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Travel Support

  • Travel to the approved leadership conferences will be processed at the cohort members’ home institutions.

UMBC

TRAVEL PROCESSING

All overnight travel requests – day-time only, as well as overnight –  now require submission of the pre-approval form via CARAT UMBC Travel System.  

IMPORTANT:

  • In an effort to standardize business processes, beginning July 1st, 2024, CARAT will roll-out guidance on grant-funded travel for PIs, Co-PIs, project affiliates, participants, graduate students, and undergraduate students. This information pertains to travel pre-approvals and reimbursements in the UMBC Travel System.

 

  • Breaking the M.O.L.D. funds are administered by CARAT. When requesting your approved funding, you must select your grant manager, Dr. Tatiana Mann, as an additional approver for both the pre-approval and reimbursement so that they can review the request. Failure to do so may result in inadequate grant funding for the travel and alternative payment methods may be pursued.

 

  • After the pre-approval has been completed, login to the CARAT RT Ticket System and use the travel options under Business Services to request use of a P-card to charge allowable costs to your grant.  Allowable costs on the P-card include: conference registration fees, domestic hotel rooms, parking, and taxes. International hotel charges cannot be paid using a P-card and should be paid for by the traveler and reimbursed.

 

For further guidance, please visit the Travel FAQs on CARAT’s website and the UMBC Business Services Travel Page.

SUMMER STIPENDS, PURCHASES & ON-LINE CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

  • If you need to make an approved purchase, including registration for an-online conference or workshop using your Breaking the M.O.L.D. funding, you need to submit a request here:  RT system
  • To connect your funding request to Breaking the M.O.L.D. please search for Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • If you have any questions or need additional assistance, please reach out to Dr. Tatiana Mann: tatianam@umbc.edu