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 ...

Effective Thursday, October 23, 2025, all international travel requests for CIRES employees will also be reviewed by the CIRES Export Control team. A new tab will be added to the InsideCIRES travel request form which will ask travelers to respond to questions related to export control and CU property.  Once travelers ...

CU Boulder leadership has granted employees five days of administrative leave*  Dec. 24, 29, 30, 31, and January 2.  If the governor should issue an additional governor’s holiday for this period, that will replace one of the administrative leave days already granted.Campus-based employees: For those on campus, these administrative days ...

As of October 10, 2025, NSF and the USDA will join DOE in requiring the mandatory research security training be completed before a proposal submission can occur. The CU proposal analyst must certify that all individuals identified as senior/key personnel have completed the requisite research security training. Acceptable training for ...

CU faculty and staff can access free flu vaccines through WorkWell and Medical Services at upcoming pop-up vaccine clinic/Wellness Fairs. Dates include: September 24, 25, 30; October 1, 16; and November 12.  Clinics have limited registration slots, register and see available locations follow this link. ...

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 ...

When submitting a travel request on InsideCIRES, travelers are asked to provide a justification for the trip. The travel request system 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Starting December 6th, Amazon Business will be available through CU Marketplace and on Amazon.com. All CU Amazon purchases should be made through this new, central Amazon Business account. Follow the link for more details. ...

A recording of the CIRES Compensation Town Hall focusing on Compensation on Sept 27th, 2024 has been posted here: https://insidecires.colorado.edu/events/townhalls/Slide Deck [pdf] ...

CU Boulder leadership has given employees three days of administrative leave* this season December 27, 30, 31*.  If the governor should issue an additional governor’s holiday for this period, that will replace one of the administrative leave days already granted.Please note that the CIRES printed calendars have incorrect dates. Please use the ...

CIRES Proposals would like to inform you of the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and the Office of the Provost’s 2025 Research & Innovation Seed Grant program opportunity.The Research & Innovation Seed Grant program is a funding initiative offered by the University of Colorado Boulder’s Research & Innovation Office (RIO) and ...

All Senior/Key Personnel submitting proposals to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must complete training on other support disclosure requirements prior to the Just in Time (JIT) and Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) stages, pursuant to NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-25-133. This requirement is met through CU Boulder’s Research Security (RS) ...