Travel

92NY

The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Avenue
(between 91st & 92nd street)
New York, NY 10128

Phone: (212) 415-5500

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92NY Residence

Undergraduates only.

Terms apply to sabbatical reimbursements because the IRS presumes these provide a personal, not an institutional, benefit. As a result, documentation for certain travel expenses, including long-term lodging, meals, or daily transportation expenses, must substantiate whether sabbatical or academic leaves are business-related or personal.

Before Cornell can reimburse sabbatical expenses, the dean’s office and the department chair must approve in advance the fully justified expenses in a sabbatical plan.

Student travel must be reimbursed as follows. Also see Student Travel for the types of student travel that are reimbursable.

The following information is required when creating your expense report:

Business Purpose

You must provide a business purpose and supporting documentation to validate the need for travel, group, business, or hosted meals and entertainment. Describe the business purpose in terms that an internal or external reviewer can easily understand. See the Meals section for more details on requirements for meals.

Cornell Ithaca-based and Cornell Tech campuses reimburse meals using the per diem rate for the location where you stay the night. Domestic per diem rates include $5 per day for incidentals. You are expected to pay for your meals while traveling using your personal resources rather than your university-provided card so that the expense doesn’t appear on the T&M Card, and you will not have to repay the university if the meal cost exceeds the per diem rate.