Global Hub Intake Questionnaire

The Global Hub is here to facilitate your international educational, training, research, or service activity!
Our specialists can help with making payments, leasing space, hiring local employees, and other administrative activities outside the U.S.

Please tell us about yourself.

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Affiliation
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Activity General Information

Now we will ask you more about what you're planning. Unsure how to answer these questions? No problem!
Feel free to ask for a short initial consultation with an International Operations specialist.
Contact us directly at the Global Hub.

After submission:
  • You will receive emailed confirmation of submission with a copy of what you submitted.
  • The Global Hub team will contact you.

Please tell us about what you are planning:



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Funding Sources

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Have the UMB Institutional Funds been Awarded?
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Have the External Grant or Other Sponsored Award Funds been Awarded?
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Is the activity related to the completion of an academic degree requirement for UMB students?
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Activity Background Information
Will this activity build on, broaden the scope of, or extend an existing international activity?
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Are there substantial differences between the previous activity and upcoming activity?
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How well developed is your international activity thus far - do you generally know, at this point, whether you will need to make payments, lease office or other space, or hire a consultant or temporary work in a foreign country?
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Finance and Procurement
Will the activity require a bank account outside the United States to facilitate financial management?
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Do you expect that UMB will receive payment from a foreign organization?
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Do you expect that UMB will need to pay a foreign person and/or entity, including honoraria?
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Will the activity involve UMB issuing an award to a non-U.S. entity? (for example, a subgrant to an international subrecipient)
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What is the estimated level of funds that will be expended outside the U.S.?
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Personnel and Staff (including clinical care)
Do you expect to employ local staff in the foreign country?
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Do you expect to have UMB personnel (faculty, staff) required to live and work outside of the U.S. as a condition of employment?
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Do you expect to have UMB students located for study or project work outside the U.S. for any amount of time?
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Do you expect to hire local day workers or temporary workers (like a driver or translator)?
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Do you expect to hire local consultants or independent contractors, even on a short-term or limited basis?
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Will the activity involve direct delivery of clinical care by UMB personnel (faculty, staff, students, trainees)?
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Are the individuals who will provide clinical care licensed to practice in that country or practicing pursuant to an affiliation agreement or training program at the international site?
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Do you expect any UMB personnel will receive payment (compensation of some sort) from a foreign organization?
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Export Compliance
Will the activity involve international shipment or transport of physical items (biological materials, equipment, clinical supplies)?
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Will foreign persons have access to research data or other controlled information, equipment, technology, or materials?
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Equipment and Property
Do you anticipate leasing office space or other facilities in the country, whether short term or long term?
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Does the budget include funds to procure capital assets? (equipment with acquisition cost of US $5,000 or more)
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Education
Is the proposed activity an instructional or academic program?
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Will the program engage UMB graduate students, residents, and/or fellows?
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Will the program engage University System of Maryland (USM) undergraduate students?
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Will faculty or staff accompany the students, residents, and/or fellows?
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Will anyone else accompany the students, residents, and/or fellows?
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Research
Will the activity involve human subjects research?
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Are you intending to conduct animal subjects research? (UMB restricts this type of international research.)
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Will UMB be establishing partnerships with foreign entities, such as the Ministry of Health or local educational, clinical, or charitable organizations?
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Does this activity involve a technology (whether patented or not) that you or another UMB investigator invented?
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Agreements
Do you have an active, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UMB and one or more external entities involved in the activity outside the U.S.? (This includes government agencies, universities, NGOs, institutions, and other parties.)
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If yes, with what type of entity?





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Do you plan to enter into any new MOUs with external entities outside the U.S.?
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If yes/maybe, with what type of entity?





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In carrying out this international activity, do you have or do you plan to enter into any of the following agreements with entities outside the U.S.?




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Creating New Entities
Does this activity involve creating or helping to create a new NGO, research center, or other entity?
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Travel and Safety & Security and Other Risks
Will this activity involve international travel by UMB faculty, staff, students, consultants, official visitors, or others traveling on UMB-related business? ("UMB-related business" is activity using UMB resources and/or conducted by UMB personnel.)
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Will the duration of foreign travel exceed 60 days cumulative per year?
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Will the travelers make foreign payments for anything other than travel-related expenses?
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Will the travelers receive foreign payments?
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Will the travelers employ foreign workers (including casual labor)?
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See International Travel for useful resources and to get started.

What security, financial, legal, or reputational risks might UMB face in implementing this international activity?







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Administrative/PI contact
Are you the leader/organizer/PI for the activity?
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Do you have an administrative contact, someone assisting with this international activity?
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Thank you for completing the questionnaire! You will receive a follow-on email from the Global Hub team.
Questions? Contact the Global Hub via email.