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$75 MLLION BOOST FOR CALIFORNIA STEM CELL SCIENTISTS - March 16, 2007 - Dale A. Carlson
Just a month after approving nearly $45
million for embryonic stem cell research, California’s stem cell agency
authorized another $75.7 million in additional funds for established
scientists at 12 non-profit and academic institutions. The 29-member
Independent Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC), governing board of the
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), today approved
29 Comprehensive Research Grants for approximately $74.6 million over
four years, to accomplished stem cell investigators at academic and
non-profit research centers throughout the state. The grants were
selected from 70 applications from researchers at 23 institutions, who
sought more than $175 million in CIRM funding. "This time of the year
new life and new hope seem to be everywhere you look," said Fabian
Nœ–ez, Speaker of the California State Assembly. "With these new
grants, California is continuing on the path of turning the hope and
promise of stem cell research into the reality of therapies and cures
for millions of Californians and people across the globe...read full transcript
CIRM: 210 King Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 _ Phone: (415) 396-9100_E-Mail: info@cirm.ca.gov
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