Current Requests for Applications

Requests for Applications

CIRM funds stem cell awards through periodic requests for applications.

Upcoming RFA Schedule

There are no upcoming RFAs listed at this time.

Current Requests for Applications

RFA 11-04: CIRM Creativity Awards
The CIRM Creativity Awards will support summer internship programs that introduce high school students to stem cell science and related fields, expose them to cutting edge medical research, foster their creativity and promote stem cell education and awareness amongst them. The Creativity Awards program is also intended to educate and broaden the participation in stem cell research by young individuals representing the diversity of California’s population, including those hindered by economic constraints. The CIRM Creativity Awards will augment established summer high school science internship programs run by California academic and research institutions that conduct stem cell research. 

RFA 11-03: CIRM Basic Biology Awards IV 
The CIRM Basic Biology Awards IV will fund research grants to investigate basic mechanisms underlying stem cell biology, cellular plasticity, and cellular differentiation. These awards will also fund the use of in vitro, human stem cell based models for exploring disease mechanisms and other medically relevant processes. Studies supported by these awards will form the foundation for future translational and clinical advances, enabling the realization of the full potential of human stem cells and reprogrammed cells for therapies and as tools for biomedical innovation.

RFA 11-02: CIRM Early Translational III Research Awards
The CIRM Early Translational Research Initiative aims to fund and advance innovative translational stem cell science toward clinical development. The purpose of this CIRM Early Translational III Research Awards RFA is to support projects that enable the initial stage of translational research including the conduct of studies resulting in proof of concept for a potential development candidate and/or studies to select a Development Candidate (DC). The Early Translational Research Award is core to CIRM’s mission, and the agency plans to issue this RFA every one to two years to build a strong preclinical pipeline for patient therapies and cures.

PA 11-01: CIRM Visiting Faculty Supplement
The CIRM Visiting Faculty Supplement will provide stem cell research opportunities for faculty-level scientists (Visiting Scientist) from California educational institutions that do not receive major research and infrastructure funding from CIRM. This program will augment existing sabbatical leave programs at California State University campuses and other 4-year California educational institutions, and enable eligible faculty to participate in existing CIRM-funded research projects. The CIRM Visiting Faculty Supplements will provide additional funding to existing CIRM-funded research grants for the support of the Visiting Scientist while he/she is engaged in research on the funded project. Requests for a supplement must be made by the CIRM PI and should be done after a commitment with the Visiting Scientist has been made.

RFA 10-05: CIRM Disease Team Therapy Development Awards - UPDATED September 1, 2011

The Disease Team Therapy Development Award initiative is an expansion of our original Disease Team Award Initiative. The purpose of CIRM Disease Team Therapy Development Awards is to enable preclinical and/or early clinical development of novel therapies derived from or targeting stem cells or utilizing direct reprogramming that may offer unique benefit with well-considered risk to persons with disease or serious injury. The Disease Team Therapy Development Awards RFA has two parts: 1) a Part I Planning Award will support up to six months of team assembly, planning and proposal development for the Research Award application, and 2) a Part II Research Award will support actively managed teams to conduct milestone-driven translational research.

RFA 09-04: CIRM Research Leadership Awards

The CIRM Research Leadership Awards will support robust and innovative stem cell research programs of the most promising researchers newly recruited to California. These awards will enable universities and research institutions to attract the very best stem cell scientists, with a focus on those who are early-to-mid career but have already established themselves as independent investigators and emerging national or international leaders in the stem cell field. They also will permit the recipients to pursue high-risk, high payoff, innovative studies that could not be adequately supported by other sources. The awardees will bolster California’s efforts in stem cell research and further CIRM’s mission to advance novel treatments and cures into medical practice.

PA 08-06: CIRM Conference Grants

This Program Announcement (PA) will support the development and conduct of scientific conferences relevant to stem cell research. A scientific conference is defined as an organized event where persons physically assemble to exchange scientific information or explore a defined scientific subject. Support of such conferences is contingent on the fiscal and programmatic priorities of CIRM. Conference grant awards are open to non-profit organizations in California.

Past Requests for Applications