Permission from the Associate Director is mandatory if you will be absent from your local residence at any time for a period longer than nine days. The only exception is that permission is not required if you are planning to be absent during the holiday break (approximately two weeks) when the Institute and the University are closed for the winter holidays. However, you must receive permission from the Associate Director if you will be extending your holiday absence either before or after this period.
In general, we ask that you restrict your travel obligation so that you are truly in residence at the Institute. Please limit your domestic travel (for conferences and workshops in North America) to at most a couple of trips during the year.