Organizing and sharing brain imaging and behavior data
Official title: Data Aggregation, Standardization and Sharing
Funded at Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psych Res · NIH-11349782 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will collect, clean, and share brain imaging and behavioral data from people and primates so researchers can study brain activity and disorders more easily.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psych Res NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Orangeburg, United States) |
| Project start | April 15, 2017 |
| Project end | March 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $142,456 |
| NIH project number | 5P50MH109429-09 |
| Project ID | NIH-11349782 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are people taking part in the center's brain imaging or behavioral projects, including those with neurological or psychiatric conditions who agree to provide data or samples.
✕Less likely to help
People who are not enrolled in the center's data collection or whose conditions are unrelated to brain imaging or behavior may not directly benefit from this project.
What this research studies
A team across 15 institutions will gather experimental brain imaging and behavioral data from human participants and non-human primates. The Data Aggregation, Standardization, and Sharing Core will clean and do minimal preprocessing, apply quality control, and adopt community data standards. The core will store data on a platform that follows FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles and provide computational support to researchers across the center. By making standardized datasets and tools available, the core aims to speed collaborative analyses and reuse of the center's data.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could speed discoveries about brain function and neurological or psychiatric disorders by making data easier to share and compare.
How similar studies have gone: Large data-sharing efforts like the Human Connectome Project and ADNI have shown that standardized, shared brain datasets can accelerate research, and this core builds on those proven approaches.
Where this research is happening
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Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psych Res
Orangeburg, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Franco, Alexandre R. — Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psych Res
- Study coordinator: Franco, Alexandre R.
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.