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.

All CIRM Grants

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Institution Researcher name Grant Type Grant Title Award Value
University of California, Irvine Momoko Watanabe Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Generation of cortical organoids with tunable areal identities by spatial engineering of morphogens $0
Solano Community College James DeKloe COMPASS Training Grant IDEA-CBMS – Increase Diversity, Equity, and Advancement in Cell Based Manufacturing Sciences $2,777,358
University of Southern California Dr. Senta Georgia COMPASS Training Grant USC COMPASS: Guiding Undergraduates to Careers in Regenerative Medicine $2,899,999
University of California, Berkeley John Matsui COMPASS Training Grant The COMPASS Scholars Program – Developing Today’s Untapped Talent into Tomorrow’s STEM Cell Researchers $2,768,725
University of California, Los Angeles Tracy L Johnson COMPASS Training Grant COMPASS: Accelerating Stem Cell Research by Educating and Empowering New Stem Cell Researchers $2,910,000
University of California, Santa Barbara Dr. Dennis O. Clegg Dr. COMPASS Training Grant Training and mentorship program in stem cell biology and engineering: A COMPASS for the future $2,746,000
Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Kristen OHalloran Cardinal COMPASS Training Grant A COMPASS to guide the growth of a diverse regenerative medicine workforce that represents California and benefits the world $2,877,792
University of California, Merced Dr. Kara E McCloskey COMPASS Training Grant Training Undergraduates in Stem Cell Engineering and Biology (TUSCEB) $2,909,999
San Francisco State University Dr. Lily Chen COMPASS Training Grant Inclusive Pathways for a Stem Cell Scholar (iPSCS) Undergraduate Training Program $2,845,000
California State University San Marcos Corporation Dr. Bianca Romina Mothé COMPASS Training Grant COMPASS Program for Southern California Hispanic Serving Institution $2,736,800
The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge David G. Bermudes COMPASS Training Grant CSUN CIRM COMPASS Training Program (N-COMPASS) $2,428,188
Cal State Univ, San Bernadino Daniel Nickerson COMPASS Training Grant Student Pluripotency: Realizing Untapped Undergraduate Potential in Regenerative Medicine $2,889,261
Cal State Fullerton Alison Miyamoto COMPASS Training Grant COMPASS: an inclusive Pipeline for Research and Other Stem cell-based Professions in Regenerative medicine (iPROSPR) $2,760,385
University of California, Irvine Dr. Brian J. Cummings COMPASS Training Grant Research Mentorship Program in Regenerative Medicine Careers for a Diverse Undergraduate Student Body $2,680,400
The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Riverside Campus Dr. Huinan Hannah Liu COMPASS Training Grant Research Training and Mentorship Program to Inspire Diverse Undergraduates toward Regenerative Medicine Careers (RAMP) $2,910,000
University of California, Davis Dr. Alice F Tarantal COMPASS Training Grant COMPASS Undergraduate Program $2,788,704
MiraCosta College Dr. Michael Fino COMPASS Training Grant Increase Diversity, Equity, and Advancement in Cell Based Manufacturing Sciences (IDEA-CBMS) $2,878,000
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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