The state agency overseeing the stem cell research mandated by the passage of Proposition 71 has partially funded a series of grants awarded last September, officials from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced today. In all, 16 non-profit institutions in California received $12.1 million to train the next generation of stem cell researchers in the first grants awarded by the California stem cell agency. The UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine (ISCBM) received $1,231,802, the largest amount awarded by CIRM, in the first installment of a $3.75-million training grant approved in September.
