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 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Dr. John L Rubenstein |
Basic Biology II |
MGE Enhancers to Select for Interneuron Precursors Produced from Human ES Cells |
$1,387,800 |
| Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute |
Dr. Huei-sheng Vincent Chen |
Basic Biology II |
Endothelial cells and ion channel maturation of human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes |
$1,587,610 |
| University of California, Irvine |
Dr. Aileen J Anderson |
Basic Biology II |
Role of the microenvironment in human iPS and NSC fate and tumorigenesis |
$1,256,194 |
| Stanford University |
Dr. Steven Edward Artandi |
Basic Biology II |
Self-renewal and senescence in iPS cells derived from patients with a stem cell disease |
$931,285 |
| Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
Ronald Mark Evans |
Basic Biology II |
Molecular Characterization and Functional Exploration of Nuclear Receptors in hiPSCs |
$1,712,880 |
| Calimmune, Inc. |
Geoff Symonds |
Disease Team Research I |
GENE-MODIFIED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM/PROGENITOR CELL BASED THERAPY FOR HIV DISEASE |
$8,278,722 |
| Stanford University |
Dr. Gary Steinberg |
Disease Team Research I |
Embryonic-Derived Neural Stem Cells for Treatment of Motor Sequelae following Sub-cortical Stroke |
$17,244,851 |
| University of California, San Diego |
Dr. Lawrence S. B. Goldstein |
Disease Team Research I |
Stem Cell-Derived Astrocyte Precursor Transplants in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
$5,694,308 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr. Donald B. Kohn |
Disease Team Research I |
Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease |
$8,833,695 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr. Irvin SY Chen |
Disease Team Research I |
HPSC based therapy for HIV disease using RNAi to CCR5. |
$9,905,604 |
| ViaCyte, Inc. |
Allan Robins |
Disease Team Research I |
Cell Therapy for Diabetes |
$0 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Eduardo Marbán |
Disease Team Research I |
Autologous cardiac-derived cells for advanced ischemic cardiomyopathy |
$5,560,232 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Dr. Mitchel S Berger |
Disease Team Research I |
Stem Cell-Mediated Oncocidal Gene Therapy of Glioblastoma (GBM) |
$6,214,914 |
| 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, Irvine |
Dr. Aileen J Anderson |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Therapeutic targeting of Glioblastoma Stem Cell survival and self-renewal signaling |
$2,250,144 |
| Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles |
Dr Biraj Mahato |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Chemically engineered photoreceptors for vision restoration in retinal degeneration associated blindness. |
$1,711,000 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Claire Clelland |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Developing a universal CRISPR gene therapy approach to treat C9orf72 ALS |
$2,740,592 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr. Koki Morizono |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
B cell receptor-mediated lentiviral expression of anti-HIV antibody |
$2,751,504 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Faranak Fattahi |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Drug discovery for Charcot Marie Tooth Disease using hPSC-derived Schwann cells |
$2,471,664 |
| City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute |
Dr. Christine E. Brown |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Development of a Trifunctional Self-Renewing Memory CAR T Cell Therapy to Overcome the Heterogeneity and Suppressive Microenvironment of Glioblastoma |
$2,700,810 |
| University of California, San Diego |
Dr. Neil Carson Chi |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Modulating cardiac myosin heavy chain isoform expression for treating cardiomyopathies |
$2,772,000 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Dr. Qizhi Tang PhD |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Genome editing of human Tregs to enable combinational tolerogenic therapy with T cell-targeted biologics for T1D |
$2,485,549 |
| Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
Dr. Jian Luo |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Human induced pluripotent stem cells-derived glial enriched progenitors for the treatment of mild traumatic brain injury |
$2,255,189 |
| Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
Irene Lorenzo Llorente |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Inhibitory interneurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells to treat stroke |
$2,140,122 |
| Savanna Biotherapeutics, Inc. |
Dr. Sunil Gandhi Ph.D |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Gene-corrected human microglia for the treatment of adult onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) |
$1,417,948 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Faranak Fattahi |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Drug discovery for gastrointestinal motility disorders using hPSC-derived enteric ganglioids |
$1,954,367 |
| University of Southern California |
Dr. Justin K Ichida |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Development of a VAV2 antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) treatment for ALS |
$2,072,560 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Dr. Ritchie Ho |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
C9orf72 repeat expansion-tuned allelic suppression by CRISPRi as an ALS therapy |
$2,274,768 |
| University of California, Davis |
Ricardo Anibal Maselli MD |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Treatment of Myasthenic Syndrome due to Choline Acetyltransferase Deficiency Using AAV9-mediated Gene Therapy |
$1,500,000 |
| Adverum Biotechnologies Inc. |
Cameron Keast Baker |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Development of an Optogenetic Vision Restoration Gene Therapy Using an Engineered Form of Melanopsin |
$1,150,820 |
| Stanford University |
Dr. Robert Negrin MD |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
Orthogonal IL2 Receptor Transduced Regulatory T Cells for Clinical Application |
$1,920,652 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Michael Wilson |
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects |
A First-in-Class Treatment for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Via Multimodal Immune System Engineering |
$2,182,396 |