Administrative News


Guidance for CIRES hiring managers: federal involvement in recruitment

June 03, 2026 | Lucia
Key Principle Federal employees may support project alignment and candidate exposure to the environment, but must not be involved in personnel decision-making What Federal Employees Can Do  Collaborate on developing the position description (define technical needs, scope, and expertise required)  Participate in non-evaluative engagement with candidates, such as seminars, presentations, meet-and-greets, and ...
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Microsoft MFA expansion

June 02, 2026 | CIRES
Starting Wednesday, June 3, more campus online services will require Microsoft multi-factor authentication (MFA) to sign in. In some cases Microsoft MFA will replace Duo MFA, creating one standardized MFA sign-in experience across campus services.Microsoft MFA is already used to access Microsoft services like Outlook, OneDrive, and Teams so no ...
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Traveling for work? You Can Apply for a CU Travel Credit Card

May 15, 2026 | Nikki
The University of Colorado allows employees to apply for a Travel Card (tax exempt, corporate liability card issued by US Bank) that can be used to pay for most university travel-related expenses! Travel Card purchases must be related to official university business and must be made in accordance with all ...
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Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology Proposals

May 04, 2026 | Aly
The FINESST proposals are due to NASA by July 14th instead of in February for this year. Join the pre-proposal webinar on May 28th at 1 pm or contact CIRES Proposals for more information.Join link:Pre-Proposal WebinarWebinar number: 2819 713 4768 Webinar password: Q3Uu37wZr4j (73883799 when dialing from a phone or video system) Join ...
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Early Submission Planning Advisory for NOAA CA Proposals

April 10, 2026 | Aly
Given the May 18th submission deadline for the NOAA-OAR-CIAO-2026-32241 & NOAA-OAR-CIAO-2026-32242 CA proposals, and the high volume of proposals currently in development, CIRES Proposals strongly recommends planning to submit by the end of April, and no later than the first few days of May. Operational limitations may limit our ability ...
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CIRES Finance Applications Update

April 08, 2026 | Rebecca
CIRES IT and CIRES Finance are currently working on several updates to InsideCIRES financial applications, including the Advanced Reporting System (ARS) and the Projects & Programs PI Dashboard. Because some of the testing we're doing for these updates is in the live environment and using actual project data, you may ...
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