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There is a dearth of research about the aging process among individuals with bipolar disorder (BD). One potential strategy to overcome the challenge of interpreting findings from existing limited older‐age bipolar disorder (OABD) research studies is to pool or integrate data, taking advantage of potential overlap or similarities in assessment methods and harmonizing or cross‐walking measurements where different measurement tools are used to evaluate overlapping construct domains. This report describes the methods and initial start‐up activities of a first‐ever initiative to create an integrated OABD‐focused database, the Global Aging & Geriatric Experiments in Bipolar Disorder Database (GAGE‐BD) project.