Save the Date! Thursday 2/4/21, 10:30 am – 12:00, via Zoom For all CIRES Principal Investigators, Early Career Scientists or anyone planning to submit proposals. The CIRES Proposal Team has organized a training session with CU’s RIO’s Proposal Writing Services. CIRES Associate Director of Science, Christine Wiedinmyer will give general tips for successful proposal writing,… 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


If you are attending AGU and want to have your conference registration fee paid with a P-card and you do not have one, CIRES Travel can help make the purchase for you. Please follow the steps outlined below in order for the team to provide payment details: Go to the AGU Registration page and click… Read More


HUMIDITY CHAMBER VWR SCI 35912 CIRES Property would like to notify the CIRES community that a HUMIDITY CHAMBER VWR SCI 35912 (CU Tag 203206), 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… Read More


Purchasing Options CU prefers that we use P-cards to pay for conference registration fees when conference attendance is virtual, however it is also allowable to use a Travel Card. Employees can use their own P-card to pay for: (1) their own registrations, (2) other employees’ registrations, or (3) non-employees’ registrations. The expense will need to… Read More


CU’s RIO office is offering four upcoming Zoom webinars each Wednesday in October on proposal writing. Registration is required (no cost), attend one or all! October 7: Explaining the Project in One Paragraph, 2:00 – 3:00 October 14: Writing a One Page Project Summary, 2:00 – 3:00 October 21: Keeping the Narrative Simple, 2:00 –… Read More


Employers have the option to take part in offering a deferral of payroll tax to employees.  However, the CU System (all four campuses) is not allowing any deferral of payroll tax, so there is no option nor impact to any employees system wide. The original White House memorandum can be found here.… Read More


On September 9, Members of the CIRES Finance Team addressed building and submitting proposals, Anne Gold from CIRES Outreach discussed broader impacts, and Susan Sullivan will addressed the importance of diversity and inclusion for proposals. If you were unable to attend at the time of the presentation, video can be accessed here. Additional questions, please… Read More


CPO’s annual call for proposals (FY21 Notice Of Funding Opportunity – NOFO) was published on July 21, 2020. ESSM has 5 competitions in FY21. Letters of Intent are due by 5 pm ET on August 17, and full applications for all competitions (other than AC4) must be received by 5 pm ET on November 30. For the AC4-only competition,… Read More