Travel Guidelines and Forms

Step 1: Review the guidelines
- Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty: T/TT Award Guidelines
- Professional Track Faculty: PTK Award Guidelines
- Graduate Student: GS Award Guidelines
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Per Diem Rates:
- Breakfast:$10.00
- Lunch:$12.00
- Dinner:$25.00
- Total (per diem) - including tax & tip: $47.00
Please note: per university policy, the per diem for breakfast will be given if travelers leave home before 6:30 am and the per diem for dinner will be given if travelers arrive home after 6:30 pm. The per diem reimbursement excludes meals provided at the conference.
POV Rate
- 57.5¢ per mile (effective 1/1/2020)
- 58¢ per mile (for reimbursements for 2019)
Step 2: Complete form(s) and submit to sllc-travel@umd.edu
- For all: SLLC Travel Approval Request Form
- For Graduate Students: Supplemental SLLC Travel Approval Request Form
- Allow six weeks pre-travel if international and/or if you want Admin Services to make reservations
Step 3: Wait for approval and then travel
- As you travel, be sure to keep original, itemized receipts, as well as boarding passes for travel by air or rail, as required by UMD Travel Services.
Step 4: Complete and submit reimbursement forms to Travel Specialist (3215G JMZ)
SLLC Travel Reimbursement Request Form
- Provide all original, itemized receipts as well as boarding passes for air or rail travel.
- Be sure to include on the Travel Reimbursement Request Form the time when you left home and the time when you returned home to make sure that you receive the proper amount of per diem.
- To expedite the process, please organize and tape small receipts on a sheet of paper.
- Submit forms and itemized receipts within 30 days after the trip
Step 5: Sign attestation page prepared by Travel Specialist
Step 6: Wait for your money
- Employee – amount will show up in your pay check within three (3) weeks
- Graduate Student– amount will appear in your paycheck or credit your student account within three (3) weeks
- Participant (not on payroll) – check will be mailed to the home address within four (4) weeks