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
CIRES Proposals and CIRES IT have created a new application to make starting work on a new proposal with CIRES Pre-award more streamlined. Please check out the second video to learn more about how to create a new PSR form in the tool. Access the tool here: https://insidecires.colorado.edu/proposals/index.phpAccess the how-to video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU-g7_WPgWU… 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 their Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program, NOAA-NWS-NWSPO-2022-2006968. https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html The focus is on research and development topics related to the improvement of weather, water, and… Read More
CPO’s annual 2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity (noaa.gov) was recently published. CPO has four programs: ESSM, CSI, CEE and NIDIS and combined, they have 8 competitions in FY22. Letters of Intent are strongly encouraged and are due by 5 pm ET on August 9. Full applications for all competitions must be received by 5 pm ET on October… Read More
