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
Cal State Univ, Sacramento Kimberly A Mulligan Bridges Strengthening the Pipeline of Master’s-level Scientific and Laboratory Personnel in Stem Cell Research $2,705,529
SJSU Research Foundation Bree Grillo – Hill Bridges Stem Cell Internships in Laboratory-based Learning ( SCILL) continue to expand the scientific workforce for stem cells research and therapies . $4,327,800
Cal State Univ, Long Beach Deborah Ann Fraser Bridges CIRM Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Biotechnology Training Program $3,901,802
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation Dr Amy Sprowles Bridges CIRM Bridges 3.0 $4,212,071
San Diego State University Foundation Tom Huxford Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research Internship Program $3,519,793
California State University San Marcos Corporation Dr. Bianca Romina Mothé Bridges CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy Training Grant $4,327,800
Pasadena City College Dr. Pamela Eversole-Cire Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy at Pasadena City College $3,254,471
Cal State Univ, San Bernadino Dr. Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis Bridges Stem Cell Scholars- from Basic Research to Clinical Translation: training a diverse pool of students in the lab, engaging them in patient and healthcare activities, motivating them to educate their immediate community and enabling them for careers in … $2,566,861
The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge Dr. Cindy S Malone Bridges Stem Cell Scientist Training Program $2,699,722
City College Of San Francisco Dr. Carin Zimmerman Bridges Stem Cell Training Enhancement Program with a focus on Translational Research $2,000,258
Pasadena City College Dr. Pamela Eversole-Cire Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy at Pasadena City College $2,414,873
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation Dr. Jacob Varkey Bridges CIRM 2.0 Bridges Training Program $2,534,223
SJSU Research Foundation Tzvia Abramson Bridges SCILL- Stem Cell Internships in Laboratory-based Learning $2,916,283
San Francisco State University Dr. Lily Chen Bridges CIRM Bridges 2.0: Training the Next Generation of Stem Cell Scientists $2,958,876
Cal State Univ, Sacramento Lisa Hammersley Bridges Strengthening the Pipeline of Master’s-level Scientific and Laboratory Personnel in Stem Cell Research $1,894,970
Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Trevor Cardinal Bridges Interdisciplinary Master of Science Program in Regenerative Medicine $2,556,199
Cal State Univ, Long Beach Dr. Lisa S Klig Bridges CIRM Stem Cell Biotechnology Training Program $2,919,901
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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