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
ViaCyte, Inc. Allan Robins Disease Team Research I Cell Therapy for Diabetes $0
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Eduardo Marbán Disease Team Research I Autologous cardiac-derived cells for advanced ischemic cardiomyopathy $5,560,232
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Mitchel S Berger Disease Team Research I Stem Cell-Mediated Oncocidal Gene Therapy of Glioblastoma (GBM) $6,214,914
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Prof. Karen S Aboody M.D. Disease Team Research I Stem Cell-mediated Therapy for High-grade Glioma: Toward Phase I-II Clinical Trials $17,890,623
Stanford University Dr. Alfred T Lane Disease Team Research I iPS Cell-Based Treatment of Dominant Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa $11,039,208
Stanford University Professor Irving L Weissman MD Disease Team Research I Development of Therapeutic Antibodies Targeting Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells $18,759,276
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Dennis J Slamon Disease Team Research I Therapeutic Opportunities To Target Tumor Initiating Cells in Solid Tumors $19,979,660
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Prof. John A. Zaia Disease Team Research I ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE-BASED STEM CELL THERAPY FOR AIDS $14,536,969
University of Southern California Mark Salman Humayun Disease Team Research I Stem cell based treatment strategy for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) $18,904,916
University of California, San Diego Dr. Dennis A Carson Disease Team Research I Development of Highly Active Anti-Leukemia Stem Cell Therapy (HALT) $19,999,826
University of California, San Diego Dr. Gene Wei-Ming Yeo Basic Biology I RNA Binding Protein-mediated Post-transcriptional Networks Regulating HPSC Pluripotency $1,308,901
University of California, San Diego Karl H. Willert Basic Biology I WNT signaling and the control of cell fate decisions in human pluripotent stem cells. $1,329,298
University of California, Davis Dr. Min Zhao Basic Biology I Directing migration of human stem cells with electric fields $816,228
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Michael A. Teitell Basic Biology I Mitochondrial Metabolism in hESC and hiPSC Differentiation, Reprogramming, and Cancer $1,323,029
University of Southern California Dr. Martin Pera Basic Biology I The stem cell microenvironment in the maintenance of pluripotency and reprogramming $1,325,723
Stanford University Dr. Julien Sage Basic Biology I The retinoblastoma (RB) gene family in cellular reprogramming $1,357,085
Stanford University Dr. Susan K McConnell Basic Biology I Identification and characterization of human ES-derived DA neuronal subtypes $1,404,853
University of California, Los Angeles Bennett G Novitch Basic Biology I Molecular Characterization of hESC and hIPSC-Derived Spinal Motor Neurons $1,228,278
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Robb Maclellan Dr. Basic Biology I Human Cardiovascular Progenitors, their Niches and Control of Self-renewal and Cell Fate $917,667
University of Southern California Dr. Wange Lu Basic Biology I Defining the molecular mechanisms of somatic cell reprogramming $1,365,580
Stanford University Professor Helen M. Blau PhD Basic Biology I Molecular Mechanisms of Reprogramming towards Pluripotency $1,408,332
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Basic Biology I Molecular Characterization and Functional Exploration of Hemogenic Endothelium $1,371,477
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor – UCLA Medical Center Dr. Virender K. Rehan M.D. Research Training Grant Stem Cell Training Program at the Lundquist Institute $5,349,109
University of California, Irvine Dr. Peter J Donovan Research Training Grant CIRM Scholars Comprehensive Research Training Program $5,373,742
University of California, Santa Barbara Dr. Dennis O. Clegg Dr. Research Training Grant CIRM Training Program in Stem Cell Biology and Engineering $2,298,239
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Dr. Evan Y. Snyder Research Training Grant A Multidisciplinary Stem Cell Training Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Institute, A Critical Component of the La Jolla Mesa Educational Network $5,289,413
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Robert Blelloch MD, PHD. Research Training Grant Scholars Research Training Program in Regenerative Medicine, Gene Therapy, and Stem Cell Research $5,373,742
Scripps Research Institute Peter G. Schultz Research Training Grant Training Scholars in Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research $5,304,759
University of California, San Diego Professor Alysson R Muotri Research Training Grant Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Training Grant at UCSD III $5,366,188
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Dr Ching-Ling Lien Ph.D. Research Training Grant CIRM Training Program for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research $5,373,242
University of California, Davis Dr Jan A Nolta Research Training Grant CIRM Cell and Gene Therapy Training Program 2.0 $5,013,550
University of California, Berkeley Dirk Hockemeyer Research Training Grant Training the Next Generation of Biologists and Engineers for Regenerative Medicine $5,327,980
Stanford University Tushar Desai Research Training Grant CIRM Scholar Training Program $5,347,815
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr. Michael E. Barish Ph, D. Research Training Grant Research Training Program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine $5,234,731
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Dr. Bruce R. Conklin Research Training Grant CIRM Regenerative Medicine Research Training Program $5,373,742
University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Camilla Forsberg Research Training Grant CIRM Training Program in Systems Biology of Stem Cells $5,278,566
University of Southern California Dr. Francesca Mariani Research Training Grant Training Program Bridging Stem Cell Research with Clinical Applications in Regenerative Medicine $5,373,742
University of California, Los Angeles William Lowry Research Training Grant UCLA Training Program in Stem Cell Biology $5,373,742
The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Riverside Campus Dr. Prue Talbot Research Training Grant TRANSCEND – Training Program to Advance Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Research, Education, and Workforce Diversity $5,344,306
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli Research Training Grant CIRM Training Program in Translational Regenerative Medicine $5,373,075
University of California, San Diego Dr. Steven F Dowdy Discovery Research Projects Development of Anti-COVID RNAi Therapeutics Using Human iPSC-Derived Alveolar Epithelial Cells $150,000
Celularity Inc. William van der Touw Clinical Trial Stage Projects A phase I/II study of human placental hematopoietic stem cell derived natural killer cells (CYNK-001) for the treatment of adults with COVID-19 $315,000
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Michael Matthay MD Clinical Trial Stage Projects Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for ARDS (COVID positive and COVID negative) $699,798
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Prof. John A. Zaia Clinical Trial Stage Projects Evaluation and Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Antibody in Convalescent Volunteer Plasma Donors for Potential Therapeutic Use $999,999
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami PhD Therapeutic Translational Research Projects COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy to Block Direct Cell Injury and Associated Tissue Damage $349,999
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Dr. Evan Y. Snyder Discovery Research Projects Using hiPSC-derived lung organoids, a clinically-relevant system, to validate & winnow a list of approved drugs that inhibit SARS-CoV-2 cytopathy $219,006
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Lili Yang Discovery Research Projects Battling COVID-19 Using Off-The-Shelf HSC-Engineered iNKT Cells $250,000
University of Southern California Preet M Chaudhary Discovery Research Projects Chimeric Antigen Receptor Targeting Spike Glycoprotein of SARS-cov2 $248,125
University of California, San Diego Dr Karen Christman Discovery Research Projects Pro-healing biomaterial for treating lung inflammation associated with COVID-19 $221,758
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr Jianhua Yu Discovery Research Projects Persistent Off-the-Shelf meACE2-CAR-IL-15 NK Cells Derived from CD34(+) Cord Blood Stem Cells to Prevent and Treat COVID-19 $150,000
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