Âé¶¹AV

About Support for Travel Expenses Related to Accompanying Children on Business Trips

Purpose and Overview of Support

In order to support researchers at Âé¶¹AV in balancing their research and childcare responsibilities, we will provide financial assistance for the travel expenses related to accompanying children on business trips, starting from April 1, 2025.

Eligible Recipients (Job Title, etc)

?Among regular employees, university teachers, teachers in attached schools, and academic research staff members.

?Among contract employees, specially appointed teachers, contributing teachers, hospital assistant professors, research managers (special appointment), researchers, JSPS research fellowship for young scientists, medical and dental clinician, contract teachers, and teachers (collaborative research laboratory).

Scope of Eligible Children

Children up to the 6th grade of elementary school being raised by the support recipient (at the start of the business trip).

Funding Source

Budget executable at the discretion of the support recipient.

(In cases where external funds are used as the financial source, support for travel expenses related to accompanying children on business trips is limited to cases where the provider of such external funds permits it according to the grant guidelines. Note that support from direct costs of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) is not permitted. (As of April 1, 2025).)

Support Requirements

Must meet all of the following 1 to 3.

  1. The business trip is necessary for research activities, such as attending academic conferences, and is defined as a business trip in the Âé¶¹AV Travel Regulations.

    * Business trip for training and one-day trip within the same prefecture are excluded.

  2. The researcher would face difficulties in attending the academic conference or other events without accompanying the child, which would hinder research activities.
  3. The expenses can be covered by the funding source for the above.

Supported Travel Expenses

Among travel expenses, railway, bus, air and sea fares are supported (other travel expenses, accommodation fees, etc. are excluded).

Procedures

(Limited to within our university. Login to 'Iroha' is required. )

Relevant Regulation

(Limited to within our university. Login to 'Iroha' is required. )

Contact Us

Personnel Systems Planning Group, Department of Personnel Affairs, Financial and General Affairs Office

E-mail : fukumu-seido*office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Replace "*" with "@". )


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