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
iPierian, Inc. Dr. Irene Griswold-Prenner Basic Biology II Cellular Reprogramming: Dissecting the Molecular Mechanism and Enhancing Efficiency $1,458,000
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research Dr. Tony Wyss-Coray Basic Biology II Systemic Protein Factors as Modulators of the Aging Neurogenic Niche $1,159,806
Stanford University Professor Garry P Nolan Basic Biology II Kinase signaling analysis of iPS cell reprogramming and differentiation $1,343,100
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Benhur Lee Basic Biology II The EphrinB2/EphB4 axis in regulating hESC pluripotency and differentiation $1,371,936
University of California, Davis Dr. Eric A Kurzrock Basic Biology II Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells into Urothelium $849,037
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Yong Kim Basic Biology II Novel Mechanism in Self-Renewal/Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells $1,259,371
University of California, San Diego Dr. Kun-Liang Guan Basic Biology II The function of YAP in human embryonic stem cells $1,245,693
Stanford University Dr. Aaron J Hsueh Basic Biology II Maturation of Human Oocytes for SCNT and Embryonic Stem Cell Derivation $1,309,018
University of California, San Francisco Dr. John L Rubenstein Basic Biology II MGE Enhancers to Select for Interneuron Precursors Produced from Human ES Cells $1,387,800
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Dr. Huei-sheng Vincent Chen Basic Biology II Endothelial cells and ion channel maturation of human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes $1,587,610
University of California, Irvine Dr. Aileen J Anderson Basic Biology II Role of the microenvironment in human iPS and NSC fate and tumorigenesis $1,256,194
Stanford University Dr. Steven Edward Artandi Basic Biology II Self-renewal and senescence in iPS cells derived from patients with a stem cell disease $931,285
Salk Institute for Biological Studies Ronald Mark Evans Basic Biology II Molecular Characterization and Functional Exploration of Nuclear Receptors in hiPSCs $1,712,880
Calimmune, Inc. Geoff Symonds Disease Team Research I GENE-MODIFIED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM/PROGENITOR CELL BASED THERAPY FOR HIV DISEASE $8,278,722
Stanford University Dr. Gary Steinberg Disease Team Research I Embryonic-Derived Neural Stem Cells for Treatment of Motor Sequelae following Sub-cortical Stroke $17,244,851
University of California, San Diego Dr. Lawrence S. B. Goldstein Disease Team Research I Stem Cell-Derived Astrocyte Precursor Transplants in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis $5,694,308
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Donald B. Kohn Disease Team Research I Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease $8,833,695
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Irvin SY Chen Disease Team Research I HPSC based therapy for HIV disease using RNAi to CCR5. $9,905,604
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
Stanford University Xiaojie Qiu Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Mapping and modeling endothelial cell fate decisions for pulmonary arterial hypertension $1,540,798
Gladstone Institutes, J. David Dr. Steve M. Finkbeiner Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Lewy body dementia, 𝛼-synuclein, and cell-specific mechanisms of neurodegeneration $1,739,760
Minutia, Inc. Katy Digovich Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Immune cloaking of human stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells for curative cell therapy without immunosuppression $1,192,586
University of California, San Francisco Tomasz Nowakowski Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Neuroimmune interactions in the developing human brain $1,626,000
University of California, Los Angeles Dr. M. Carrie Miceli Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Interrogating Satellite Cell and Myofiber Defects and Repair in Human DMD using Single Nuclei/Single Cell RNA Sequencing of Muscle Resident Cells $1,578,000
University of California, San Diego Dr Marianna Alperin Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Harnessing the rejuvenating capacity of pregnancy-associated factors to restore aged stem cell function $1,539,520
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Ani Deshpande Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Investigating the SGF29/SAGA complex in regulation of normal and cancer stem cells $1,547,999
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Tyler Mark Pierson Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Modeling of GATAD2B-associated neurodevelopmental disorder and NuRDopathies: Investigation of cellular & molecular anomalies altering neurodevelopment $1,318,441
University of California, Los Angeles Michael F Wells Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Village-based identification of human risk factors for viral neuropathogenesis $1,577,448
City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Qiong Annabel Wang Foundation – Discovery Stage Research Projects Utilizing Age-Specific Adipocyte Progenitor Cells for Cell Therapy in Older Patients $1,508,997
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