleased to announce that the call for proposals to the ALBORADA Research Fund is now open. Applications are invited from pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge or an

14 Jan 2022: The Research Dashboard is a web-based application which gives Researchers an overview of their applications, grants and contracts. When you open the tool you are required to use Raven authentication. This authentication process is going to be

11 Mar 2022: As outlined at the RGUG meeting last month, the grant application deadlines are changing from 1st April 2022. The current 7 working day deadline for the Standard Application Process is being replaced with a 5 working day deadline. In summary this

3 Nov 2022: Therefore, I believe it is meaningful to develop holographic technology so that it will transform people’s lives in the future.

11 Feb 2022: The Principal Investigator Programme has been developed to help researchers with their responsibilities of managing a grant. Topics include ensuring that your project is properly costed knowing when to seek ethics approval protecting your research

24 Nov 2022: to a display of books on Gardening and Wildlife (which is also set up as a Collection in iDiscover providing an easy way to link people to it). ... I hope people can share in this excitement as well as use the time outside gardening as a break from the

5 Aug 2022: The University’s research information management system Elements, is undergoing a major upgrade on Thursday 18 August. The system will be unavailable for 3 to 4 days while reindexing takes place. During this time researchers will not be able to

20 May 2022: On 16th May 2022, UKRI published updated guidance on accessing the underwrite guarantee funding for successfully awarded Horizon Europe projects.

3 Nov 2022: gardner_francesca.jpg Francesca Gardner, fgg23@cam.ac.uk United Kingdom English, St Catharine's College PhD thesis: Pastoral Competition After 1700. Research interests: 1. Pastoral. 2. The literary essay. 3. Milton's typology. 4. Machines and

7 Oct 2022: Following the Funding Assurance Programe (FAP) audit by UKRI, recommendations were made regarding procurement procedures and flight costs. Procurement - departments should ensure that for each award, funder’s terms and conditions for the

25 Feb 2022: Changes to the UKRI open access policy come into effect from 1st April 2022, requiring immediate open access to journal articles funded by UKRI. This can be achieved either by publishing in a journal that offers immediate open access to their

22 Sep 2022: HR Workforce Planning Casualworkforceproject@admin.cam.ac.uk Recruitment resourcingqueries@admin.cam.ac.uk Temporary Employment Service (TES) temps@admin.cam.ac.uk Grading HRgradingrequests@admin.cam.ac.uk HR Business Partnering Teams Please contact

29 Mar 2022: We have learnt that working with decision makers is central to creating digital twins that improve outcomes for people and nature as part of a complex system of systems.

8 Jul 2022: The next Research Grants User Group (RGUG) meeting will take place as a live event on Thursday 14th July at 11:15am. The agenda will include presentations on Sustainable Business Travel Guidelines, timesheet requirements for UKRI funding and updates

28 Jan 2022: Any member of the University of Cambridge who is interested in research data management (RDM) who would like to become a local contact on RDM can apply to become a Data Champion. Researchers, postgraduate students, librarians, IT managers, data

4 Feb 2022: Small companies in the construction sector are invited to discover how to introduce simple, low-cost digital solutions at an online workshop on Thursday 3 March. Join a virtual webinar at 1.30-3pm on Thursday 3 March to find out more about the

18 Oct 2022: Developments in the field enable both further scientific discovery (e.g. with improved quantum sensors) and can also have a real, tangible impact on people.

22 Sep 2022: 6.1 To ensure that the University employment practices are in line with the principles outlined in this policy the following monitoring and reporting processes will be maintained. 6.2 Data on the use of different contract types will be run centrally