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
University of California, San Francisco Tomasz Nowakowski Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Identifying roadblocks to neural stem cell transplantation into human tissues. $1,551,394
Scripps Research Institute Xin Jin Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Functional genomics to study cellular convergence across ASD risk genes in neurodevelopment $1,575,001
University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Gay M Crooks Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Engineering pluripotent stem cells for universally available, off-the-shelf T cell therapies $1,352,753
University of California, San Diego Dr. Alon Goren Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Establishment of a novel approach to systematically study the dynamic organization of protein complexes in stem cells $1,515,601
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Elizabeth Crouch Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Harnessing vascular stem cells to grow and protect the human brain $1,391,998
University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Camilla Forsberg Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Determining how age-specific heterogeneity of human hematopoietic stem cells and megakaryocyte progenitors contribute to thrombotic disease upon aging $1,336,800
University of California, San Francisco Yin Shen PhD Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Understanding Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Mechanisms using CRISPRi and Chemical Screens in Human iPSC-Derived Sensory Neurons $1,621,913
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Dmitriy Sheyn Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects The role of WNT and BMP signaling pathways in iPSC to iTenocyte step-wise differentiation for tendon repair $1,516,563
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Julia Kaye Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Developing a Human Model of Sporadic ALS Using Machine Learning and Robotic Microscopy $1,406,622
Greenstone Biosciences, Inc. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Drug Discovery for Dilated Cardiomyopathy using Patient-Derived Human iPSCs $1,350,000
Stanford University Dr. Marius Wernig MD, PhD Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Developing a microglia replacement therapy $1,378,365
University of California, San Diego Heidi Cook-Andersen Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Towards a trophectoderm stem-cell model representing human blastocysts of the highest implantation potential $1,584,000
University of California, San Diego Dr. Alexis Komor Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Development of a stem-cell based approach to interpret global effects of genetic variants contributing to neurodevelopmental disease risk $1,518,982
University of California, San Francisco Dr. Robert Blelloch MD, PHD. Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Development of universal off-the-shelf iPSC derived dendritic cells for use as patient specific anti-tumor vaccine $1,391,999
University of California, Berkeley Dr. Michael P. Rapé Dr. Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Control of OCT4 abundance and function in human stem cells $1,234,023
University of California, San Francisco Harold A. Chapman Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Modulation of human alveolar stem cells to promote lung regeneration and avoid pulmonary fibrosis $1,626,001
University of California, Los Angeles Dr Melissa Jan Spencer Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Engineering AAV capsids for transduction of neural and muscle stem cells $999,999
University of California, San Diego Francesca Soncin Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Drivers of trophoblast stem/progenitor cell identity in human placenta $993,881
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
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 $228,229
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
Stanford University Dr. Albert J Wong Discovery Research Projects Identifying HLA Class I Restricted Peptides That Induce CD8+ T Cells Against SARS-CoV-2 $249,999
Stanford University Dr. Helen M Blau Discovery Research Projects Application of PGE2/BPV, a muscle stem cell targeting therapeutic, to the treatment of COVID-19 associated diaphragm atrophy $149,996
University of Southern California Dr. Justin K Ichida Discovery Research Projects Development of a novel PIKFYVE kinase inhibitor for the treatment of COVID-19 $140,067
University of California, Los Angeles Prof. Song Li Discovery Research Projects Biomaterial vaccine to enhance the formation of SARS-CoV-2-specific T memory stem cells $149,916
University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Gay M Crooks Discovery Research Projects Stem cell-based rapid identification of SARS-CoV-2 T cell epitopes and T cell receptors for therapeutic use $126,692
Scripps Research Institute Stuart A Lipton Discovery Research Projects Repurposing Aminoadamantane Nitrate Compounds to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Viral Activity and to Protect the Brain from Viral-Related Damage $150,000
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Brigitte N Gomperts Discovery Research Projects Identifying a lead compound for COVID19 using high throughput screening with lung stem cell organoids $149,998
University of California, Irvine Daniela A. Bota Conference – The 2020 Grantee Meeting 2020 CIRM Grantee Meeting $176,762
University of California, Irvine Daniela A. Bota Conference – The Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium 2023 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium $49,512
University of California, Davis Dr Mehrdad Abedi Conference – The Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium CIRM – Leading the New Era of Living Medicines $6,738
Boston Children’s Hospital David Williams Cure Sickle Cell Initiative Clinical Trial Stage Projects Phase 2 Study of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Transfer Inducing Fetal Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell Disease $8,333,581
University of California, San Francisco Mark C. Walters M.D. Cure Sickle Cell Initiative Clinical Trial Stage Projects Transplantation of CRISPR-CAS9 Corrected Hematopoietic Stem Cells (CRISPR_SCD001) in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease $8,389,407
ExCellThera Inc. Dr Pierre Caudrelier Cure Sickle Cell Initiative Clinical Trial Stage Projects A Phase 1 Study of ECT-001 Expanded Cord Blood and Myeloablative Regimen with Reduced Toxicity in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease. $600,000
University of California, San Francisco Mark C. Walters M.D. Conference – The 2019 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium 2019 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Symposium – Mending Stem Cells: The Past, Present & Future Regenerative Medicine $60,000
University of California, Los Angeles John S. Adams Conference – The 2018 Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Annual Symposium Delivery of Stem Cell Therapeutics to Patients $60,000
International Alliance for Biological Standardization Dr. Anthony Lubiniecki Conference – Manage a Symposium on Pluripotent Stem Cell Manufacturing Basis of Standardization for Cell Therapies $100,000
University of California, Irvine Daniela A. Bota Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network Expansion A hub and spoke community model to equitably deliver regenerative medicine therapies to diverse populations across four California counties $8,000,000
University of Southern California Thomas Buchanan Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network Expansion Alpha Clinic Network Expansion for Cell and Gene Therapies $7,999,983
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Noah Carvajal Federman Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network Expansion Expansion of the Alpha Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Clinic at UCLA $8,000,000
University of California, San Diego Catriona Jamieson Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network Expansion UC San Diego Health CIRM Alpha Stem Cell Clinic $8,000,000
University of California, Davis Dr Mehrdad Abedi Alpha Stem Cell Clinics Network Expansion Alpha Stem Cell Clinic for Northern and Central California $7,999,997
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