He heads a team of 50 researchers on Project Grandiose, who study the process of creating stem cells.

[2] Nagy holds a Canadian Research Chair in stem cells and regeneration.

[5] In 2005, Nagy was the first to create new human embryonic stem cell lines in Canada.

[4] In 2009, he demonstrated how cells could be changed into stem cells more without the introduction of potentially damaging viruses,[6][7] and was included that year in Scientific American's Top 10 Honor Roll.

[4][9] In 2014, Project Grandiose researchers have produced several major reports, demonstrating advances in stem cell creation which are expected to lead to improved treatments for a number of diseases, and which have been published in Nature and Nature Communications.