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.
All CIRM Grants
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| Institution |
Researcher name |
Grant Type |
Grant Title |
Award Value |
| Brain Neurotherapy Bio |
Krystof S. Bankiewicz |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 1b Safety Study for MRI guided delivery of AAV2-GDNF for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease |
$5,460,462 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr. Sophie X Deng |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Safety and Feasibility of Cultivated Autologous Limbal Stem Cells for Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency |
$10,301,486 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Clive Svendsen |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Clinical Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of Subretinal Injection of Human Neural Progenitor Cells for Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa |
$10,444,063 |
| City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute |
Dr Jana Portnow |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase I Study of Chimeric Antigen Receptor Engineered Stem/Memory T Cells for the Treatment of HER2-Positive Brain Metastases |
$8,090,000 |
| Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
Dr. Kinnari Patel |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
LADICell |
$5,867,085 |
| University of California, San Diego |
Dr. Stephanie Cherqui |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Phase 1/2 study for autologous human CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells ex vivo transduced with pCCL-CTNS lentiviral vector for treatment of Cystinosis. |
$11,999,944 |
| jCyte, Inc |
Henry John Klassen |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 2 Study of the Safety of Repeat Intravitreal Injection of Human Retinal Progenitor Cells (jCell) in Adult Subjects with Retinitis Pigmentosa |
$5,175,000 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Peter Stock |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Pancreatic Islets and Parathyroid Gland Co-transplantation for Treatment of Diabetes in the Intra-Muscular Site: PARADIGM |
$11,083,012 |
| Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. |
Wendy Pang |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy free transplants |
$2,313,398 |
| Stanford University |
Dr. Judith A Shizuru |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy free transplants |
$1,113,487 |
| Stanford University |
Dr. Everett H. Meyer |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Induction of Tolerance by Combinatorial Therapy w/ Donor Stem Cells and Expanded Recipient Treg cells in HLA-mismatched Kidney Transplant Recipients |
$11,955,585 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Theodore Scott Nowicki |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Genetic Modification of Stem Cells and T cells to Activate the Immune System to Target Solid Tumors |
$4,230,000 |
| Angiocrine Bioscience, Inc. |
Dr. Edward Kavalerchik |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
AB-205-001 Phase 1b Trial and Related Activities to Support Clinical Development of AB-205 |
$6,192,579 |
| Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. |
Bettina Cockroft |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 1/2 Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of ST-400 Autologous HSPC Transplant in Transfusion-dependent β-Thalassemia |
$5,150,000 |
| City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute |
Dr. De-Fu Zeng |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Treatment of sickle cell disease by induction of mixed chimerism and immune tolerance using CD4+ T-depleted haploidentical blood stem cell transplant |
$4,323,413 |
| Stanford University |
Dr. David B. Miklos |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Phase 1 Study of CD19/CD22 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells in Adults with Recurrent or Refractory B Cell Malignancies |
$11,034,982 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Mort Cowan |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Gene Transfer for Artemis-Deficient Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Using a Lentiviral Vector to Transduce Autologous CD34 Hematopoietic Stem Cells |
$12,000,000 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Steven M. Dubinett M.D. |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A phase I trial of intratumoral administration of CCL21-gene modified dendritic cell (DC) combined with intravenous pembrolizumab for advanced NSCLC |
$10,955,315 |
| Medeor Acquisition Corp. |
Daniel Brennan |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Cellular Immunotherapy for Induction of Immune Tolerance in HLA Matched Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients |
$11,217,155 |
| Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. |
Rajesh Belani MD |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Clinical Study of T stem cell memory (Tscm)-based CAR-T cells in Patients with Multiple Myeloma |
$19,813,407 |
| Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles |
Michael A. Pulsipher |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Antiviral Cellular Therapy for Enhancing T-cell Reconstitution Before or After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (ACES) |
$4,825,587 |
| Calibr |
Dr. Kristen A Johnson |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Evaluation of the Safety and Tolerability of KA34 in a Phase 1, Double-Blind, Dose Escalation Trial in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis |
$8,447,523 |
| Angiocrine Bioscience, Inc. |
Dr. Edward Kavalerchik |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
AB-110-001 Phase 1b Trial and Related Activities to Support Clinical Development of AB-110 |
$5,000,000 |
| SanBio, Inc. |
Dr. Bijan Nejadnik |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Double-Blind, Controlled Ph 2b Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Modified Stem Cells in Patients with Chronic Motor Deficit from Ischemic Stroke |
$18,970,000 |
| City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute |
Dr. Christine E. Brown |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Phase I Study of Chimeric Antigen Receptor Engineered Central Memory T cells for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma |
$12,753,854 |
| University of California, San Diego |
Thomas J Kipps |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 1b/2a Study of the ROR1-Targeting Monoclonal Antibody, Cirmtuzumab, and the Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Ibrutinib, in B-Cell Cancers |
$18,292,674 |
| Forty Seven Inc. |
Mark Chao |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Phase 1b Trial of Hu5F9-G4 Monotherapy or Hu5F9-G4 in Combination with Azacitidine in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndrome |
$0 |
| BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics |
Dr. Ralph Kern |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 3, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Multicenter Study to Evaluate Efficacy & Safety of Repeated Administrations of NurOwn® in Patients with ALS |
$15,912,390 |
| Caladrius Biosciences |
Dr. William Sietsema |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Phase 2 Safety and Efficacy Study of CLBS03 Autologous T-Regulatory Cells in Adolescents with Recent Onset Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus |
$8,175,946 |
| jCyte, Inc |
Henry John Klassen |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Phase 2b Clinical Study of Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Injection of Retinal Progenitor Cells (jCell) for Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa |
$8,295,750 |
| Humacyte, Inc. |
Jeffrey Lawson |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 3 Study Comparing the Utility of Human Acellular Vessels to Arteriovenous Fistula in Subjects with End-Stage Renal Disease (California Sites) |
$3,525,000 |
| ViaCyte, Inc. |
Manasi Jaiman |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Clinical trial of directly vascularized islet cell replacement therapy for high-risk type 1 diabetes |
$13,607,002 |
| Forty Seven Inc. |
Mark Chao |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 1b/2 Trial of the Anti-CD47 Antibody Hu5F9-G4 in Combination with Cetuximab in Patients with Solid Tumors and Advanced Colorectal Cancer |
$0 |
| Nohla Therapeutics Inc |
Dr. Colleen Delaney |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase 2 Open-Label, Multi-Center, Randomized, Controlled, Optimal Dose-Finding Study of DCC-UCB in Adults Receiving High Dose Chemotherapy for AML |
$4,310,000 |
| St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
Stephen Gottschalk |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Infants with X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency using Autologous Bone Marrow Stem Cells and Busulfan Conditioning |
$5,118,785 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Dr. Michael I Lewis |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treated with Cardiosphere-Derived Allogeneic Stem Cells |
$7,354,772 |
| Stanford University |
Dr Robert Lowsky |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Induction of Tolerance to Combined Kidney and Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplants from HLA Haplotype Matched Living Donors |
$6,653,266 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr. Donald B. Kohn PhD |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Efficacy and safety of cryopreserved autologous CD34+ HSC transduced with EFS lentiviral vector encoding for human ADA gene in ADA-SCID subjects |
$5,827,000 |
| Orchard Therapeutics plc |
Leslie Meltzer |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Efficacy and safety of cryopreserved autologous CD34+ HSC transduced with EFS lentiviral vector encoding for human ADA gene in ADA-SCID subjects |
$2,638,745 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr. Donald B. Kohn PhD |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Efficacy and safety of cryopreserved autologous CD34+ HSC transduced with EFS lentiviral vector encoding for human ADA gene in ADA-SCID subjects |
$10,156,925 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Professor Clive Niels Svendsen |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Human Neural Progenitors Secreting Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (CNS10-NPC-GDNF) for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
$6,154,067 |
| University of California, San Francisco |
Dr. Tippi C. MacKenzie |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
In Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation For The Treatment Of Fetuses With Alpha Thalassemia Major |
$9,350,000 |
| Humacyte, Inc. |
Jeffrey Lawson |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Human Acellular Vessel in Patients Needing Renal Replacement Therapy: A Comparison with ePTFE Grafts as Conduits for Hemodialysis (HUMANITY) |
$7,625,000 |
| Capricor, Inc |
Dr. Linda Marban |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Allogeneic Cardiosphere-Derived Cells for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy |
$3,376,259 |
| University of California, Davis |
Dr Mehrdad Abedi |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Stem Cell Gene Therapy for HIV Mediated by Lentivector Transduced, Pre-selected CD34+ Cells in AIDS lymphoma patients |
$8,414,265 |
| ImmunoCellular Therapeutics |
Anthony J. Gringeri |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase III randomized double-blind, controlled study of ICT 107 with maintenance temozolomide (TMZ) in newly diagnosed glioblastoma following resection and concomitant TMZ chemoradiotherapy |
$5,391,016 |
| Caladrius Biosciences |
Robert Dillman |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
Tumor stem cell-targeted immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma –a randomized phase 3 clinical trial. |
$3,000,000 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Dr. Donald B. Kohn PhD |
Clinical Trial Stage Projects |
A Phase I/II, Non Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label Study of G1XCGD (Lentiviral Vector Transduced CD34+ Cells) in Patients With X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease |
$7,083,364 |
| Cure Rare Disease |
Dr. Susan Perlman |
Late Stage Preclinical Projects |
Advancing a novel antisense oligonucleotide for the treatment of SCA3, a devastating neurodegenerative disease |
$5,692,538 |
| University of California, Davis |
Dr. Joseph S Anderson |
Late Stage Preclinical Projects |
Expression of Ube3a by the hematopoietic system for the treatment of Angelman syndrome |
$4,487,656 |
