This research was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, and the Grand Challenges Program at Princeton University.
The Bloomfield Hills couple has formed the Robert and Marge
Alpern Stem Cell Research Fund at the University of Michigan through a significant gift to the school.
Prof. Orly Reiner's research is supported by the Helen and Martin Kimmel Institute for Stem Cell Research; the Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases; the Kekst Family Institute for Medical Genetics; the Dr. Beth Rom -
Rymer Stem Cell Research Fund; the Dears Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lowenthal; the estate of David Georges Eskinazi; and the estate of Jacqueline Hodes.
This paper continues the investigation
of stem cell research funding in the United States by examining the funding patterns at the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission.
Experiments published in Zambidis» Circulation article were funded by grants from the
Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (HL099775, HL100397), National Eye Institute (EY09357), National Cancer Institute (CA60441); and Research to Prevent Blindness.
In the following years, advocates were also actively engaged in Washington, D.C, encouraging policymakers to broaden
embryonic stem cell research funding, which was ultimately passed after President Barack Obama came into office.
This work was supported by grants from Maryland
State Stem Cell Research Fund (grant numbers 2011 - MSCRFII - 0088 and 2011 - MSCRFE - 0087) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (grant numbers 2R01 HL - 073781, U01 HL107446 and T32 HL007525 - 31).
Co-organizers are the Regenerative Medicine Foundation, Karolinska Institute, Maryland
Stem Cell Research Fund / TEDCO, Mayo Clinic, The New York Stem Cell Foundation, Nova Southeastern University and NSU Cell Therapy Institute, The Cure Alliance, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Florida Center for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Maryland is also one of a handful of states to provide public funds for stem cell research, through its Maryland
Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF).
The study was funded by Florida State University; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (grant numbers AI119530 and AI111250), the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (grant numbers NS048271, NS095348, NS047344, NS051630 and NS079625); and the Maryland
Stem Cell Research Fund.
The Maryland
Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) has awarded two rounds of grants since the Charlotte Lozier Institute last analyzed the Fund's pattern of grant making for stem cell research, in the fall of 2013.
State officials who run
the stem cell research fund say they're trying to emphasize collaboration between academics and companies to accelerate the pace of development.