Funding

Voluntary Contributions

These contributions enable IARC to fulfil its medium-term strategy by complementing the financing from the Regular Budget. Total expenses incurred in 2024 amounted to 52.9 million euros; 41.0% were charged on the Regular Budget, 42.7% on voluntary contributions, and the remaining 16.3% on other funds.

The current donors are from various sectors, including government agencies, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, foundations, and charity organizations. Major donors include the United States National Institutes of Health, the French National Cancer Institute (INCa), the Federal Ministry of Environment of Nigeria, the European Commission, World Cancer Research Fund International, Cancer Research UK, Good Ventures, and the Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation.

Potential contributions to IARC are subject to our internal clearance and approval processes, including prior approval by the Governing Council for contributions with an annual budget of more than 0.5 million euros.

Due diligence and risk assessment are also carried out on potential contributions from non-state actors, i.e. nongovernmental organizations, private sector entities, philanthropic foundations, and academic institutions. IARC does not accept contributions from organizations or individuals that have links or associations of any kind with the tobacco or arms industries.

IARC has received increasing support from voluntary contributions, as shown in the figure below, which illustrates the new contracts signed in any one year. These contracts included several multi-year grants (3–5 years), where expenditure is spread over the duration of the award.

The annual revenue and expenditure from voluntary contributions during the past five years are shown in the figure.

• Voluntary Contributions Account for the period 01-Jan-24 to 31-Dec-24 (Info Doc 3)
• For information on the currently active grants, please contact rmo@iarc.who.int.