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.

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Institution Researcher name Grant Type Grant Title Award Value
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Dr. Dan Gazit Early Translational IV Gene Targeting to Endogenous Stem Cells for Segmental Bone Fracture Healing $5,121,514
Stanford University Dr. Michele Calos Early Translational IV Engineered iPSC for therapy of limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B $1,876,253
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Dr. Steve M. Finkbeiner Early Translational IV Development of Novel Autophagy Inducers to Block the Progression of and Treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases $2,049,053
University of California, Irvine Dr. Magdalene J Seiler Early Translational IV Restoring vision by sheet transplants of retinal progenitors and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) $3,998,948
ViaCyte, Inc. Howard Foyt Strategic Partnership I Preclinical and clinical testing of a stem cell-based combination product for insulin-dependent diabetes $9,475,070
Bluebird Bio David M. Davidson Strategic Partnership I A Phase 1/2, Open Label Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Gene Therapy in Subjects with β-Thalassemia by Transplantation of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells Transduced with the Lentiviral Vector LentiGlobin® Encoding the Human β-A-T87Q-… $0
FUJIFILM Cellular Dynamics Inc. Deborah Requesens hPSC Repository The CIRM Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Biorepository – A Resource for Safe Storage and Distribution of High Quality iPSCs $9,942,175
Cellular Dynamics International Dr. Thomas J Novak hiPSC Derivation Generation and characterization of high-quality, footprint-free human induced pluripotent stem cell lines from 3,000 donors to investigate multigenic diseases $16,000,000
University of California, San Diego Dr. Joseph G. Gleeson Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling CIRM Tissue Collection for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities $830,426
University of California, San Diego Dr. Kang Zhang M.D. Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling Generation of fibroblast cell lines in patients with common blinding eye diseases $1,034,425
Stanford University Dr. Joseph C. Wu Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling Tissue Collection for Accelerating iPSC Research in Cardiovascular Diseases $1,291,832
University of California, San Diego Dr. James Brewer Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling Collection of skin biopsies to prepare fibroblasts from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and cognitively healthy elderly controls $643,693
Stanford University Dr. Joachim Franz Hallmayer Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling Induced pluripotent stem cells from children with autism spectrum disorders $530,265
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Brigitte Gomperts Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling Using human induced pluripotent stem cells to improve our understanding of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis $811,231
University of California, San Francisco Jacquelyn J Maher Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling iPSC-derived Hepatocytes as Platforms for Research in Viral Hepatitis and Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis $791,680
Reza Ardehali Dr. Reza Ardehali MD, PhD New Faculty Physician Scientist Medical School Loan Repayment Program $35,511
Tippi C. Mackenzie Dr. Tippi C. Mackenzie MD New Faculty Physician Scientist Medical School Loan Repayment Program $36,436
Ali Nsair Ali Nsair New Faculty Physician Scientist Medical School Loan Repayment Program $120,312
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Tippi C. MacKenzie New Faculty Physician Scientist In Utero Embryonic Stem Cell Transplantation to Treat Congenital Anomalies $2,661,742
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Dr. Robert H Baloh New Faculty Physician Scientist Human iPSC modeling and therapeutics for degenerative peripheral nerve disease $3,031,737
Stanford University Alan G Cheng New Faculty Physician Scientist Enhancing hair cell regeneration in mouse and human inner ear $3,088,525
MiraCosta College Dr. Michael Fino Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Hands-On Program for Excellence in Cell Therapy Manufacturing Sciences (HOPE-CTMS) $6,918,000
Keck Graduate Institute Loren Martin Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Building Bridges to Regenerative Medicine: Certificate Training, Mentoring, and Internship Pathways for a Diverse Translational Workforce $4,313,955
University of Southern California Dr. Senta Georgia Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application USC COMPASS: Preparing Undergraduates for Careers in California’s Regenerative Medicine Workforce $3,237,000
Solano Community College James DeKloe Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application EPIC-IDEA: Expanded Pathways in Cell-Based Manufacturing to Increase Diversity, Equity, and Advancement $6,552,640
California State University San Marcos Corporation Dr. Bianca Romina Mothé Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application CSUSM Collaborative Pipeline to Workforce Development Training Program $5,928,000
Cal State Fullerton Dr. Nilay V Patel Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Undergraduate Talent Development through Stem Cell Training Programs at CSU Fullerton $6,918,000
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Jorge Artaza Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Building an Inclusive Regenerative Medicine Workforce: A Dual-Path EDUC8 Training Program in Biomedical Sciences $6,917,500
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation Dr Amy Sprowles Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Pathways to Regenerative Medicine Training Program $5,776,082
Cal State Univ, Long Beach Deborah Ann Fraser Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application CIRM Bridges Stem Cell Research and Biotechnology Training Program $4,192,500
University of California, Merced Dr. Kara E McCloskey Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Training In Stem cell Science for Undergraduate Excellence (TISSUE) $2,809,600
Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Trevor Cardinal Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Preparing undergraduate and master’s students for the regenerative medicine industry $6,446,520
San Francisco State University Dr. Lily Chen Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Stem Cell Dual Path Training Program $6,490,600
University of California, Santa Cruz Susan Carpenter Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application UCSC COMPASS: Advancing Diverse Stem Cell Scholars Through Integrated Research and Career Development $2,808,072
Pasadena City College Dr. Pamela Eversole-Cire Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine $4,588,500
Cal State Univ, Sacramento Kimberly A Mulligan Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Developing a Skilled and Diverse Master’s-Level Workforce in Regenerative Medicine $3,868,800
Cal State Univ, San Bernadino Daniel Nickerson Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application From Pluripotent Students to Stem Cell Scholars $6,918,000
SJSU Research Foundation Bree Grillo – Hill Umbrella for CIRM Bridges and COMPASS: Grant Application Building the Regenerative Medicine Workforce through Stem Cell Internships in Laboratory-based Learning (SCILL) $5,857,000
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Julie B Sneddon Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Decoding Human Pancreatic Progenitor Biology to Enable Next-Generation Stem Cell-based Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes $2,499,875
University of California, San Diego Shiri Gur-Cohen Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Phoenix WNTears: A Platform for Selectivity Expanding Adult Stem Cell Potency and Plasticity $2,500,000
University of Southern California Leonardo Morsut Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Engineering Nephron Connectivity in Human Kidney Tissue Using Synthetic Signaling Centers $2,500,000
University of California, San Diego Sven Heinz Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Decoding regulatory sequence function during human brain organoid development $2,500,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies Dr. Samuel L Pfaff Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Characterizing how neurons from human stem cell transplants integrate into spinal neural circuits following injury $2,499,999
University of Southern California Dr. Justin K Ichida Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Leveraging iPSCs and a deep learning-based virtual cell model to identify therapeutic targets for ALS $2,500,000
University of California, San Francisco Audrey Parent Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Advancing next-generation models for the development of thymoregenerative medicines $2,500,000
California Institute of Technology Dr. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Spatiotemporal Control of Human Primordial Germ Cell Fate by the Embryonic Niche $2,425,796
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Christina Theodoris Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Temporal AI models for programming therapeutic cell state transitions $2,499,998
University of California, San Francisco Dr Diana Jean Laird Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Neurovascular control of follicle growth using stem-cell derived ovary assembloids $2,499,997
University of California, Berkeley Dr. Andreas Stahl Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Generating biological age in a stem cell-based complex disease model of osteoarthritis $2,499,999
The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Riverside Campus Joshua Morgan Funding Opportunity Discovery Research Validating Safety and Efficacy of Extremeophile Stress Tolerance Transgenes in Stem Cells $2,499,999
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