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Travel subsistence costs

Travel and subsistence costs (meals and accommodation) include reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for field work, research conferences, collaborative trips, archival work and historical research, for the grantee, research personnel, students and colleagues working with the grantee, and visiting researchers.


Air travel must be claimed at the lowest economy rate available.


Travel cancellation insurance.


Safety-related expenses for field work, such as protective gear, immunizations, etc.


Entry visa fee (for grantees and/or research personnel) when required for the purpose of research.


Child-care expenses while a nursing mother or single parent is travelling, with the following restrictions:

  • The eligible cost for a single parent is limited to overnight child-care costs incurred while the grantee is travelling.