Published on 7 May 2020
Electronic Signature on Timesheets
- timesheets have either image signatures or certified digital signatures (rather than simply a typed name)
- timesheets are PDF’d when they are authorised (rather than being retained in, for example, an editable excel spreadsheet)
If you have any questions, please email CROCompliance@admin.cam.ac.uk
EC Funding & Covid-19 Drop-in Webinar on Tuesday 19th May
The EC team will be running a pilot 'EC funding & Covid-19 drop-in session' on Tuesday 19th May, 11:30 - 12:30. The session will start with a brief presentation on the EC's current guidance on the impact of Covid-19 on Horizon 2020 awards, followed by an interactive Q&A. This will be an opportunity to raise concerns related to the current disruption and to share best practices with colleagues. The session will also give the EC team the opportunity to better understand the current challenges and raise questions with the Commission if needed.
Audience: Departmental staff and researchers involved and managing Horizon 2020 awards. Please note that a separate event will be organised for MSCA fellows.
Date: 19th May, 11:30 -12:30
Location: No pre-registration is required. Please join via the link below:
If you have any technical issues on the day, please contact francesca.nieto@admin.cam.ac.uk.
RGUG - Thursday 21st May
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
Funder Guidance
The Research Operations Office continue to update our webpage with the latest information about our major funders. In particular UKRI has updated its new deadline extensions for applications and is also allowing some newly awarded grants to be delayed by up to 6 months.
Ethics Guidance for COVID-19 Health Related Research
Any researchers undertaking COVID-19 health related work that involves, participants – healthy volunteers or otherwise, their data or samples, should contact the Clinical School Research Governance Office for guidance about ethics approvals that may be required.
Research Office Support for Tackling COVID-19
The equipment database was developed in 2012 as a response to changes by RCUK to the way that equipment on research grants would be funded and in particular increase shared usage. When the call came to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the database proved a useful tool to identify potential equipment that could be shared to support the Government's rapidly developing CV19 test facility in Milton Keynes and the Cambridge National Screening Centre. Dr Chris Wilkinson,the Equipment Sharing Project Manager has written about how he helped to co-ordinate this task.