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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 |