As was communicated to campus on 12/10/25 in a joint email from Heather Archer, Assistant Vice Provost/Academic Personnel and Berkeley Regional Services (BRS), the campus will continue to experience earlier than usual faculty submission deadlines due to Berkeley's proactive actions to mitigate potential delays in processing these large volumes during the summer period at the UCPath Center.
Ideally, all 2026 Summer Salary requests should be made by faculty prior to Friday, 4/10/2026; however, reality is that sometimes this may not be possible. Requests submitted for processing — by either a BRS RA or by departmental staff, on behalf of the faculty — prior to the first of the month will be paid on the next monthly exempt pay date:
|
Effort Month Payment |
Summer Salary Deadlines |
Paycheck Date |
|
May |
April 10 |
June 1 |
|
June and/or May |
May 10 |
July 1 |
|
July, June and/or May |
June 10 |
July 31 |
|
August, July, June and/or May |
July 10 |
September 1 |
Deadlines for 2026
| Effort Month | Check Date | Faculty Deadline |
RA/FA Smartsheet Approval Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| May | June 1 | April 10 | April 18 |
| June | July 1 | May 10 | May 18 |
| July | July 31 | June 10 | June 18 |
| August | September 1 | July 10 | July 18 |
Late Requests
If a late summer salary request is submitted after the posted deadline, please know that due to UCPath system limitations, there is no guarantee that late requests will be processed on the requested chartstring. In some instances, a Salary Cost Transfer might not work to transfer late payroll transactions to capped funds, and the PI might need to use a discretionary fund or other sponsored funds to cover the expense of their late summer salary request. It is important that PIs/departments work with their applicable RA in these instances to work through the complexities.
