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, San Bernadino Dr. Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis Bridges CSUSB Bridges to Stem Cell Research $2,762,085
Cal State Univ, Sacramento Lisa Hammersley Bridges Strengthening the Pipeline of Masters-level Scientific and Laboratory Personnel in Stem Cell Research $3,057,754
The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge Dr. Cindy S Malone Bridges CSUN-UCLA Bridges to Stem Cell Research $3,814,078
Cal State Fullerton Dr. Nilay V Patel Bridges Stem Cell Training Program at CSU Fullerton – A Bridge to Stem Cell Research $2,764,079
Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Trevor Cardinal Bridges Masters of Science Specialization in Stem Cell Technology $3,480,357
Stanford University Dr. Theo D. Palmer PhD Research Training II Stanford CIRM Training Program $7,017,629
University of California, San Diego Dr Sylvia Evans Research Training II Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Training Program at UCSD II $7,432,600
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Dr. David Warburton Research Training II CHLA Stem Cell Training Grant $5,020,920
University of California, Los Angeles Kenneth Dorshkind Research Training II UCLA CIRM Research Training Program II $7,790,488
Scripps Research Institute Dr. Ulrich Mueller Research Training II Training Stem Cell Researchers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface $3,697,326
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Dr Alessandra Sacco Research Training II Type III CIRM Stem Cell Research Training Program $2,781,376
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Dr. Robert W Mahley Research Training II Gladstone CIRM Scholars Program $4,869,300
Buck Institute for Age Research Dr. Xianmin Zeng Research Training II CIRM Research Training Program in Stem Cells and Aging $1,472,416
University of California, Davis Dr. Frederick J Meyers MD Research Training II UC Davis Stem Cell Training Program $4,838,291
University of California, Santa Barbara Dr. Dennis O. Clegg Research Training II Training Program in Stem Cell Biology and Engineering $2,448,823
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Susan J Fisher PhD Research Training II Training Program in Stem Cell Research at UCSF $7,814,027
University of California, Berkeley Ellen Robey Research Training II Interdisciplinary Training in Stem Cell Biology, Engineering and Medicine $6,888,557
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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