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RFA 07-05: CIRM New Cell Lines Awards

The CIRM New Cell Lines Awards will support the derivation and propagation of new lines of pluripotent human stem cells that will have important research and clinical application for understanding, diagnosing and treating serious injury and disease. CIRM intends to provide funding for qualified investigators to conduct research in California that will lead to the generation of new human embryonic stem cell lines and/or to the optimization of new, alternate methods for the derivation of pluripotent human cell lines.

Please see the RFA for full details:

Forms and Instructions:

All Principal Investigators planning to apply for a CIRM New Cell Lines Award must be officially nominated on a Candidate Nomination Form (CNF) by their host institution and must notify CIRM in a Letter of Intent (LOI). The forms for the CNF and LOI can be accessed through the links below. The Candidate Nomination Form (in hard copy) and the Letter of Intent (as an email attachment) must be received by CIRM no later than 5:00pm PST on January 10, 2008. No exceptions will be made.

The application will consist of 3 parts (Parts A-C.) Instructions and templates for the application will be available through a link at this site by December 17, 2007. Applications must be received by CIRM (in both hard copy and in electronic form) no later than 5:00pm PST on February 5, 2008. No exceptions will be made.

You will need a fully functional copy of Adobe Acrobat version 7 or 8 (Standard or Professional) to complete, print, and save the CNF, LOI, and Part A of the Application. We recommend using Adobe Acrobat version 8.1 (or the latest version). Using Adobe Acrobat Reader will not permit you to save information that is entered in the form.

Schedule of Receipt and Anticipated Review:

Schedule of Receipt and Anticipated Review Date
Receipt of Candidate Nomination Forms and Letters of Intent: 5:00PM (PST) on January 10, 2008
Receipt of Applications: 5:00PM (PST) on February 5, 2008
Anticipated Review of Applications by Grants Working Group (GWG): March / April, 2008
Anticipated Review and Approval by ICOC: June, 2008