Forms and Resources: Budgeting

• Use these trend reporting tools to help with budgeting, forecasting and/or other financial analyses.
• Interactive financial trend reports by DLC, profit center, cost object, fund type, and other variables. 
• Brio/Excel based tools (One Brio query and Two Excel Templates, which are fed by the Brio results).

To request a budget change, contact the budget officer for your DLC or by using NIMBUS BTR. For larger volume transaction uploads, use this form.

The Budget Cycle Roadmap provides financial officers with month-by-month insight into each of the major budget-related milestones in the fiscal year and is now available on the VPF website. Budget officers will reach out to DLCs in advance of each major milestone with additional information on any deliverable or action required. Please contact your budget officer with any questions.

The MIT Budget Preparation Guide for Fiscal 2020, updated on January 15, 2019.

Fiscal Year 2020 NIMBUS Tutorial, updated January 15, 2019.

Review the FY19 closing schedule for key dates in this process.

Review this guide to learn about the Budget Transaction Request (BTR) process.

A one-page guide to budgeting detailing the major “what tos” of the annual NIMBUS budget submission process, distinguished by funding category

Review this memo from the Provost on the Graduate Student Extended Insurance Plan (SEIP).