last updated: Wednesday, January 17, 10:30 am Shutdown averted for now Congress passed several stopgap spending measures in recent months, continuing most federal funding temporarily to avert a partial government shutdown. Please continue to watch this space for updates. The guidance below is still relevant if a partial shutdown impacting NOAA (Department of Commerce) occurs.… Read More


OCG has created a new online version of the Proposal Submission Request (PSR) form, which will be available in the infoED system. Beginning January 16th, all Principal Investigators will be required to submit Online PSRs for any intended proposal submission including new proposals, resubmissions, supplements, or continuations, as OCG will no longer be accepting PDF… Read More


Please join the CIRES administration in welcoming two new Proposal Analysts to the CIRES Pre-Award Team. Autumn Coleman joined CIRES in November. Autumn previously worked as the Coordinator for State and Athletic Scholarships at Western Kentucky University, managing awards, compliance, and reconciliation processes. Megan Pujol joined CIRES this month. Megan brings knowledge of state and… Read More


Non-disclosure Agreement (NDAs), also commonly referred to as Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDAs) or Proprietary Information Agreements (PIAs), are contracts between at least two parties which outline the proprietary/confidential information that the parties wish to exchange but want to restrict from wider use and dissemination. Types of NDAs CU Boulder’s partially-executed Non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) Agreement will be used for unilateral disclosure… Read More


CIRES Proposals will have a special time frame requirement for proposals that will be submitted as 11.405 supplementals (BILs/IRAs linked to the CIRES NOAA Cooperative Agreement) in fiscal year 2024. Requests to have a proposal submitted to NOAA for 11.405 supplemental funding must be reported to CIRESProposals@Colorado.EDU at least 2 weeks prior to the desired… Read More


NOAA Weather Program Office NOFO The Weather Program Office notice of funding opportunity for FY 2024 is now open (NOAA-OAR-WPO-2024-2008082). Prior to submitting a full proposal for the Climate Testbed (CTB) and Fire Weather competitions identified in this announcement, all PIs are strongly encouraged (but not required) to submit a preapplication to NOAA in the… 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


Please contact CIRESProposals@Colorado.edu if you are planning to be a CIRES PI or Co-PI on a proposal to Solicitation NOAA-OAR-WPO-2023-2007516 for the Weather Program Office (due November 17) and/or the NOAA Solicitation NOAA-OAR-CPO-2023-2007440 for the Climate Program Office (due November 21).… Read More


As the new year begins, it’s important to update the status of your Disclosure of External Professional Activities (DEPA) form filed with the University. As has been the case previously, if your work is in any way connected to the design, conduct or reporting of research activities, you’ll want to get your 2022 DEPA submitted… Read More


For CIRES Researchers interesting in submitting a proposal through the University of Colorado – the National Weather Services (NWS) and NOAA have announced a new funding opportunity for the NWS Office of Science and Technology Program, NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2022-2007072. https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=322105 There are three competitions to support the community-based and comprehensive coupled modeling system, the Unified Forecast System… Read More