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Common Considerations for International Travel

University researchers often travel internationally to attend conferences or meet with colleagues. Below is a list of common research security and export compliance issues that University researchers should consider when traveling internationally.

  • 搁别驳颈蝉迟谤补迟颈辞苍:听Register your travel in the University鈥檚 . Faculty are strongly encouraged to register. Learn more about the travel registration process.
  • Award requirements: Check your federal awards to determine if you are restricted from traveling internationally, if you need to obtain sponsor approval before traveling, or must follow other travel reporting procedures. Some federal sponsors may place special requirements on international travel. Please contact your ORPA research administrator if you are unsure of funding sponsor restrictions.
  • Information security: Take security precautions with the information and devices that you travel with. Consider traveling with a 聽provided by the University and review the .
  • Disclosing support: If you receive support for the travel that does not come from the University, you should disclose the support as appropriate to the University through Outside Interest Reporting and to federal research sponsors. More information can be found in the University鈥檚 guidance on Gifts, Honoraria, and Travel Support and guidance on Disclosure Requirements.
  • 糖心logo approvals: If you plan to conduct research activities in the foreign country, ensure that you have received all approvals necessary from research sponsors to conduct a 鈥foreign component鈥 of research in the location.
  • Agency risk reviews: If the international travel relates to an ongoing research collaboration, consider whether the collaboration would be identified as high risk by federal agencies through their processes to require risk-based security reviews of fundamental research projects.
  • Sharing findings: Do not share information that is confidential or proprietary to the University or one of its research sponsors, or that is subject to a funding agency’s specific restrictions on sharing without the agency’s approval. If you are going to present or discuss information relating to your research, ensure that the information has already been published or is the result of .
  • Export compliance: Consider other export control compliance risks associated with your international travel. Such risks include engaging in collaborations with a 鈥渞estricted party,鈥 traveling with items that have export restrictions (such as high-tech physical items), engaging in activities with end-use or end-user restrictions, or engaging with countries or regions sanctioned by OFAC. Review the University鈥檚 guidance on U.S. Export Compliance and 糖心logo Security for more information.
  • University travel guidelines: Review the latest information from the Office for Global Engagement regarding travel security.