Become a Corporate Partners

Corporate Partners and Sponsors are for-profit organizations. They include academic technology and content publishing companies.

• Partners are actively engaged with MERLOT to deliver a product and/or services.
• Sponsors pay for a presence on or within MERLOT's programs, services, and/or website to build goodwill and brand recognition.

Reasons to Join MERLOT as a Corporate Partner or Sponsor

Collaborating with MERLOT as a partner allows you to:
• Develop and promote services and resources that benefit our constituents.
• Conduct needs assessment and define requirements for academic technologies.
• Develop and deliver technologies that serve higher education.
• Conduct evaluations of academic technologies.
• Pursue and acquire grants to achieve shared goals.

Collaborating with MERLOT as a sponsor allows you to:
• Educate leaders of higher education about the tools, services, and resources that are sold by commercial companies in ways that are acceptable to the higher education community.
• Learn from leaders of higher education about the tools, services, and resources that they need to achieve their professional and institutional goals.

How to Join MERLOT as a Corporate Partner

1. If necessary, review the Overview of MERLOT Partnerships (14KB pdf).
2. Review the Application for Corporate Partner (53KB pdf).
3. Contact Gerry Hanley, MERLOT Executive Director at ghanley@calstate.edu about the application process. He can also answer any questions you may have about MERLOT participation.
4. Complete the Application for Participation, obtain the signature of an authorized representative of your organization, and return to MERLOT as directed in the application.

Upon receipt of your application and fee, MERLOT will contact you to provide information and guidance to help you maximize the benefits from your participation in this project.

All Current MERLOT Partners, Affiliates, and Sponsors