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
Stanford University Dr. Everett H. Meyer Conference II Cellular Immune Tolerance Symposium $39,498
The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Riverside Campus Susan Hackwood Conference II National Science Policy Symposium: Local to Global Innovation $48,068
Stanford University Dr. Joseph C. Wu Conference II Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium 2024 $15,000
University of California, San Diego Adam Engler Conference II BIC 2024 – 24th Annual UC Systemwide Symposium on Bioengineering at UC San Diego $50,000
University of California, Los Angeles Mark Wisniewski Conference II Los Angeles Bioscience Ecosystem Summit Twenty 24 (LABEST 24) $50,000
Savanna Biotherapeutics, Inc. Dr. Sunil Gandhi Ph.D Conference II ALSP Community Conference: Insights and Potential of Cell-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Leukodystrophies $45,800
University of California, Berkeley Dr. Regis Kelly Conference II Immunotherapy of Brain Disorders $8,376
Adjuvant Partners, LLC Edmund Morrie Ruffin Conference II CTx Commercialization Leadership Forum $50,000
University of California, Irvine Dr. LESLIE M Thompson Conference II Advanced Therapies and Stem Cells for Huntington’s disease $27,388
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli Conference II 14th Annual California ALS Research Summit $50,000
University of Southern California Dr. Yang Chai Conference II 2023 Dental, Oral, & Craniofacial Tissue Regeneration Consortium (DOCTRC) 4th Annual Joint Retreat/Conference $47,538
Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology Terry Sheppard Conference II Stem Cell Models for Embryology $42,794
Midwinter Conference of Immunologists Dr. Christel H. Uittenbogaart Conference II 62nd Midwinter Conference of Immunologists $49,325
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Alan S Wayne Conference II The American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT)/The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) 6th International Conference on Relapse after Transplant and Cellular Therapy $50,000
Global Genes Nicole Boice Conference II Global Genes Rare Advocacy Summit $50,000
Scripps Health Dr. Christopher Marsh Conference II IPITA-IXA-CTRMS Joint Congress $50,000
Stanford University Dr Ngan F Huang Conference II Bay Area Stanford Regenerative Medicine Conference for Students—A TERMIS-AM Ambassador’s Conference $3,320
Chardan Alexandra Hayat Conference II 2nd Annual SPICI Symposium (Smart People in Cellular Immunotherapy) $0
University of Southern California Qifa Zhou Conference II The 15th International Conference on the Ultrasound Engineering and Biomedical Applications $21,165
University of California, San Francisco Professor Jeffrey Charles Lotz Conference II 2023 Center for Dental, Oral, & Craniofacial Tissue & Organ Regeneration (C-DOCTOR) Annual Spring Conference $30,250
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Ioana C Hone Conference II 1st Annual Spinal Cord Injury Investor Symposium (SCIIS) $50,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli Conference II 1st Annual Greater Los Angeles Regenerative Medicine Summit $30,949
Stanford University Dr. Everett H. Meyer Conference II Cellular Immune Tolerance Symposium $31,225
University of California, Berkeley John Dueber Conference II BIC 2023 – 23rd Annual UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium $49,994
Stanford University Dr. Joseph C. Wu Conference II Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium 2023 $50,000
University of California, Irvine Dr. Mathew Blurton-Jones Conference II ALSP Community Conference: Insights and Potential of Cell-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Leukodystrophies $40,499
The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy Eddie Hopkins Conference II The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy: 26th Annual Meeting $50,000
International Society for Stem Cell Research Chris Barry Conference II ISSCR Nucleus Forum 2023 $25,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli Conference II 13th Annual California ALS Research Summit $50,000
Midwinter Conference of Immunologists Dr. Christel H. Uittenbogaart Conference II 61st Midwinter Conference of Immunologists $48,566
University of California, San Francisco Rong Wang Conference II 22nd International Vascular Biology Meeting $50,000
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli Conference II Advances in Therapeutic Applications of Stem Cells $50,000
Biomedical Engineering Society Charity Quick Conference II 2023 BMES-CMBE Annual Meeting: “Cell State Transitions in Health, Disease, and Regeneration” $22,000
RARE-X Nicole Boice Conference II RARE-X User’s Summit – Patients’ Data Powering Progress $50,000
Summit for Stem Cell Foundation Melissa King Conference II Summit Live Continuing Medical Education (CME) Webinar Series: Educating Medical Professionals, Patient Advocates and the Public About Evidence-Based Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells $50,000
University of California, Santa Barbara Beth Pruitt Conference II BIC 2022 – 22nd Annual UC Systemwide Symposium on BioEngineering and Biotechnology Industry Showcase at UCSB $50,000
International Society for Stem Cell Research Jack Mosher Conference II ISSCR Standards on Stem Cell Research $8,985
International Society for Stem Cell Research Chris Barry Conference II ISSCR 2022 Annual Meeting $50,000
Stanford University Dr. Joseph C. Wu Conference II Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium 2022 $29,408
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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