X5 is an online costing and pricing tool for research grant applications and contracts. Researchers and administrators can use it to calculate the full economic cost of research projects.
Log in to X5
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Get an X5 account
If you have not used X5 before, fill in the X5 new user registration form.
Email the completed form to your department’s pre-award team in the Research Operations Office. You should also copy in CROCompliance@admin.cam.ac.uk.
You will receive an email with a link to your X5 password.
X5 user guide
The X5 user guide contains information on how to use X5 to cost grant applications and contracts.
Frequently asked questions
You can browse the X5 FAQs by topic or search all FAQs by keyword.
Set up a new funder, scheme or collaborating institution
Find out how to add a funder, scheme or collaborating institution to X5.
Categories in X5
Check what selectable options have already been loaded into X5:
Responsibilities of principal investigators and heads of departments
Understand what principal investigators and heads of department on an X5 costing must agree to, review and approve.
Access X5 costings in other departments
If you need to access costings in another department or faculty, ask the department administrator in that department or faculty to email your research development team.