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 applicable university and other policies, pr...

  When submitting a travel request on InsideCIRES, travelers are asked to provide a justification for the trip. The travel request application states, “In a few sentences, state how this travel benefits the project that is supporting your trip costs. Please include the full name of any meeting you may be attending and the title(s) of any papers or p...

Can I just purchase my airfare directly on United.com (or on another internet site directly)?  Maybe - but definitely not without prior approval from either CU's Procurement Service Center or from the CIRES Travel team!  CU's Internet Airfare policy is very specific and strict. Read more for the 2 cases in which Internet Airfare may be allowable.   ...

Andy – equipment, carts over $10K that are not subcontract BPOs or SoWs  Dawn is backup for when Andy is OOO Dawn – subcontract and SoW BPOs; BPOs under $10K that require CIRES approval Nikki is backup for when Dawn is OOO  Nikki – Payment Vouchers (SoW payments, HNRs, visa fees) Dawn is backup for when Nikki is OOO...

The AGU Annual meeting is being held December 14 – 19, 2025. CU Boulder will be closed beginning Wednesday, December 24, 2025. There are approximately 100 people attending AGU this year from CIRES. While the CIRES Travel team may have 2 business days to begin processing some expense reports between the end of AGU and the campus winter holiday, pleas...