Request Approval for Lab & Equipment Purchase

Use this form to request a purchase for a lab, equipment or general supply. The request will route to the appropriate approver. Once approved, it will go to Linguistics staff to purchase. If this is an urgent request, call/text the chair. If the chair is unavailable, call/text/email the administrator who can approve in the chair's absence. 

In some cases, you may wish to purchase the items yourself. The department recommends that you do not purchase and then ask for approval here. The Linguistics administrator cannot stress enough you should have approval before you purchase. There have been times UW employees have made payments and purchases and requested reimbursement but the items are not reimbursable. However, it could be that UW could have purchased or paid on UW employee's behalf and that is allowable. So when in doubt, ask before spending! 

If you anticipate purchasing a number of small-dollar items (a dongle, a mouse) and requesting reimbursement (rather than let the UW purchase for you), please do your best to submit in advance the approval request with a generalized list of expenses. 

IMPORTANT: Please attach proof of approval (e-mail messages are fine) when submitting along with other attachments.

Is this an urgent request?
If this is an urgent request such as for an equipment breakdown, call / text the chair. If the chair is unavailable, call / text / email the administrator who can approve in the chair's absence.
Enter the goods you would like purchased, including any links to them.
Enter the location the goods should be delivered to. Linguistics staff will confirm their availability once a delivery date is set.
Enter the name of the person who will be on hand to receive the items.
Add any files (justification, quotes) that will help us approve and fill the order.
One file only.
2 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, txt, pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx.