Domestic Travel Domestic travel includes travel within and among the fifty United States and its territories and possessions and Canada. Domestic travel included in the approved budgets of federally sponsored projects is generally permissable if it supports the purpose of the project. Any questions regarding domestic travel on federal grants or contracts should be directed towards Research Services. The federal government defines foreign travel as any travel outside of the United States and its territories and possessions and Canada. In the case of other sponsored research agreements, foreign travel may be specifically defined in the contractual documents.
Some foreign travel requires pre-approval by the sponsor.
Since sponsors' regulations vary, principal investigators should be familiar with those that are applicable to their projects. If traveling internationally on federal grants or contracts, a United States flag carrier must be used. For specific federal guidelines on this issue, click here on Federal Guidelines for details. Prior approval from Research Services should be obtained if someone needs to deviate from this policy. Consultants must be reimbursed directly for meals consumed in connection with the consulting services being provided to the sponsore d project.