Dear CIRES Associate or Research Scientist or Supervisor, As part of CIRES HR’s ongoing compensation project, we are asking all CIRES Associate and Research Scientists to select a functional title, a step that will allow CIRES HR to compare your salary to external market rates on an ongoing basis. Functional titles correspond to titles used… Read More
All travel requires approval from CIRES Travel before any trip costs can be booked. When traveling internationally, please allow extra time, as the approval process has additional layers and can be lengthy. RIO must approve all international travel. If traveling to a high-risk destination, further approval is required from the Provost. Please follow the below… Read More
THIS UPDATE IS NO LONGER CURRENT: Please see this post for most up-to-date guidance. NEW and UPDATED: Inclement Weather Policy Updated February 2023 In December 2021, CU Boulder updated inclement weather guidance for all employees. The full policy can be found here and the bottom line is that weather-related administrative closures or delays affect *everyone* working that… Read More
The Pre-Award team would like to share best business practices to help ensure a smooth proposal submission process. Please contact the CIRES Proposal team at CIRESProposals@colorado.edu for assistance with upcoming proposals. If CU/CIRES is the lead on an upcoming proposal, please notify the Proposal Team of your proposal as soon as possible, or at least… Read More
CIRES Members’ Council is now accepting nominations for the annual Outstanding Performance Awards: nomination window closes on February 7 The CIRES Outstanding Performance Awards aim to recognize novel, high-impact efforts that illustrate remarkable creativity or resourcefulness within the distinct categories of “Science and Engineering” and “Service”. If you know a CIRES member or team that made… Read More
Dear CIRES Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to our new CIRES Finance Director, someone who many of you already know quite well: Annie Fudale. Annie has worked for CIRES on the Finance Team since 2018, progressively taking on more responsibility and demonstrating outstanding leadership skills. I am pleased she will be… Read More
CIRES HR has been working on a two-phase, institute-wide compensation project since early 2021. Below is an update on where the process stands as of December 2022. Phase 1 Update: CIRES Internal Salaries Comparison (largely completed in Fall 2022)Guided by the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and campus-related protocols, CIRES HR launched its effort to… Read More
As campus previously reported, this year, the Board of Regents have approved a base building 3% merit pool for eligible faculty and university staff employed as of Sept. 1, 2022, effective Jan. 1, 2023. A merit increase is tied to performance from this past performance cycle, July 1 – June 30, 2022. Pay increases for… Read More
For the period beginning July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) prompt in the Annual Summary of Accomplishments will be in the “please complete” portion of the ASA rather than among the optional prompts. Responses will be used to understand CIRES DEI activity overall and as a support for… Read More
CU Boulder leadership has given employees three extra days of administrative leave this season, to focus on family, friends, personal health and well-being: November 23 and December 28 and 29. Some details: This additional time off applies to all leave-eligible CIRES employees who work at CU Boulder and NOAA. The funding for this leave will… Read More
