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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.

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aa Multiple Diseases (Centers & Resoures) (14)
Age-related macular degeneration (15)
Aging (23)
Alpha Thalassemia Major (5)
Alzheimer's Disease (35)
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (60)
Anemia (11)
Angelman Syndrome (3)
Arthritis (14)
Autism (30)
Autoimmune Disorder (1)
B cell cancers (12)
Beta Thalassemia (5)
Bladder or Urinary Tract Disorder (6)
Blood Cancer (74)
Blood Disorders (119)
Bone Marrow Transplant and Viral Infection (7)
Bone or Cartilage Disease (52)
Brain Cancer (38)
Brain Injury, hypoxic, ischemic (2)
Breast Cancer (12)
Canavan Disease (1)
Cancer (176)
Cartilage defect (4)
Colon Cancer (6)
Corneal Damage (7)
COVID-19 (24)
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Danon Disease (4)
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Developmental Disorders (30)
Diabetes (55)
Diabetic Wounds (2)
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (4)
Epidermolysis Bullosa (3)
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Multiple Myeloma (9)
Multiple Sclerosis (9)
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Muscular Dystrophy (24)
N/A (441)
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Sarcoma (4)
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Skin Disease (21)
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Stroke (29)
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Toxicity (8)
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Traumatic Brain Injury (6)
Type 1 diabetes (23)
Vascular Disease (18)
Vision Loss (71)
Wounds, ulcers (3)
X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease (3)
Zika virus (3)

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4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. (1)
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Adjuvant Partners, LLC (1)
Adverum Biotechnologies Inc. (1)
Ali Nsair (1)
Alliance Forum Foundation (4)
Allogene Therapeutics (1)
Alto Neuroscience (1)
American Association of Blood Banks (2)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (1)
Amplo Biotechnology (1)
Angiocrine Bioscience, Inc. (4)
Ankasa Regenerative Therapeutics, Inc. (2)
Aspen Neuroscience (2)
Aspera Biomedicines, Inc (1)
Axent Biosciences Inc. (1)
Benjamin D. Yu (1)
Berkeley City College (2)
Biocom California Institute (1)
BioEclipse Therapeutics INC. (1)
Biomedical Engineering Society (3)
BioTime, Inc. (1)
Blue Gen Therapeutics Foundation (1)
Bluebird Bio (1)
Boston Children’s Hospital (1)
Brain Mapping Foundation (2)
Brain Neurotherapy Bio, Inc. (1)
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (1)
BrainXell Therapeutics, Inc. (2)
Buck Institute for Age Research (9)
Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (4)
Cal Poly Pomona Foundation (1)
Cal State Fullerton (4)
Cal State Univ, Long Beach (3)
Cal State Univ, Sacramento (3)
Cal State Univ, San Bernadino (4)
Caladrius Biosciences (2)
Calibr (3)
Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc. (1)
California Institute of Technology (6)
California State University San Marcos Corporation (7)
California State University, Channel Islands (3)
Calimmune, Inc. (1)
Capricor, Inc (2)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (48)
Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. (1)
CellFE Biotech (1)
Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. (1)
Cellular Dynamics International (1)
Celularity Inc. (1)
Chardan (1)
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (1)
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (19)
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (2)
Children’s Neurobiological Solutions (CNS) Foundation (1)
City College Of San Francisco (3)
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute (60)
Coast to Coast Conferences & Events (1)
Combangio, Inc. (1)
Community Health System (1)
Cure Rare Disease (2)
Cytonus Therapeutics, Inc. (1)
Defined Biosciences (1)
Elpida Therapeutics (2)
Encoded Therapeutics (1)
Entos Pharmaceuticals (1)
Escape Therapeutics, Inc (1)
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EVERSANA (1)
ExCellThera Inc. (1)
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Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (3)
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Forty Seven Inc. (2)
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Genascence Corporation (1)
Generation STEAM (1)
Geron Corporation (2)
Gladstone Institutes, J. David (41)
Global Genes (1)
GMR Epigenetics (1)
Gordon Research Conferences (3)
Greenstone Biosciences, Inc. (3)
HEALIOS NA, Inc. (1)
Humacyte, Inc. (2)
Human BioMolecular Research Institute (4)
Human Organ Project (1)
Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation (4)
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ImmunoVec (3)
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Intact Therapeutics, Inc. (1)
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International Symposium on Neural Regeneration, Inc. (1)
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Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. (1)
jCyte, Inc. (2)
JDRF International (2)
Juvena Therapeutics Inc. (1)
Kenai Therapeutics (2)
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La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (1)
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (3)
Loma Linda University (3)
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (3)
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor – UCLA Medical Center (6)
Luxa Biotechnology (1)
Mahzi Therapeutics (2)
Maro Bio (1)
MAX BioPharma, Inc. (1)
Medeor Acquisition Corp. (1)
Midwinter Conference of Immunologists (3)
Minutia, Inc. (2)
MiraCosta College (1)
Mohammad Pashmforoush (1)
Mosaic Event Management, Inc. (1)
MyoGene Bio LLC (1)
Nammi Therapeutics, Inc. (1)
Nanotools Bioscience (1)
Navega Therapeutics (4)
Neurona Therapeutics (6)
Nexcella, Inc. (1)
Nohla Therapeutics Inc. (1)
Numerate, Inc. (1)
Nysno Bio (1)
OCTANe Foundation for Innovation (1)
Ocular Research Symposia Foundation, Inc. (1)
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1)
Orchard Therapeutics (1)
Organos, Inc. (1)
Ossium Health, Inc. (1)
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research (7)
Parkinson’s Institute (5)
Pasadena City College (3)
Pathways to Stem Cell Science (1)
Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (2)
Rampart Bioscience (1)
RARE-X (1)
Ray Therapeutics, INC (3)
Regencor, Inc. (1)
Regenerative Patch Technologies LLC (1)
Rejuvenate Bio (1)
Rejuvenation Technologies, Inc. (1)
Replay Holdings, Inc. (1)
Research for Cure (1)
ReviR Therapeutics (1)
Reza Ardehali (1)
Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (3)
Rubedo Life Sciences Inc. (1)
Rumi Scientific CA (1)
RUNX1 Research Program (1)
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (25)
Samumed, LLC (1)
San Diego State University Foundation (5)
San Francisco State University (4)
SanBio, Inc. (1)
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (28)
Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine (8)
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (2)
Savanna Biotherapeutics, Inc. (3)
Scaled Biolabs Inc. (1)
Scribe Therapeutics (2)
Scripps Health (6)
Scripps Research Institute (32)
Senti Biosciences, Inc. (1)
Siren Biotechnology, Inc. (1)
SJSU Research Foundation (3)
Solano Community College (1)
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (1)
Stanford University (186)
StemCells, Inc. (3)
Stone Research Foundation (1)
Summit for Stem Cell Foundation (1)
SynGAP Research Fund (1)
Tachyon Therapeutics, Inc (1)
Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc. (2)
The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (1)
The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Riverside Campus (11)
The Scintillon Institute (2)
The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge (4)
Tippi C. Mackenzie (1)
Tr1X Inc. (2)
TriFoil Imaging, Inc. (1)
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (8)
University of California, Berkeley (35)
University of California, Davis (78)
University of California, Irvine (78)
University of California, Los Angeles (171)
University of California, Merced (8)
University of California, San Diego (144)
University of California, San Francisco (134)
University of California, Santa Barbara (14)
University of California, Santa Cruz (16)
University of Southern California (56)
Vala Sciences, Inc. (1)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (1)
Vertuis Bio, Inc. (1)
ViaCyte, Inc. (9)
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (1)
Vitabolus, Inc. (1)
Vitalant Research Institute (6)
VxBiosciences inc. (1)
Wake Forest University Health Sciences (1)
Western University of Health Sciences (1)
X-Therma Inc. (1)
Zenobia Therapeutics (1)

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Accelerated Development Pathway I (1)
Accelerating Center (1)
Alpha Stem Cell Clinics (3)
Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network Expansion (12)
Basic Biology I (12)
Basic Biology II (16)
Basic Biology III (27)
Basic Biology IV (28)
Basic Biology V (28)
Bridges (16)
Bridges (29)
Clinical Trial Stage Projects (3)
Clinical Trial Stage Projects (103)
COMPASS Training Grant (16)
Comprehensive Grant (29)
Conference (81)
Conference – 2026 CIRM Trainee Network Conference (2)
Conference – 2026 SPARK Annual Meeting (8)
Conference – Lung Regenerative Medicine Workshop (1)
Conference – Manage a Symposium on Pluripotent Stem Cell Manufacturing (1)
Conference – Manage The 2016 Bridges And SPARK Annual Meetings (1)
Conference – Manage The Bridges Annual Meeting (4)
Conference – The 2016 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium (1)
Conference – The 2017 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium (1)
Conference – The 2018 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium (1)
Conference – The 2019 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium (1)
Conference – The Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium (2)
Conference – The 2020 Grantee Meeting (1)
Conference II (84)
Creativity Awards (9)
Cure Sickle Cell Initiative Clinical Trial Stage Projects (3)
Diagnostic Translational Research Projects (3)
Discovery Research Projects (12)
Discovery Research Projects (1)
Disease Team Planning (22)
Disease Team Research I (15)
Disease Team Therapy Development – Research (12)
Disease Team Therapy Development III (6)
Disease Team Therapy Planning I (19)
Early Translational from Disease Team Conversion (3)
Early Translational I (16)
Early Translational II (24)
Early Translational III (21)
Early Translational IV (14)
Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects (62)
Genomics Centers of Excellence Awards (R) (3)
hiPSC Derivation (1)
hPSC Repository (1)
Inception – Discovery Stage Research Projects (39)
iPSC Consortia Award (1)
Late Stage Preclinical Projects (54)
Major Facilities (12)
Manufacturing Network Grant (9)
Medical Device Translational Research Projects (1)
New Cell Lines (18)
New Faculty I (26)
New Faculty II (24)
New Faculty Physician Scientist (15)
Patent Assistance Fund Awards (8)
Preclinical Development Awards (7)
Progression Award – Discovery Stage Research Projects (8)
Quest – Discovery Stage Research Projects (154)
ReMIND – Discovery Stage ReMIND (7)
Research Leadership (14)
Research Training Grant (18)
Research Training II (17)
SEED Grant (74)
Shared Labs (34)
SPARK (18)
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Strategic Partnership II (1)
Strategic Partnership III Track A (2)
Targeted Clinical Development (1)
Therapeutic Translational Research Projects (94)
Therapeutic Translational Research Projects (1)
Tissue Collection for Disease Modeling (7)
Tool Translational Research Projects (8)
Tools and Technologies I (23)
Tools and Technologies II (20)
Tools and Technologies III (22)
Training Grant I-1 (8)
Training Grant I-2 (5)
Training Grant I-3 (3)
Translating Center (1)
Transplantation Immunology (20)