Media Credit: File Photo by Jack Fonseca | Senior Staff Photographer Officials are planning for a $25 million surplus next fiscal year, but some faculty say those funds should be used to restart research delayed by the pandemic. News By Isha Trivedi Apr 19, 2021 1:23 AM Faculty said current financial planning for fiscal year 2022 doesn’t allocate enough funds for research. Officials said as the deans for all of GW’s schools and vice presidents submitted funding requests to build a budget for FY 2022, administrators found that they could not fulfill all of these requests while also meeting other financial goals. But faculty said officials should prioritize funding for research in light of delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.