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
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Reza Ardehali MD, PhD New Faculty Physician Scientist Preclinical evaluation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitors in a large animal model $2,930,388
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Ms. Shannon Noonan Creativity Awards Gladstone Summer Scholars (GSS) internship program $35,044
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr. Paul M. Salvaterra Creativity Awards Creativity Award Program in Stem Cell Biology for California High School Students $260,825
University of California, Davis Gerhard Gerhard Bauer Creativity Awards Internship at a Cutting Edge CIRM-funded Stem Cell Research Facility $250,064
University of California, San Francisco Katherine Nielsen Creativity Awards UCSF SEP High School Intern Program $168,947
University of California, Santa Barbara Lina Kim Creativity Awards Research Mentorship Program-Immersing High School Students in College Research $280,726
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Vasanthy Narayanaswami Creativity Awards CHORI/UC Berkeley Summer Stem Cell Research Internship Program for High School Students $151,046
Stanford University Paul J. Utz Creativity Awards SIMR Program: Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Research Internships $340,611
Scripps Research Institute James R Williamson Creativity Awards Stem Cell Summer Academy: Creating the Next Generation of Scientists $205,122
University of Southern California Roberta Diaz Brinton Creativity Awards CIRM STAR High School Summer Research and Creativity Program $271,160
University of California, San Diego George Sen Basic Biology IV Regulation of Epidermal Self-Renewal and Differentiation by Histone and DNA Demethylases. $1,080,000
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Dr. Benoit Bruneau Basic Biology IV Epigenetic regulation of human cardiac differentiation $1,568,148
Stanford University Dr. Gerald R. Crabtree Basic Biology IV Mechanism and Utility of Direct Neuronal Conversion with a MicroRNA-Chromatin Switch $1,392,150
Stanford University Dr. Roel Nusse Basic Biology IV Asymmetric stem cell division oriented by a local self-renewing signal $1,038,600
Buck Institute for Age Research Deepak A Lamba Basic Biology IV 3D Modeling of Retina using Polymer Scaffolds for Understanding Disease Pathogenesis $1,212,553
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Jeremy Reiter Basic Biology IV Modeling disease in human embryonic stem cells using new genetic tools $1,387,800
University of California, San Francisco Barbara Panning Basic Biology IV Investigation of the role of O-GlcNAcylation in SOX2 function during reprogramming $1,260,037
University of California, Davis Dr. Deborah K Lieu Basic Biology IV Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Pacemaking Cells $1,333,689
Stanford University Dr. Howard Y. Chang Basic Biology IV Long noncoding RNAs for pluripotency and cell fate commitment $1,386,627
University of California, San Diego Miles F Wilkinson Basic Biology IV Role of the NMD RNA Decay Pathway in Maintaining the Stem-Like State $1,360,450
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Dr. Huei-sheng Vincent Chen Basic Biology IV Studying Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia with patient-specific iPS cells $1,579,250
University of California, San Diego Ananda Goldrath Basic Biology IV Mechanisms to protect hESC-derived cells from allogenic immune rejection $1,160,997
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr. Yanhong Shi Basic Biology IV Modeling Alexander disease using patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells $1,366,656
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Eduardo Marbán Basic Biology IV Mechanism of heart regeneration by cardiosphere-derived cells $1,367,604
University of California, San Diego Maike Sander Basic Biology IV Deciphering transcriptional control of pancreatic beta-cell maturation in vitro $1,258,560
University of California, San Diego Dr. Kentson Lam Basic Biology IV DECIPHERING THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR VERTEBRATE HSC SPECIFICATION AND AMPLIFICATION. $1,363,698
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Professor Clive Niels Svendsen Disease Team Therapy Planning I Stem Cells Secreting GDNF for the Treatment of ALS $63,487