Collaborate With Us

The Mesulam Institute houses multiple resources for collaborative research on cognitive aging and dementia. These include well-characterized cognitively normal or cognitively impaired research participants, neuropathologic specimens, blood samples, neuroimaging, and other biomarker data, and cognitive and behavioral data, many of which are collected longitudinally.

All applications for collaboration are reviewed by the Mesulam Institute's Executive Committee, which evaluates the applications for scientific merit and justification, the likelihood of research leading to publications and/or grant applications, source of funding for the proposed study (NIH is priority), and availability of the requested resources.

All collaborators are requested to share data as appropriate with the institute.

Steps for Collaborating With the Mesulam Institute

Read the Guidelines and Policies for Collaborators.
Contact the appropriate Mesulam Institute faculty member to begin a dialogue about your collaborative submission. This dialogue must occur before submitting a collaborative application to ensure that your collaboration or project is feasible.
Once you receive approval from your Mesulam Center faculty member(s) to submit a collaborative application, assemble the necessary information and documents for submitting a complete collaborative application.
Submit your collaborative application.

Submit A Collaboration Request

2025 Deadlines

Executive Committee Dates	Applications Due
January 16	January 2
February 20	February 6
March 20	March 6
April 17	April 3
May 15	May 1
June 19	June 5
July 17	July 3
August 21	August 7
September 18	September 4
October 16	October 2
November 20	November 6
December 18	December 4

Important Things to Note

Read the Policy

If you wish to collaborate with the Mesulam Institute, you must first read our policy and guidelines.

Key Dates and Timeline

2024 applications are due by: September 5, October 3, November 7, and December 5.

See Timeline

Resources

We house multiple resources for collaborative research on cognitive aging and dementia.

Learn more

Submit an Application

Remember to review our policy and guidelines before submitting an application to ensure you have all the materials and information required.

Submit an Application

Timeline for Collaborative Applications

Discuss with a Mesulam Center faculty member(s)

Discuss your collaborative project and subsequent application with a Mesulam Center faculty member(s). This is a key step to ensure your collaborative project is feasible. It is the collaborator’s responsibility to initiate and maintain communication with the Mesulam Center faculty member(s) to ensure a timely submission of the application.

Prepare for application submission

Gather all necessary information and documents in order to ensure your application is complete and will not lead to any follow-up questions and/or edits. A PDF of the application can be viewed here.

Submit an application

Submit a collaborative application. You must submit the application 14 days prior to a scheduled Executive Committee meeting if you wish to have your application discussed at that meeting. If it is not submitted 14 days prior, it will be presented at the following Executive Committee meeting.

Application review

Please allow approximately six weeks for the Executive Committee to review your application. During this time, your Mesulam Center faculty member(s) may come back to you with questions and/or edits to your application.

Application decision

You will hear a response from the Mesulam Center within a few days of the Executive Committee’s final decision on your application (e.g., denial, approval, approval with limitations).

Application approval

If your collaborative application is approved or approved with limitations, you will receive an approval letter which includes the Mesulam Center collaborative agreement. You must sign the letter to indicate agreement before resources are shared.

Sharing of resources

Once you sign and return your approval letter, the Mesulam Center will begin working with you to fulfill your project’s needs and resources requested. Please note it may take days to weeks for our team to fulfill your project's needs. We appreciate your patience and understanding.