“The (decision in) principle has been taken to set some money aside for research, primarily for joint funding on interesting research projects with WADA of particular interest to our sport," said Arne Ljungqvist, an IAAF vice-president and chairman of the athletics body's doping commission.
Ljungqvist told reporters after a two-day IAAF Council meeting the IAAF would allocate "some little sum" but the figure had not been agreed yet.
Initially an extra three to five people would be hired.
Last month WADA approved a $1.47million increase in its expenditure for 2005, lifting the total figure to $21.7million.
WADA president Dick Pound said the increase was the minimum necessary for WADA to meet its responsibilities, including continuing to move forward in areas like research and education.
The world athletics championships will be held in Helsinki next year and the IAAF has promised stringent testing with one in four of the more than 2,000 athletes giving samples.
