{"id":16823,"date":"2021-09-28T09:01:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T13:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/?page_id=16823"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:11:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:11:39","slug":"unc-international-travel-pre-approval-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/administration\/departmental-travel-policy-forms\/unc-international-travel-pre-approval-process\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC International Travel Pre-Approval Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pre-approval for international travel is still required from the Dean’s office and the Provost’s Office.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For international travel, please send your exemption request to Jennifer Wu, Interim Vice Dean of Academic Affairs (Jennifer_wu@med.unc.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n

All SOM faculty must follow UNC Chapel Hill travel guidance. Exceptions for international university-affiliated travel by\u202ffaculty and post-docs must be sent to Jennifer Wu<\/a>\u00a0with a favorable recommendation from the faculty member\u2019s immediate supervisor and department chair or center director (if different). After she receives the information listed below, as well as acknowledgement of approval from the faculty member\u2019s supervisor and chair\/center director, she will evaluate the application.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If approved,\u00a0requests for exceptions should then be sent via email\u00a0by the petitioner\u00a0directly to Provost Blouin (provost@unc.edu<\/a>) and should copy Debbi Clarke, Associate Provost for Strategy and Special Projects (debbi_clarke@unc.edu<\/a>); and Emma Dehne, Executive Assistant to the Provost (emma.dehne@unc.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In their request for a travel exemption, petitioners should include:<\/p>\n