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Approved CIRM Grants as of June 2008

As the largest funding organization for embryonic and pluripotent stem cell research in the world, the CIRM has to date committed more than $554 million. Specifically:

  • $37.5 million to train 169 pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and clinical fellows at 16 non-profit and academic research institutions.
  • $46 million to fund 73 Leon J. Thal SEED Grants to bring new ideas and new investigators into the field of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research.
  • $72 million for 28 Comprehensive Research Grants to support mature, ongoing studies on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) by scientists with a record of accomplishment in the field.
  • $50 million for 17 Shared Research Laboratory Grants (including 6 Stem Cell Techniques Courses) to fund for the design and renovation of laboratory space, equipment for the new research facilities, and operating expenses for three years.
  • $54 million for 22 New Faculty Awards to encourage and support the next generation of clinical and scientific leaders in stem cell research.
  • $271 million to 12 institutions for the construction stem cell research facilities.
  • $23 million to fund the derivation of new lines of pluripotent human stem cells
  • $1 million to fund the planning stages of an innovative model for disease team research
  • $59 million for 23 New Faculty II Awards to encourage and support the next generation of clinical and scientific leaders in stem cell research.
  • All CIRM-funded grants.
Institution Research
Grants
Facilities
Grants
Total Grants Funds
(Requested &Awarded)
Stanford University 30 2 32 $93,896,310
UC San Francisco 27 2 29 $82,378,058
UCLA 19 2 31 $51,315,992
UC Irvine 16 2 18 $51,228,810
USC 12 2 14 $48,467,604
San Diego Consortium 0 1 1 $43,000,000
UC Davis 7 2 9 $35,766,586
UC San Diego 18 1 19 $32,853,328
UC Berkeley 5 2 7 $29,454,489
Buck Institute 2 2 4 $25,429,364
Gladstone Institutes 10 1 11 $18,787,142
UC Santa Cruz 5 2 7 $16,573,636
The Burnham Institute 12 1 13 $18,180,796
The Salk Institute 9 1 10 $16,036,730
CHLA 5 1 6 $11,701,083
Scripps 4 1 5 $9,317,989
UC Merced 3 1 3 $8,010,498
UC Santa Barbara 1 2 3 $6,687,931
UC Riverside 3 1 4 $6,055,762
Ludwig 3 1 4 $2,473,053
CalTech 1 0 1 $2,071,823
City of Hope 3 0 3 $2,036,042
San Diego State 1 0 1 $1,725,830
HBMRI 1 0 1 $714,654
CHORI 1   1 $55,000
Novocell, Inc. 1   1 $48,950
Cedars-Sinai 1   1 $46,886
Totals 200 29 229 $614,314,346