Our Grants

CIRM provides funding across five key areas: Infrastructure, Education, Discovery Research, Translational Research, and Clinical Research. By supporting projects at every stage of development, from initial discovery to clinical trials, CIRM drives progress in regenerative medicine and accelerates innovative therapies to patients.

See our complete portfolio of awards below.

All CIRM Grants

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Institution Researcher name Grant Type Grant Title Award Value
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli SPARK Mentored High School Summer Research Program $508,750
California Institute of Technology Dr. Henry A. Lester SPARK CIRM Early Investigators High School Stem Cell Research Program $132,717
Stanford University Paul J. Utz SPARK Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine- Summer Research Internship $350,482
University of California, San Francisco Katherine Nielsen SPARK Developing High School Students’ Research Practices and Regenerative Medicine Knowledge through a Summer Intern Program $382,430
University of California, Davis Gerhard Gerhard Bauer SPARK Internship at a Cutting Edge CIRM-funded Stem Cell Research Facility $360,573
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli SPARK Mentored High School Summer Research Program $296,628
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Ellen B Fung SPARK Leveraging Investment in hiGHschool Training: Summer Program to Accelerate Regenerative medicine Knowledge (LIGHT a SPARK) $226,519
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr. Paul M. Salvaterra SPARK SPARK Award Program in Stem Cell Biology for California High School Students $241,080
Berkeley City College Dr. Barbara Des Rochers Bridges CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy $3,224,918
Cal State Fullerton Dr. Nilay V Patel Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy: A Talent Development Program for Training Diverse Undergraduates for Careers in Regenerative Medicine $3,410,635
City College Of San Francisco Dr. Carin Zimmerman Bridges Building Career Pathways into Stem Cell Research and Therapy Development $3,195,638
Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Trevor Cardinal Bridges Training Masters Students to Advance the Regenerative Medicine Field $3,931,800
Cal State Univ, San Bernadino Dr. Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis Bridges Stem Cell Scholars: a workforce development pipeline, educating, training and engaging students from basic research to clinical translation. $4,327,800
The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge Dr. Cindy S Malone Bridges CSUN CIRM Bridges3.0 Stem Cell Research & Therapy Training Program $4,327,057
California State University, Channel Islands Dr. Nitika S Parmar Bridges CIRM Graduate Student Training in Stem Cell Sciences in the Stem Cell Technology and Lab Management Emphasis of the MS Biotechnology Program $4,270,367
San Francisco State University Dr. Lily Chen Bridges CIRM Bridges Science Master’s Program $4,049,650
Cal State Univ, Sacramento Kimberly A Mulligan Bridges Strengthening the Pipeline of Master’s-level Scientific and Laboratory Personnel in Stem Cell Research $2,705,529
SJSU Research Foundation Bree Grillo – Hill Bridges Stem Cell Internships in Laboratory-based Learning ( SCILL) continue to expand the scientific workforce for stem cells research and therapies . $4,327,800
Cal State Univ, Long Beach Deborah Ann Fraser Bridges CIRM Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Biotechnology Training Program $3,901,802
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation Dr Amy Sprowles Bridges CIRM Bridges 3.0 $4,155,341
San Diego State University Foundation Tom Huxford Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research Internship Program $4,225,936
California State University San Marcos Corporation Dr. Bianca Romina Mothé Bridges CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy Training Grant $4,327,800
Pasadena City College Dr. Pamela Eversole-Cire Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy at Pasadena City College $2,897,849
Cal State Univ, San Bernadino Dr. Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis Bridges Stem Cell Scholars- from Basic Research to Clinical Translation: training a diverse pool of students in the lab, engaging them in patient and healthcare activities, motivating them to educate their immediate community and enabling them for careers in … $2,566,861
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Professor Clive Niels Svendsen Disease Team Therapy Planning I Stem Cells Secreting GDNF for the Treatment of ALS $63,487
University of California, San Diego Armin Blesch Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Simplification of Excipient Solution for Implanting Candidate Human H9-scNSC Cell Line for Spinal Cord Injury $180,000
Stanford University Dr. Helen M Blau Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Stimulating endogenous muscle stem cells to counter muscle wasting $237,060
University of California, Irvine Dr. Brian J. Cummings Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Human neural stem cell (hNSC) derived exosomes vs CSC14 hNSCs for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) $202,667
University of California, Berkeley Kevin E. Healy Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Safety “Clinical Trial” of the Cardiac Liability of COVID19 Polytherapy $224,500
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Caroline Y. Kuo Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Evaluation of Gene Therapy Approaches for Autosomal Recessive Hyper IgE Syndrome Due to Mutations in DOCK8 $234,000
Neurona Therapeutics Dr. Cory R Nicholas Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Global gene expression profiling of single inhibitory neurons derived from human stem cells $202,500
Stanford University Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Using metabolic pausing for maintaining stable and high-quality pluripotent stem cells $208,422
Aspen Neuroscience Dr. Andres Bratt-Leal Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects Autologous therapy for Parkinson’s disease: single cell RNAseq for in depth characterization of transplanted cells $177,579