The AGU Annual meeting is being held December 14 – 19, 2025. CU Boulder will be closed beginning Wednesday, December 24, 2025. There are approximately 100 people attending AGU this year from CIRES. While the CIRES Travel team may have 2 business days to begin processing some expense reports between the end of AGU and… Read More
The new IDC rate agreement between CU & the U.S. DHHS has been successfully negotiated through FY28 and implements an on-campus F&A rate of 57.5% of Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC). Additionally, this rate agreement establishes the new Fringe Benefit rates for CU for this FY. Also impacted by the documentation, moving forward, CU will… Read More
All Senior/Key Personnel submitting proposals to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) must complete training on other support disclosure requirements prior to the Just in Time (JIT) and Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) stages, pursuant to NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-25-133. This requirement is met through CU Boulder’s Research Security (RS) Training and all Senior/Key Personnel… Read More
CU Boulder leadership has granted employees five days of administrative leave* Dec. 24, 29, 30, 31, and January 2. If the governor should issue an additional governor’s holiday for this period, that will replace one of the administrative leave days already granted. Campus-based employees: For those on campus, these administrative days are in addition to… Read More
Effective Thursday, October 23, 2025, all international travel requests for CIRES employees will also be reviewed by the CIRES Export Control team. A new tab will be added to the InsideCIRES travel request form which will ask travelers to respond to questions related to export control and CU property. Once travelers submit an international travel… Read More
As of October 10, 2025, NSF and the USDA will join DOE in requiring the mandatory research security training be completed before a proposal submission can occur. The CU proposal analyst must certify that all individuals identified as senior/key personnel have completed the requisite research security training. Acceptable training for this can be the 1-hour… Read More
Please refer to the information below for guidance in the event of a federal government shutdown on October 1, 2025. CIRES administration will update this as quickly as possible when guidance changes. Please also refer to the RESOURCES list below for computing, training, counseling, and other resources. Key points Questions and answers RESOURCES Things to… Read More
CU faculty and staff can access free flu vaccines through WorkWell and Medical Services at upcoming pop-up vaccine clinic/Wellness Fairs. Dates include: September 24, 25, 30; October 1, 16; and November 12. Clinics have limited registration slots, register and see available locations follow this link.… Read More
