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HSCI Announces New Co-Director
Lee Rubin, Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and leading scholar of neurodegenerative disease, has been named the next faculty co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI). Effective this spring, he joins current co-director David...

Call for Proposals - 2026 CAPSTONE GRANTS
Call for Proposals 2026 HSCI CAPSTONE GRANTS AWARD AMOUNT $250,000/investigator/year DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION Monday, March 23, 2026 The HSCI is committed to advancing basic science to clinical applications in regenerative medicine. We are now seeking...

Call for Proposals - 2026 HSCI SEED GRANTS
Call for Proposals 2026 HSCI SEED GRANTS AWARD AMOUNT $50,000/year for a period of no more than two years. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION Monday, March 16, 2026 The Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) invites applications for seed grant funding for its 2026...

Kara McKinley named Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering
Kara McKinley, PhD, principal faculty at HSCI, has been named one of the 2022 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. McKinley and 19 other innovative early-career scientists and engineers will each receive $875,000 over five years to pursue...

Kara McKinley Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Dr. McKinley will receive $1.5 million over five years to continue her work in uterine regeneration, focused on establishing an animal model of menstruation. By Alice McCarthy The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award recognizes career excellence among early...

HSCI invites applications for 2022 Collaborative Seed Grants
C ALL FOR P ROPOSALS 2022 HSCI COLLABORATIVE SEED GRANTS AWARD AMOUNT $100,000 per project per year for up to two years DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION Friday, September 16, 2022 ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE Monday, November 14, 2022 The Harvard Stem Cell Institute...

HSCI invites applications for Junior Faculty Programs
C ALL FOR P ROPOSALS 2022 HSCI JUNIOR FACULTY PROGRAM AWARD AMOUNT $600,000 per year to include three or four subprojects of $150,00-$200,000 for up to three years DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION Friday, August 5, 2022 ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE Tuesday, November 1...

Call for Proposals: 2022 HSCI Cancer Program Pilot Grants
AWARD AMOUNT Up to $100,000 for entire project period Project period not to exceed 2 years POSTED DATE Wednesday, February 2, 2022 DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION Friday, March 4, 2022 ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE April 1, 2022 The Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI)...