Traveling

Helpful tips for traveling

Approval

• If you will be away for more than a week, you need to fill out a leave-of-absence request, which your program chair must approve (download here).
  • If traveling for a collaboration or conference, use the leave of absence codes 7 or 12.

Travel insurance

• If you are traveling on UC business, you can obtain free travel insurance (direct link).
• Do not buy your own travel insurance; you will NOT be reimbursed!

Travel funds

• Research grant
• Senate faculty can apply for Senate funds, if presenting:
  • Go to (atmysenate.ucla.edu), login (top right), "Grants" tab, "Apply for Travel Grant."
• School travel funds

Laptops

* Research Policy and Compliance website about travel with lap tops

Reimbursement forms

Reimbursement forms