The Cornell University Board of Trustees charges the Student Assembly with proposing a student activity fee for the entire undergraduate student body on a bi-yearly basis. The SA is also responsible for proposing how the fee will be distributed among student organizations on campus. The proposal must be approved by the University President and Board of Trustees.

The process for setting the fee proposal is outlined in the Student Assembly Charter, mostly in Appendix A and Appendix B.

• Current (2024-2026) Funding Cycle
  Organizations interested in starting a new Byline funded organization
• Previous (2022-2024) Funding Cycle
• Previous (2020-2022) Funding Cycle
• Previous Funding Cycle (2018-2020)
• Previous Funding Cycle (2016-2018)
• Previous Funding Cycles Historical Information (2010-2020)

Nearly every student organization on campus is funded through a “byline” organization, or an organization that receives a direct portion of the student activity fee which serves as an "umbrella organization" to fund various groups on campus. For more information, see "A Brief History of the Student Activity Fee (1948-2020)."