IDRC has established internal systems and procedures to ensure that all project recipients are dealt with in a consistent manner and that all its funds are administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). IDRC encourages all of its recipients to follow these same standards of preformance in the projects and activities they undertake with IDRC support.

This website was created to provide recipients of IDRC funds with assistance and advice about project management. It includes information about the administrative and financial procedures that should be followed by both institutions and individuals to manage the funds they have received from IDRC. It is designed to help those who have:

• had their application for project funding approved by IDRC;
• had their travel to a workshop or conference funded by IDRC;
• been hired as a consultant by IDRC; or
• responsibility for managing IDRC-funded grant projects.

In addition, this website provides information for research institutions that have received IDRC funding and may be looking for assistance to enhance their capacity in project finance and administration.

If you have not applied for IDRC support and would like to do so, please see How to Apply to IDRC for Funding for instructions on how to obtain an IDRC grant.

Please select from the links below to obtain more information:

• Administering Project Funds in an Institution
  Useful information for those who have had their application for project funding approved by IDRC. Includes a guide to IDRC administrative procedures, guidelines for preparing technical reports, forms for financial reporting and explanations of what are acceptable project expenditures, and answers to common questions.

• Management and Administration of IDRC-Funded Grant Projects: A Source Book and Guide
  This manual summarizes the experiences of IDRC and its partners in managing grant projects. Includes discussions of programmatic and administrative issues that must be considered when establishing and managing a grant project.

• Capacity-Building in Finance and Administration
  Information about some IDRC-funded training workshops for finance and administration officers from institutions that have received IDRC funding.

• Consultants
  Information for consultants hired by IDRC. Includes answers to questions about IDRC administrative procedures and the consultant per diem rates used by IDRC.

• All Inclusive Per Diem Rates Used by IDRC
  The rates that IDRC pays to consultants and grantees to cover their accommodation, meals, and incidental expenses while travelling on IDRC-supported business. The rates are presented as a daily maximum according to the country in which the consultant or grantee is travelling.

• Support for Travel (Grants)
  Information on IDRC administrative procedures that apply both to those whose travel to a workshop or conference has been supported by IDRC and to consultants whose travel is being paid for by IDRC.

• Forms and Brochure Download Centre