{"id":28312,"date":"2025-12-04T22:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-ins.org\/?page_id=28312"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:28:27","slug":"charles-matthews-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/the-ins.org\/charles-matthews-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Matthews Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Charles G. Matthews International \nNeuropsychological Development Fund <\/span>\n <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Chuck Matthews, the 1992 President of INS, was a strong advocate for making INS instrumental in developing neuropsychology throughout the world, especially in low-resource countries. As a result of this passion, the INS instituted the Charles G. Matthews International Neuropsychological Development Fund in his name in 2003. The purpose of this fund is to support\u00a0Educational and Training\u00a0activities<\/b> such as workshops, meetings and webinars in countries where neuropsychology is less well developed\/resourced. Funds can be used to sponsor travel expenses for speakers, other meeting expenses or costs associated with running webinars, videoconferences etc.<\/p>

In 2022, The Charles Matthews International Neuropsychological Development Fund received a donation to expand the actions being covered. The GEC identified the need to support the development of Research and Clinical programs<\/b> in countries where neuropsychology is less well developed. Therefore, INS now has two additional funds as an extension of the traditional Educational and Training format:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Clinical for actions related to design of a clinical protocol to evaluate\/diagnose, the design of an intervention tool to help patients with neuropsychological deficits, the translation\/adaptation of materials not available into the local language, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Research for actions related to research design, statistical software acquisition, statistical analysis cost, acquisition of tests materials according to the study protocol, abstract submissions to scientific meetings, dissemination of results in scientific journals, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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How to Apply for Funding <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/circle><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/circle><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t
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The deadline for 2026 Matthews Fund applications is Monday, December 15th<\/sup>, 2025. <\/b><\/strong>Decisions regarding funding will be communicated to applicants at or after the INS meeting in February 2026.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Education Proposal<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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FAQ \u2013 Charles G. Matthews International Neuropsychological Development Fund <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/circle><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/circle><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t
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Q.\u2003The program will take place in the country where neuropsychology is not as well developed as in the US, but the country is in the UPPER-MIDDLE income according to World Bank\/UN classification. Would we still be eligible?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A.\u2003We don\u2019t exclude applications from any income level but do prioritize low\/middle income; thus, while an application from an upper-middle income country is not an exclusion, it must be justified. We should note that an application from predominantly North American applicants or conducted in North America will not be given high priority and justification for submission is warranted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Q.\u2003The funds of this grant will cover ONLY PART of the expenses associated with this project. The rest of the expenses will hopefully be covered by other grants. Is that okay?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA.\u2003This is fine; however, the application will need to state how the team plans to cover the rest of the funds. In addition to naming the source of additional funding in the application, the team will \u2013 if successful in their Matthews Fund application \u2013 need to provide confirmation that all required funds were in place before the Matthews funding would be released.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Q.\u2003Is there a template for writing a Matthews Fund proposal?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA.\u2003There is no template for a proposal. Please refer to the webpage for the particular funding stream of interest, i.e., Education and Training, Research or Clinical, for details of the sections to be included. We do have a template for the required budget as noted below and on the webpage for the particular funding streams.\n\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Q.\u2003We are one paragraph over the 4-page limit, due to the reference list. Will that be acceptable, or should we cut down?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Q.\u2003Can someone on the Global Engagement Committee review our proposal after it is written but before we submit it?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A.\u2003No, unfortunately that would introduce a conflict of interest at the time of formal review. INS does have a Research and Editing Consultation Program (see https:\/\/the-ins.org\/global-engagement\/#consultant-program<\/a>); however, it is up to that team to determine if this would fall under the remit of that program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A.\u2003Details of how to join INS may be found at https:\/\/the-ins.org\/join-ins\/benefits-of-membership\/<\/a> There are various levels of membership based on career stage and geographic location.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Q.\u2003If me or my team\/group already received a Charles Matthews Fund, can we apply for another fund in the future?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA.\u2003Yes and no. If you already received an Education and Training grant, you cannot re-apply for the same mechanism. If you would like to apply to a different mechanism and the actions for the proposal are well justified or are a continuation of a proposal previously funded (e.g., based on findings from a Charles Matthews Fund Research proposal you would like to apply for Clinical funds to implement results in a clinical practice setting) you are welcome to apply again.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Q.\u2003Can a team or the same INS member simultaneously submit more than one proposal?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Q.\u2003I am an INS member and the PI for the application, but do all workshop participants have to be INS members?\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A.\u2003The application does note that \u201cThe PI of the application as well as the faculty invited to speak must be INS members\u201d. While the Committee always like to see strong INS representation, if there are extenuating circumstances or the applicant can justify why all workshop participants are not INS members, it will be considered.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Q.\u2003I am applying for the Education and Training grant; can you suggest INS members that might be interested in participating as invited speakers and\/or lead pre\/post conference workshops?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A.\u2003The INS website has many places to look for INS members with particular expertise. These include the list of representatives of the Global Engagement Committee https:\/\/the-ins.org\/global-engagement\/#gec-members<\/a>, INS Governance pages https:\/\/the-ins.org\/about-ins\/governance\/<\/a>, and the Special Interest Groups list https:\/\/the-ins.org\/sigs\/<\/a> are all excellent places to start.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Q.\u2003I am an INS member and the PI for the application, but do all study collaborators have to be INS members?\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Q.\u2003The research group is a combination of neuropsychologists from US and non-US countries; is that okay?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Q.\u2003Although my application is for the Research and not the Education and Training grant, it still has implications for postgraduate teaching and development of specific research methods. Is that okay?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Q.\u2003We have already conducted our experiments and written our manuscripts; however, we require assistance with publication fees. Is this something that the Research Fund could assist with?\n\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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