Honorarium Payments
Honorarium Payments
Honoraria are typically paid to persons of scholarly or professional standing with the intent of showing appreciation for participation in U of I System educational, research, or public service activities. There should be no expectation from the visitor that they would receive any type of payment since the payment should be a token of gratitude.
Please contact ebsc-travel@illinois.edu for questions or further assistance.
Restrictions
An honorarium may not be used for the following:
- To replace or circumvent procedures for paying consultants
- To pay University of Illinois salaried and non-salaried employees
- As an award to an individual where the primary intent is to confer distinction on, or to symbolize respect, esteem, or admiration for the recipient
- When the services require access to University proprietary information
- Solely as a reimbursement in lieu of undocumented expenses
- Payments larger than $5000; payments in excess of $5000 require a University of Illinois contract. Contact your campus Purchasing Division for assistance.
Payment Process
Please submit the below information and the completed signed form to ebsc-travel@illinois.edu for processing.
Request for Honorarium Payment Form
For US citizens, the following information would be required:
- Vendor Information Form completed by the recipient
- Please email the full name, mailing address, and email address to the travel team, ebsc-travel@illinois.edu, who will send them the Adobe sign form
- Request for Honorarium Payment Form.
- Complete the form and obtain the sponsoring faculty/staff member's signature and the department head's signature
- Business purpose for honorarium payment
- Honorarium Amount
- CFOP to charge
For Foreign Nationals, the following information would be required:
- All information required for US Citizens (as outlined above)
- Their VISA Type
- Confirm they are allowed to receive an honorarium payment (step 2 of the below link)
- Request additional documentation required based on their VISA type (step 3 of the below link)