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
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
CellFE Biotech Sewoon Han Tool Translational Research Projects Purpose built cell engineering for rapid manufacturing of stem-like cell therapies $934,750
Stanford University Professor Irving L Weissman MD Tool Translational Research Projects Purification of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) for Clinical Stem Cell Transplantation $1,347,722
Defined Biosciences Steven Douglas Rees Tool Translational Research Projects Development of a low-cost, clinical-grade iPS maintenance medium for enabling stem cell therapy manufacturing $999,848
HEALIOS NA, Inc. Dr. Norihiro Tsuneyoshi Tool Translational Research Projects Generation of human universal donor iPS cells $903,994
University of California, Davis Dr Jan A Nolta Tool Translational Research Projects T-Pure: Peripheral Blood Processing Tool for Point of Care CAR-T Manufacturing $1,217,954
Greenstone Biosciences, Inc. Paul D Pang Tool Translational Research Projects Cell Villages and Clinical Trial in a Dish with Pooled iPSC-CMs for Drug Discovery $1,350,000
Organos, Inc. Samuel Wall Tool Translational Research Projects Human iPSC-derived micro-heart muscles for high-throughput cardiac drug discovery $1,119,382
Stanford University Dr. Joseph C. Wu Tool Translational Research Projects A Novel, Robust and Comprehensive Predictive Tool Using Human Disease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Preclinical Drug Screening $975,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Professor Clive Niels Svendsen Disease Team Therapy Planning I Stem Cells Secreting GDNF for the Treatment of ALS $63,487