Requirements for Proposals with International Content
In the past, any proposals which have international component(s) had to pass through the Office of International Programs & Studies (IPS) for review and approval at some point. This process had covered any and all international components; however, in the interest of increasing efficiency, IPS has made a few changes to their requirements, effective June 2008.
IPS will no longer require a review of proposals whose only international component(s) are lectures, paper presentations, etc given at international proceedings, annual meetings, or other one-time events in locations outside the U.S. For example if you have a grant proposal whose only international component is travel for faculty or students to travel to an international conference or meeting to present on the research which would be funded by the grant, that would no longer require approval from the Office of the Associate Provost for International Affairs (APIA).
The only exception would be if the country to which you will travel is under a U.S. State Department Travel Warning, in which case the standing University policy on International Travel will apply. You can view the policy in its entirety at: www.fs.uiuc.edu/cam/CAM/ix/ix-a/ix-a-26.html. You can view a complete list of countries under U.S. State Department Travel Warnings at: travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html.
If the international component entails a longer-term stay to participate in capacity building, training, teaching, and/or research or field work as part of the grant's scope of work, then you would need to have the proposal reviewed and approved by APIA.
Additionally, if the international component(s) of the proposal amount to data sharing with foreign institutions/colleagues (including physical samples), or a visit by an international scholar to our campus, these also would not need IPS approval.
Finally, proposals do not have to be reviewed by IPS before going to OSPRA. IPS is happy to approve any proposal immediately so that you can meet OSPRA's review timeline and your external deadlines. IPS will review proposals afterwards and forward any concerns they have (a rare occurrence) to OSPRA and the home unit of the Principal Investigator.
- William I. Brustein, Associate Provost for International Affairs
June 3, 2008