Horizon/skyline from UW Seattle Campus

UW Travel and Field Advance

Use this form to request Travel or Field Advances, or reconcile advances. Visit the Travel Advance Form Checklist for more information about the attachments that need to be included in this request.

Travel Advance

  • Issued within 30 days prior to travel start date
  • Covers only lodging and/or meals
  • Travel length is 90 days or less
  • Amount requested is more than $300
  • Must be issued on GOF/DOF funds and cannot be on grant funds
  • Must be reconciled within 60 days from the travel end date

Field Advance

  • Travel length is 6 months or less
  • Conducting research or training in a remote area (i.e. outside of United States, in developing nations) where payment methods like check and credit card are not accepted or
  • Per diem advances for UW students and other individuals not on the UW payroll or
  • Research subject payments when the subjects need to be paid in cash
  • A custodian must be named to ensure compliance and timely reconciliation
  • Advance must be reconciled within 30 days from the travel end date.
Please log in with your UW NetID to access this form.