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.

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Institution Researcher name Grant Type Grant Title Award Value
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
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation Dr. Jacob Varkey Bridges The HSU CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research Certificate Program $3,195,858
San Diego State University Foundation Ralph Feuer Bridges SDSU/CIRM Stem Cell Internship Program $4,156,315
California State University, Channel Islands Dr. Nitika S Parmar Bridges Curriculum Development and Implementation of Stem Cell Technology and Laboratory Management Emphasis in an Established MS Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Program at California State University Channel Islands and Co-development of a GE Course on Stem Cel $4,165,092
Berkeley City College Dr. Barbara Des Rochers Bridges Specialty in Stem Cell Biology $2,227,230
City College Of San Francisco Dr. Carin Zimmerman Bridges City College of San Francisco Stem Cell Training Enhancement Program $2,649,780
SJSU Research Foundation Tzvia Abramson Bridges San Jose State University Stem Cell Internships for Laboratory-based Learning (SJSU SCILL) $4,154,051
Pasadena City College Dr. Pamela Eversole-Cire Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research at Pasadena City College $3,596,922
Cal State Univ, San Bernadino Dr. Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis Bridges CSUSB Bridges to Stem Cell Research $2,762,085
Cal State Univ, Sacramento Lisa Hammersley Bridges Strengthening the Pipeline of Masters-level Scientific and Laboratory Personnel in Stem Cell Research $3,057,754
The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge Dr. Cindy S Malone Bridges CSUN-UCLA Bridges to Stem Cell Research $3,814,078
Cal State Fullerton Dr. Nilay V Patel Bridges Stem Cell Training Program at CSU Fullerton – A Bridge to Stem Cell Research $2,764,079
Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Trevor Cardinal Bridges Masters of Science Specialization in Stem Cell Technology $3,480,357
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

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