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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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University of California, San Diego Dan S Kaufman Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Natural Killer Cells for Cancer Treatment $3,260,000

University of California, San Diego Catriona Jamieson Therapeutic Translational Research Projects A Splicing Modulator Targeting Cancer Stem Cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia $2,511,767

Stanford University Dr. Anthony E. Oro Therapeutic Translational Research Projects DEBCT: Genetically Corrected, Induced Pluripotent Cell-Derived Epithelial Sheets for Definitive Treatment of Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa $5,107,353

University of California, San Diego Ezra Cohen Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Development of ROR1 CAR-T cells to target cancer stem cells in advanced malignancies $5,795,584

University of California, San Diego Dr Karen Christman Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Injectable pro-regenerative scaffold for treating symptomatic peripheral artery disease $2,839,317

Gladstone Institutes, J. David Dr. Yadong Huang Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Human iPSC-derived GABAergic Progenitors for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment $1,900,000

University of California, San Francisco Mark C. Walters M.D. Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Curing Sickle cell Disease with CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing $60,635

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Dr. Mark C. Walters M.D. Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Curing Sickle cell Disease with CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing $4,394,276

University of Southern California Dr. Denis A Evseenko Dr. Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Pluripotent stem cell-derived chondrocytes for articular cartilage repair $2,503,104

Ankasa Regenerative Therapeutics, Inc. Ying Zhu Therapeutic Translational Research Projects An autologous somatic stem cell therapy for the treatment of osteonecrosis $2,088,780

University of California, Davis Dr. William J Murphy Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Placental Derived Natural Killer Cells to Target Solid Tumor Cancer Stem Cells (CSC) $0

University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Peter Cawood Butler Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Personalized Cell Therapy for Diabetes $1,494,896

Semma Therapeutics Dr. Felicia Pagliuca Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Personalized Cell Therapy for Diabetes $597,333

University of California, San Diego Dr. Lawrence S. B. Goldstein Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Neural Stem Cell Transplants in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis $1,790,000

University of California, Los Angeles Dr. Lili Yang Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Stem Cell-Based iNKT Cell Therapy for Cancer $6,956,775

City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr. Yanhong Shi Ph.D. Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Process development for establishing an iPSC-based therapeutic candidate for Canavan disease $7,377,384

Stanford University Dr. Albert J Wong Therapeutic Translational Research Projects 2nd Generation Vaccine for the Treatment of Glioblastoma $2,929,889

University of California, Davis Dr. Joseph S Anderson Therapeutic Translational Research Projects Overexpression of HexA/HexB by lentivector expression in blood cells to treat Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease $883,174

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Dr. Mark R Frey Therapeutic Translational Research Projects ASCENT- Advanced Stem Cell Enteric Neuropathy Therapy $7,077,352

The Regents of the University of California on behalf of its Riverside Campus Dr. Huinan Hannah Liu SPARK Summer Training and Research Inspiration for Diverse Pipeline Engagement toward Advancing Stem Cell Treatment (STRIDE) $507,560

University of California, San Francisco Katherine Nielsen SPARK Stem Cell Summer Research Experiences $508,750

Stanford University Paul J. Utz SPARK Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine- High School Summer Research Internship $490,458

University of California, Davis Dr. Fernando A Fierro PhD SPARK Internship at a Cutting Edge CIRM-funded Stem Cell Research Facility $499,573

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Dolores Caffey-Fleming SPARK Exposing Students to Regenerative Medicine (ExStRM) $482,730

Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Dr. Mark R Frey SPARK Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Summer Internships for High School Students from Under-Served Communities $508,750

University of California, San Diego James Murphy SPARK Summer Program To Accelerate Regenerative Medicine Knowledge (SPARK) $488,621

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanjeev Ranade SPARK Stem Cells & STEM Education – a Summer Internship Program for California High School Students $509,000

City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr. David Kong Ann SPARK Train, Educate, and Accelerate Mastery of Stem cell research (TEAMS) program $505,933

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Ellen B Fung SPARK Supporting Underrepresented STudents Adapting to Change: Summer Program to Accelerate Regenerative Medicine Knowledge (SUSTAIN a SPARK) $254,964

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli SPARK Mentored High School Summer Research Program $508,750

California Institute of Technology Dr. Henry A. Lester SPARK CIRM Early Investigators High School Stem Cell Research Program $132,717

Stanford University Paul J. Utz SPARK Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine- Summer Research Internship $350,482

University of California, San Francisco Katherine Nielsen SPARK Developing High School Students’ Research Practices and Regenerative Medicine Knowledge through a Summer Intern Program $382,430

University of California, Davis Gerhard Gerhard Bauer SPARK Internship at a Cutting Edge CIRM-funded Stem Cell Research Facility $360,573

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Wafa Tawackoli SPARK Mentored High School Summer Research Program $296,628

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Ellen B Fung SPARK Leveraging Investment in hiGHschool Training: Summer Program to Accelerate Regenerative medicine Knowledge (LIGHT a SPARK) $226,519

City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute Dr. Paul M. Salvaterra SPARK SPARK Award Program in Stem Cell Biology for California High School Students $241,080

Berkeley City College Dr. Barbara Des Rochers Bridges CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy $2,756,922

Cal State Univ, Fullerton Dr. Nilay V Patel Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research and Therapy: A Talent Development Program for Training Diverse Undergraduates for Careers in Regenerative Medicine $3,530,873

City College Of San Francisco Dr. Carin Zimmerman Bridges Building Career Pathways into Stem Cell Research and Therapy Development $2,664,812

Cal Poly Corporation, an Auxiliary of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Trevor Cardinal Bridges Training Masters Students to Advance the Regenerative Medicine Field $3,276,500

Cal State Univ, San Bernadino Dr. Nicole Bournias-Vardiabasis Bridges Stem Cell Scholars: a workforce development pipeline, educating, training and engaging students from basic research to clinical translation. $3,606,500

The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge Dr. Cindy S Malone Bridges CSUN CIRM Bridges3.0 Stem Cell Research & Therapy Training Program $3,605,757

California State University, Channel Islands Dr. Nitika S Parmar Bridges CIRM Graduate Student Training in Stem Cell Sciences in the Stem Cell Technology and Lab Management Emphasis of the MS Biotechnology Program $3,558,692

San Francisco State University Dr. Lily Chen Bridges CIRM Bridges Science Master’s Program $3,606,500

Cal State Univ, Sacramento Kimberly A Mulligan Bridges Strengthening the Pipeline of Master’s-level Scientific and Laboratory Personnel in Stem Cell Research $2,828,738

SJSU Research Foundation Bree Grillo – Hill Bridges Stem Cell Internships in Laboratory-based Learning ( SCILL) continue to expand the scientific workforce for stem cells research and therapies . $3,606,500

Cal State Univ, Long Beach Deborah Fraser Bridges CIRM Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research Biotechnology Training Program $3,250,253

Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation Dr Amy Sprowles Bridges CIRM Bridges 3.0 $3,539,152

San Diego State University Foundation Ralph Feuer Bridges Bridges to Stem Cell Research Internship Program $3,530,717

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