Before Travel
Don't forget to complete a Travel Request for travel outside the State of Kansas before booking your travel in the University's online booking tool - Concur Travel, or directly with our contracted travel agency Collegiate Travel Planners (CTP). Also check out the information below about current travel restrictions, the first-time user checklist, and International travel before you go!
Current Travel Restrictions
Effective 4/19/21, the University of Kansas is discontinuing restrictions on university-related travel implemented during the pandemic. This means that prior approval by the Provost Office and submission of research fieldwork/travel planning forms to the Office of Research are no longer needed for KU-related travel. Please continue to keep health and safety in mind when making plans, and adhere to all applicable State of Kansas Travel Guidelines and CDC Travel Guidelines. If traveling internationally, please review the University-sponsored Travel to High Risk Locations policy.
For information about conducting academic work in countries with Federal travel advisories, please visit the International Affairs website.
Are You A First-Time Concur Travel User?
Concur Travel Requests
Out-of-State and International travel must have an approved Travel Request (TR) completed in Concur prior to making travel arrangements. Employees should complete their TRs no later than 14-days prior to domestic and 30-days prior to international travel.
To create a more efficient process, the University is transitioning away from using various department forms and the SSC Travel Request webform in favor of travelers creating their TRs directly in Concur. If you or your department would like to discuss and set up training on the new pre-trip Travel Request process in Concur, please email travel@ku.edu.
Travelers must identify funding and gather estimated travel costs before creating their Travel Request directly into Concur (see CONCUR TRAVEL REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS → link at the end of this section).
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If you are a non-employee student or your department has not yet transitioned to the new TR creation process, submit the following information to your SSC or travel processor so a Concur TR can be created on your behalf:
- Name & contact info of Department Approver
- Trip Location
- Depart & Return Dates
- Personal Time - if applicable
- Trip Business Purpose
- Conference Website - if applicable
- Estimated Business Expenses (e.g., airfare, lodging, rental or taxi, per diem, registration fee, mileage, etc)
- Travel Funding
- Travel Document attachments – if applicable
This information can be provided to the SSC via the SSC Travel Request Form, forwarded department travel authorization form, or via email directly to your SSC or department travel processor.
The preferred method for creating a travel request is employee travelers creating it directly in Concur. Please only use the SSC Travel Request Form if you are an non-employee students or if your SSC has instructed you to still use the SSC form at this time.
As needed please reference the Travel Policy & Procedure page for KU, KU Office of Research, and KU Endowment policy guidance on travel.
Booking Upon TR Approval
Are You Traveling Internationally?
