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.

Check out our portfolio of awards below. Click here to see a list of People We’ve Funded. Click here to see a list of our Funded Institutions.

All CIRM Grants

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Institution Researcher name Grant Type Grant Title Award Value
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Prof. Karen S Aboody M.D. Disease Team Research I Stem Cell-mediated Therapy for High-grade Glioma: Toward Phase I-II Clinical Trials $17,890,623
Stanford University Dr. Alfred T Lane Disease Team Research I iPS Cell-Based Treatment of Dominant Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa $11,039,208
Stanford University Professor Irving L Weissman MD Disease Team Research I Development of Therapeutic Antibodies Targeting Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells $18,759,276
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Dennis J Slamon Disease Team Research I Therapeutic Opportunities To Target Tumor Initiating Cells in Solid Tumors $19,979,660
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Prof. John A. Zaia Disease Team Research I ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE-BASED STEM CELL THERAPY FOR AIDS $14,536,969
University of Southern California Mark Salman Humayun Disease Team Research I Stem cell based treatment strategy for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) $18,904,916
University of California, San Diego Dr. Dennis A Carson Disease Team Research I Development of Highly Active Anti-Leukemia Stem Cell Therapy (HALT) $19,999,826
University of California, San Diego Dr. Gene Wei-Ming Yeo Basic Biology I RNA Binding Protein-mediated Post-transcriptional Networks Regulating HPSC Pluripotency $1,308,901
University of California, San Diego Karl H. Willert Basic Biology I WNT signaling and the control of cell fate decisions in human pluripotent stem cells. $1,329,298
University of California, Davis Dr. Min Zhao Basic Biology I Directing migration of human stem cells with electric fields $816,228
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Michael A. Teitell Basic Biology I Mitochondrial Metabolism in hESC and hiPSC Differentiation, Reprogramming, and Cancer $1,323,029
University of Southern California Dr. Martin Pera Basic Biology I The stem cell microenvironment in the maintenance of pluripotency and reprogramming $1,325,723
Stanford University Dr. Julien Sage Basic Biology I The retinoblastoma (RB) gene family in cellular reprogramming $1,357,085
Stanford University Dr. Susan K McConnell Basic Biology I Identification and characterization of human ES-derived DA neuronal subtypes $1,404,853
University of California, Los Angeles Bennett G Novitch Basic Biology I Molecular Characterization of hESC and hIPSC-Derived Spinal Motor Neurons $1,228,278
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Robb Maclellan Dr. Basic Biology I Human Cardiovascular Progenitors, their Niches and Control of Self-renewal and Cell Fate $917,667
University of Southern California Dr. Wange Lu Basic Biology I Defining the molecular mechanisms of somatic cell reprogramming $1,365,580
Stanford University Professor Helen M. Blau PhD Basic Biology I Molecular Mechanisms of Reprogramming towards Pluripotency $1,408,332
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Basic Biology I Molecular Characterization and Functional Exploration of Hemogenic Endothelium $1,371,477
University of California, Davis Dr. Frederick J Meyers MD Training Grant I-1 Stem Cell Research Training Grant $1,780,859
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Susan J Fisher PhD Training Grant I-1 Training Grant I $2,868,145
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Owen N Witte M.D. Training Grant I-1 CIRM Type I Comprehensive Training Program $3,660,398
University of Southern California Dr. Robert E Maxson Training Grant I-1 CIRM Stem Cell Biology Training Grant $2,332,431
University of California, Irvine Dr. Peter Bryant Training Grant I-1 Stem Cell Research Training Grant $1,935,487
University of California, Berkeley Randy W. Schekman Training Grant I-1 Human Stem Cell Training at UC Berkeley and Childrens Hospital of Oakland $2,360,457
University of California, San Diego Dr. Lawrence S. B. Goldstein Training Grant I-1 Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Training Program at UCSD $3,459,396
Stanford University Dr. Michael T Longaker MD, PhD Training Grant I-1 Stanford CIRM Training Program $3,035,282
University of California, Davis Dr Mehrdad Abedi Disease Team Therapy Planning I Stem Cell Gene Therapy for HIV in AIDS Lymphoma Patients $66,880
University of California, Davis Dr. John Laird Disease Team Therapy Planning I Phase I study of IM Injection of VEGF Producing MSC for the Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia $76,066
University of California, Davis Dr. Vicki Wheelock Disease Team Therapy Planning I MSC engineered to produce BDNF for the treatment of Huntington’s disease $97,564
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Professor Clive Niels Svendsen Disease Team Therapy Planning I Stem Cells Secreting GDNF for the Treatment of ALS $63,487
Stanford University Dr. Albert J Wong Disease Team Therapy Planning I Recombinant Bispecific Antibody Targeting Cancer Stem Cells for the Therapy of Glioblastoma $109,750
Stanford University Dr. Judith A Shizuru Disease Team Therapy Planning I A monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy free transplants $90,147
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Timothy Hoey Disease Team Therapy Planning I Anti-Notch1, OMP-52M51: A New Cancer Therapeutic to Reduce CSC Frequency $65,120
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Dr. Dan Gazit Disease Team Therapy Planning I Genetically Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures. $107,622
StemCells, Inc. Dr. Alexandra Capela Disease Team Therapy Planning I Neuroprotection to treat Alzheimer’s: a new paradigm using human central nervous system cells $90,101
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Stanley Nelson Disease Team Therapy Planning I Combination therapy to Enhance Antisense Mediated Exon Skipping for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy $68,947
Geron Corporation Dr. Jane Stephanie Lebkowski Dr. Disease Team Therapy Planning I Preclinical Development and First-In-Human Testing of GRNCM1 in Advanced Heart Failure $0
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Dr. Marcel Daadi Dr. Disease Team Therapy Planning I Neural Stem Cell-Based Therapy For Parkinson’s Disease $63,952
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Dr. Stuart A Lipton Disease Team Therapy Planning I hESC-derived NPCs Programmed with MEF2C for Cell Transplantation in Parkinson’s Disease $96,448
University of California, Davis Nancy E. Lane Disease Team Therapy Planning I Increasing the endogenous mesenchymal stem cells to the bone surface to treat osteoporosis $107,750
University of Southern California Roberta Diaz Brinton Disease Team Therapy Planning I A CIRM Disease Team to Develop Allopregnanolone for Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease $107,961
Samumed, LLC John Hood Disease Team Therapy Planning I Clinical Development of an osteoinductive therapy to prevent osteoporosis-related fractures $99,110
Stanford University Dr. Robert Robbins Disease Team Therapy Planning I Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes for Patients with End Stage Heart Failure $73,030
University of California, Davis Dr. Martin Birchall Disease Team Therapy Planning I Airways for Children $19,800
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Antoni Ribas MD/PhD Disease Team Therapy Planning I Genetic Re-programming of Stem Cells to Fight Cancer $97,785
California State University San Marcos Corporation Dr. Bianca Romina Mothé Bridges California State University-San Marcos CIRM Bridges to the Stem Cell Research Training Grant $4,114,712
Cal State Univ, Long Beach Dr. Lisa S Klig Bridges CIRM Stem Cell Research Biotechnology Training Program at CSULB $3,487,091
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation Dr. Jill Adler-Moore Bridges Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State LA Collaborative CIRM Bridges Program to Enhance Stem Cell Research Training and Education $3,056,191
San Francisco State University Dr. Carmen Domingo Bridges SFSU Bridges to Stem Cell Research $4,168,243
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