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Office of Financial Management

Travel Policy Branch

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​About the Travel Policy Branch

The Travel Policy Branch develops and oversees policy and procedures pertaining to official government travel, its authorization and performance, and submission of claims for reimbursement of expenses for use across NIH. Responsibilities include:

Maintenance of the NIH Travel Policy Handbook to assure consistency with the Federal Travel Regulation and the HHS Travel Policy Manual and provision of travel policy guidance to NIH Leadership and the travel community.

Maintenance of the Conference Tracking System to assign conference IDs, track NIH attendance at non-NIH hosted conferences, and coordinate the reporting requirements of the Cures Act.

Administration of the NIH Travel Charge Card Program including application for cards and monitoring accounts to avoid delinquencies and improper card usage.

C​URES Act Reporting​ ​


Contact Us

Travel Policy Branch

National Institutes of Health,
Office of Financial Management
6701 Rockledge Drive, 3rd Floor​
Bethesda, MD 20892-7784


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