Conference – The 2020 Grantee Meeting
Objective
The mission of California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) is to accelerate stem cell therapies to patients with unmet medical needs.
The objective of this request for applications (RFA) is to solicit a highly qualified applicant to assist CIRM in the planning and execution the 2020 CIRM Grantee Meeting. CIRM proposes to convene a meeting of grantees in the Fall of 2020 to discuss advances and progress in the field of stem cell research in California and to hear from the investigators, trainees, and patients who have contributed to advancement of the field. The meeting will invite CIRM grantees, members of the CIRM Governing Board, patient advocates, interested funding organizations and stakeholders, and the public. The meeting would seek to achieve the following:
- Provide a public forum to learn about the most recent advances in stem cell research in California.
- Present patient perspectives addressing how CIRM-funded studies could affect unmet medical needs.
- Encourage the sharing of information to foster collaboration, learning, and potential partnership opportunities.
- Present work from CIRM trainees to senior investigators.
The two-day meeting will host approximately 400 attendees and will be take place in
California.
Please see our Funding Opportunities page for more details