--On Friday, December 19, 2003 10:30 AM -0600 "Altieri, Joanne"
<xxxxxx@KUCR.KU.EDU> wrote:

>
> Colleagues:
>
> I need your help.  We have a researcher that is traveling to Saudia
> Arabia the end of this month on an NSF grant.  He wants to take a student
> with him.  The State Dept has just recently upgraded the travel warning
> to Saudia Arabia and is advising postponing any trips to Saudia Arabia by
> US citizens.  They are also allowing family members and non-emergency
> consulate workers to leave voluntarily.
> We have been unable to contact the appropriate person at NSF about this
> issue.  We assume the researcher should be warned about the dangers, sign
> a notice affirming the understanding of this danger, but be allowed to
> travel to Saudia Arabia if he still chooses.  However, we are
> uncomfortable with allowing the student to go with him.
> Any of you have this experience before?
>
>
> Joanne K. Altieri
> Director
> Contract Negotiations and Research Compliance
> University of Kansas and
> University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
> 2385 Irving Hill Road
> Lawrence, KS  66045-7563
> Phone:  785/864-7462
> Fax:  785/864-5049
> E-mail:  xxxxxx@ku.edu
>
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Contract & Grant Accounting
The University of New Mexico
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