On October 16, 2025, Provost Serio sent a preliminary kickoff letter formally commencing a dialogue with faculty, staff, and students about institutional needs, resource constraints, and priorities. The letter outlines the Provost’s focal points for shared planning, resource development, and relevant deadlines.
The resources outlined and linked below are intended to support Academy planners using Workday Adaptive Planning to craft FY27 operating budget proposals and financial forecasts for future periods.
Submission Requirements
The FY27 Operating Budget Development cycle calendar contains a list of dates and milestones. The primary due dates for several critical components of the planning cycle are outlined in the table below.
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What to Submit |
When To Submit |
How to Submit |
| Rate recommendations for tuition and fee based programs, enrollment projections for tuition-based programs, and accompanying narrative | Friday, January 30, 2026 | Fill in 1) Tuition-based program rate and enrollment recommendations form and 2) Resource and Fee-based program rate recommendations form. |
| AY2026-27 Faculty Hiring Plan and AY2025-26 Hiring Report submissions | Monday, February 2, 2026 | Per instructions from the Office for Academic Personnel & Faculty |
| FY27 Operating Budget Proposals | Monday, February 23, 2026 | Complete in Workday Adaptive Planning Resource #1, below |
| FY27 Operating Budget Narrative Response and PRF requests due | Monday, February 23, 2026 | Fill in FY2027 Operating Budget Narrative Response Form form |
FY2027 Planning Resources
1) Workday Adaptive Planning: Planners access the Adaptive Planning tool by logging into the UW’s core Workday tenant, navigating to Menu -> Apps, and selecting “Adaptive Planning.” Please review the Job Aid for requesting access.
2) FY27 Provost Reinvestment Fund (PRF), ABB Values Pool funding and Fixed Cost requests: this tool is the submission portal for On-cycle funding requests accompanying your unit’s FY27 operating budget submission.
3) Multi-Dimensional Planning Tools & Resources: A set of dashboards providing unit-level information about student and faculty activity. Currently, only the Dean/VP’s office administrators have access to this tool. You must be on the UW VPN if working remotely to access this information.
Note: FY27 Budget Development Materials will be published as they become available. Please check back periodically for updates.
We’re Here to Help – Additional Support Resources and Venues
1) FPB’s Budget Planning & Operations team (BPO) holds regular office hours on Thursdays from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. throughout the FY27 planning cycle. Please visit the budget support resources page for the Zoom link. Recordings and presentation slides from previous office hour meetings are also available on this page.
2) Requests for individual support not covered within the resources above should submit a support request via UW Connect Finance –> Adaptive Support Request.
3) Historical responses to narrative questions from previous years are available by fiscal year and unit/campus on FPB’s Annual Budgets page.