The IDEAL Project Coordinators from the American University of Beirut held a meeting with the Lebanese Partners at the University of Balamand on November 17, 2015. The aim of the meeting was to review each institution’s project expenditures and to estimate the future costs and possible budget reallocations. The meeting’s purpose was also to discuss the logistics and proceedings of the Final Conference, the formation of the Research Association, and the publishing of the Research Administration Handbook.