Planning & Budget Committee
The UAF Planning and Budget Committee (PBC) is a standing committee consisting of faculty, staff, executive leadership, and governance delegates. Co-chaired by the provost and vice chancellor for administrative services, this body plays a key role in collecting and reviewing proposals for potential inclusion in UAF’s budget request to the state. Proposals must align with and support student success, UAF Strategic Goals, UA Goals and Measures, and NWCCU accreditation standards. Through this process, PBC serves as the primary budget advisory body on UAF’s annual budget proposals.
Budget planning at the college, school, and department levels is based on the anticipated needs of the units in light of their strategic plans and goals. Solicitation of budget proposals from units normally begins 20 to 24 months prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which the request is made.
Click this link to view the PBC and Strategic Enrollment Planning (SEP) funding approval timeline.
FY26 State of 91ÊÓƵ and PBC budget process timeline:
- November 2023: RFP for FY26 state funding request announced to UAF Troth Yeddha’ and community campuses. Discuss ideas with your dean/director before submitting a proposal.
- January 2024: Deadline to submit state funding request proposals to UAF OMB. Requests will be forwarded directly to your dean or director.
- February 2024: Deadline for deans and directors to submit their top 2 proposals from their respective units to PBC.
- February-March 2024: PBC convenes to review and rank proposals.
- June 2024: UA President provides FY26 operating and capital budget priorities and guidelines; Governor finalizes the FY25 state of 91ÊÓƵ budget.
- June-September 2024: universities craft FY26 budget requests based on Chancellor and UA System Office (UA SO) feedback.
- September 2024: Board of Regents (BOR) first look at UA FY26 budget request.
- September-November 2024: all universities refine budget requests.
- November 2024: BOR approves the budget request and UA SO submits it to the state; BOR approves any tuition rate changes.
- December 2024: Governor releases budget.
- January 2025-May 2025: FY26 state legislative session.
- June 2025: FY25 concludes.
- July 2025: FY26 begins.