Supply chain issues continue to affect a number of commodities, making it difficult to procure certain goods and services. Products such as plastics, chemicals, equipment using chips, and PPE are all experiencing long lead times due to high demand and transportation issues. Laptops are experiencing long delays due to the tightened supply of semiconductor chips,… Read More


CIRES Property would like to notify the CIRES community that the following equipment has become available for use. If you are interested in using this equipment, or if you have any questions, please contact Aly Nahum at Aly.Nahum@colorado.edu. ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETER – (Tag 162543) Item: ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETER – (Tag 162543) – *Note: This instrument requires completion of… Read More


Need to know your PCard billing address? Here’s how to look it up: Log in to Concur via your MyCU portal. From the Concur homepage, click the “Profile Settings” button under the “Profile” tab in the top right corner of the screen. Click the “Expense Information” button, located in the left hand menu. The Expense… Read More


HR500 SCANNER KODAK PRO (Tag: 209951) CIRES Property would like to notify the CIRES community that the HR500 SCANNER KODAK PRO (Tag: 209951), which is currently in Doug Young’s possession, has become available for use. If you are interested in using this equipment or if you have any questions, please contact Aly Nahum at Aly.Nahum@colorado.edu. Please… Read More


The PSC recently clarified that Procurement Cards should not be used to buy furniture, as all furniture purchases should be processed in the CU Marketplace through CCI or one of the 5 new furniture suppliers. Individuals cannot be reimbursed for personal purchases of furniture. The benefits of using the approved suppliers are: Expanded number of approved… Read More


Here are some reminders… Approval: Before you make any reservations for airfare, lodging or rental car expenses, you need to request and receive approval for your trip from CIRES Travel. You can start the process by filling out the required information on the CIRES Employee Travel Request form in InsideCIRES. Approval from Waleed Abdalati and… Read More


Beginning in April 2021, the university no longer requires “high risk” approval from the Provost for domestic travel. International travel will continue to require “high-risk” approval from the Provost, Russ Moore, until the university lifts this restriction. Going forward domestic travel will be approved by CIRES Travel, the CIRES Director, and the CIRES Org Officer,… Read More


We’ve updated the CIRES policy on reimbursing individual membership dues. The new text is posted in full on InsideCIRES, here: https://insidecires.colorado.edu/finance/travel/costs/. What has changed? Defined criteria for when CIRES will support the cost of individual memberships Added clarity on what CIRES defines as “presenting research” at professional conferences Added guidance for researchers who want to… Read More


FREEZER VWR ULTRALOW TEMPERATURE CIRES Property would like to notify the CIRES community that a FREEZER VWR ULTRALOW TEMPERATU (Tag 202132), currently in Dr. Sievers’ possession, has become available for use. If you are interested in potentially utilizing this equipment for research, or if you have any questions about this equipment, please contact Aly Nahum at Aly.Nahum@colorado.edu.… Read More


The Procurement Service Center (PSC) recently posted some year-end deadlines for processing new tasks before the end of the calendar year, including: payment vouchers in CU Marketplace, travel and out-of-pocket reimbursements, and supplier invoices. The deadlines below are for getting items processed by PSC before the end of the calendar year. If these items are… Read More