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ChatGPT Edu at CU!
Starting
in
late
March,
all
CU
students,
faculty,
and
staff
will
have
access
to
a
CU‑specific
version
of
ChatGPT
EDU.
OIT
and
CIRES
IT
are
working
together
to
share
more
details
about
availability,
and
we’ll
provide
instructions
on
how
to
access
this
tool
once
everything
is
finalized
(anticipated
late
March).More
...
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New Indirect Cost (Facilities and Administrative - F&A) Rates
The
new
IDC
rate
agreement
between
CU
&
the
U.S.
DHHS
has
been
successfully
negotiated
through
FY28
and
implements
an
on-campus
F&A
rate
of
57.5%
of
Modified
Total
Direct
Costs
(MTDC).
Additionally,
this
rate
agreement
establishes
the
new
Fringe
Benefit
rates
for
CU
for
this
FY.
Also
impacted
by
the
...
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Federal shutdown guidance September 2025
Please
refer
to
the
information
below
for
guidance
in
the
event
of
a
federal
government
shutdown
on
October
1,
2025.
CIRES
administration
will
update
this
as
quickly
as
possible
when
guidance
changes.
Please
also
refer
to
the
RESOURCES
list
below
for
computing,
training,
counseling,
and
other
resources. Key
points
CIRES
employees
...
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Required training for PCARD holders
To
strengthen
P-Card
purchasing
practices,
the
procurement
Service
Center
(PSC)
has
launched
a
required
IT
Procurement
training
in
Percipio.
Please
see
the
PSC
blog
for
more
information.The
course
is
required
for
all
current
P-Card
holders,
new
applicants
requesting
a
P-Card,
and
individuals
becoming
approving
officials
(AOs).
To
complete
the
training,
...
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Copyright transfer, and Intellectual Property
Please
send
any
request
for
coordination
of
a
copyright
transfer,
or
investigation
of
an
Intellectual
Property
issue
to
the
CIRES
Export
and
Research
Agreements
Help
Desk.Contact
the
CIRES
Export
and
Research
Agreements
Helpdesk
for
support
with
export
control
concerns
&
external
to
CU
unfunded
research
agreements. For
export
services,
the
team
...
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New research.gov multi-factor authentication
As
of
October
27, 2024
per
the
Dear
Colleague Letter
(NSF
25-011),
the
National
Science Foundation
has
implemented
multi-factor
authentication
(MFA)
for
Research.gov
sign-in,
which
is
now
required
for
all
CU
Boulder
employees
to
login
to
Research.gov.There
are
now
two
MFA
sign
in
options
available
to
CU
Boulder
employees:
Sign
in
using
your
...
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