History of the Roman Reed Program

September 2000 Governor Signs AB750
  • Reeve-Irvine Research Center to be administrators of funds
  • Os Steward, Ph.D. Director of program
December 2000 Scientific Steering Committee and External Advisory Board established
March 2001 Roman Reed Program "Town Meeting"
March 2001 $1 million allocated for FY2000-2001
June 2001 $2 million allocated for FY2001-2002
September 2001 27 applications received
November 2001 22 Grants funded at $2,096,346
March 2002 Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Core Laboratory dedicated and read into the Congressional Record
March 2002 Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum
August 2002 $1.8 million allocated for FY2002-2003
October 2002 31 applications received
December 2002 18 grants funded at $1,532,883
February 2003 Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum
May 2003 16 Roman Reed Fellowship applications received
June 2003 5 Roman Reed Fellowships funded at $152,463
September 2003 $1.5 million allocated for FY2003-2004
October 2003 29 proposals received
December 2003 17 grants funded at $1,313,968
March 2004 Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum
June 2004 $1.5 million allocated for FY2004-2005
September 2004 Governor Signs AB1794, renewing program through 1/1/2011
October 2004 42 proposals received
December 2004 14 grants funded at $1,235,305
March 2005 Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum
July 2005 $1.5 million allocated for FY2005-2006
October 2005 35 proposals received
January 2006 15 grants funded
March 2006 Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum
April 2006 A total of 42 new grants based on data from Roman Reed Projects, bringing $31,264,464 in new funding into California. An additional $5,000,000 in new funding is pending.*
June 2006 $1,539,000 million allocated for FY2006-2007
October 2006 30 proposals received
January 2007 11 proposals funded
February 2007 A total of 55 new grants based on data from Roman Reed Projects, bringing $38,963,844 in new funding into California. An additional $7,351,391 in new funding is pending.*
March 2007 Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum
August 2007 $1,539,000 million allocated for FY2007-2008
* Please note, these are cumulative.