ASUC Annual Budgeting and Spaces Allocation (ABSA) Application

1. With your fellow student leaders, review the example ABSA walkthrough and responses.
   
   
2. Look through your CalLink to events that your RSO has hosted (e.g., meetings, socials, workshops). How much funding and space does your RSO currently use, especially large recurring expenses?
   
   
3. Do you plan to host similar semesterly events next year? Will these planned events require less or more funding? Considering your RSO’s activities this year, input prospective events on the budget request.
   a. After inputting your events and operational expenses on the budget, the bottom section populates projected allocations for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.
   
   
4. Cross-reference the responses of your budget and ABSA application, do they align or are there discrepancies?
   
   
5. In the last ABSA response, explain the context beyond your inputted numbers. Were there any extenuating circumstances or changes that affected your RSO’s functioning this year?

Applicants can review the presentation to get tips and insight into the budgeting criteria that the ASUC considers in your application. Please view last year’s ABSA walkthrough for general guidance.

2202 Student Organization Finance outlines the guard rails for Senate to equitably allocate funds to 400+ student groups. While new RSOs may rely on the ASUC for the majority of their funding, the ASUC hopes to supplement any fundraising and grant writing that your RSO initiates. “Years of sponsorship” demonstrates an RSO’s commitment to empower students and maintain financial responsibility with the ASUC.

Beyond your ABSA application and CalLink transactions history, the ASUC relies on student leaders to advocate for their unique budgetary and spaces needs. We encourage your RSO to keep track of your application responses (upload your PDF submission to CalLink) and budget.

With accurate and thorough responses, we can better understand how to accommodate your RSO. Please input your event budget (revenue – expenses). Since your RSO should have covered your outstanding balances, if your budget is negative (e.g., your venue costs outweigh your ticket sales), please input “0” as a placeholder. The last ABSA budget section provides a space to explain your deficits. We encourage your RSO to keep track of your application responses (upload your PDF submission to CalLink) and budget.

No, you may not edit your form submission nor submit duplicate applications. If you have any considerations about your initial allocation (not application), you may share them on your ABSA appeal form.

No, due to capacity constraints and an accelerated timeline, late applications will not be accepted or reviewed. If you missed the FY26 ABSA application deadline, please consider applying for ASUC-Sponsorship in August 2026.

Certain responses require whole numbers (e.g., 0, 100, no negative values), integers (e.g., -2, 1, 100) or decimals (e.g., 0, 150.23, -10.02). Please follow the data formatting guides in your responses. If the submission still errors, please reload your submission (which saves automatically) and try again. Otherwise, contact budget@asuc.org.

To find your “In Progress” submission:

1. Login to callink.berkeley.edu
2. In the upper right corner, click on the circle that either has your initial or your picture
3. Find “Submissions” in the pull down menu
4. All Callink form submissions you have ever started will be listed here, labeled “In Progress”, “Pending”,  “Approved” or “Denied.”

If you click on the form and receive the same error message, please email a screenshot with the URL to CalLink IT staff: millicen@berkeley.edu and to budget@asuc.org.

No, since OASIS is no longer accepting new RSO applications for the 2024-2025 academic year, your student group is ineligible to apply for ASUC-Sponsorship nor ABSA. MMC response – If they submitted an New Org application on time, and are just in the final stages of the LEAD Center’s granting recognition, then I believe they could be eligible to submit an application, and if they do not end up being recognized for any reason, then the sponsorship can be revoked.

As the ASUC strives to equitably allocate unchanging funds to 400+ unique budgetary needs, please consider applying for the Contingency Fund in August 2025. Fund Your Org – Student Leadership & Engagement highlights campus-wide grants that commonly supplement ABSA funds.

Please reach out to budget@asuc.org

Please reach out to spaces@asuc.org