What “eligible expenditure” means when the agreement is silent
How grant compliance auditors in Taiwan treat cost eligibility when the award letter leaves grey areas between budget lines.
Field notes
Notes from grant compliance fieldwork
Practical writing on voucher trails, cost eligibility, and the moments before a funder visit.
Staging vouchers before a funder site visit
A practical staging order for invoices, payroll allocations, and bank proofs when a grant compliance visit is weeks away.
Close-out narratives that programme officers actually finish reading
How to explain grant budget variances in close-out packages without burying the ledger story under vague language.
When payroll allocations drift across partner organisations
Why multi-partner research grants in Taiwan accumulate payroll allocation errors — and how mid-grant sampling catches them early.