Our 1st Catalyzing Discovery virtual gala in almost 100 years!

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Mitacs-Banting Discovery Awards

The Banting Research Foundation is very pleased to announce a new partnership with Mitacs that will double the number of Discovery Awards for the coming year.  Six emerging biomedical researchers will receive the new Mitacs-Banting Discovery Award, valued at $25,000 each.

The Co-funded Discovery Awards reflect the shared commitment of Mitacs and the Banting Research Foundation to identify and catalyze Canadian talent to build our nation’s innovation capacity.

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100 Years of Insulin

Stories on what the discovery can teach us about one of the most widespread health crises of our time.  U of T Med Magazine

100 Years of Insulin: stories on current research, news and events on this year-long celebration. Events line up here

 

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Together with our donors and volunteers, we are launching health and biomedical discovery across Canada.

We identify young Canadian researchers with limited resources who demonstrate excellence and creativity in health and biomedical science and provide them with Discovery Awards.

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To invest in the early careers of researchers who demonstrate excellence and creativity in health and biomedical sciences.

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We provide research grants to the highest ranked applicants in our annual peer-reviewed competition.

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As the oldest Canadian medical research charity, we have awarded over 1350 grants to early-career researchers across Canada.

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In Memoriam

Remembering Banting Alumni, “founding father of genetics”…

Dr. Lou Siminovitch (Discovery Award recipient 1958) was a lover of science – an outstanding Canadian scientist who made brilliant contributions to cell virology, stem cell research and the field of genetics. As a scientific visionary, he mentored and influenced several generations…

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New Mitacs-Banting Discovery Awards invest in early career researchers

OTTAWA — Mitacs is expanding its support for early career researchers across Canada by funding six new Banting Research Foundation Discovery Awards, valued at $25,000 each, for researchers in the first three years of a faculty position following their post-doctoral…

Catalyzing Discovery

Combat a deadly fungal pathogen with gene-editing technology (CRISPR-Cas)…

While the public is aware of the potentially deadly pathogens invading our hospitals, such as the highly infectious agents C. difficile or drug resistant Staph aureus (MRSA), a newer and much lesser known fungal pathogen has been emerging.  This deadly,…

Catalyzing Discovery

Reduce or Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis…see what Dr. Ali Abdul-Sater has to say…

York University Team Works to Reduce or Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis TRAF1 is a protein our bodies make naturally, and people with a specific variation of TRAF1 have an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. Removing or adjusting TRAF1 to reduce…

What Our Awardees Say About Us

We provide support at a pivotal time for early-career researchers.

Please accept our sincere thanks and trust that these funds were central in advancing our work on head protection.

Christopher Dennison

Assistant Professor at University of Alberta, 2016 Discovery Awardee

Early support of the Foundation was very helpful in setting my course towards the Gairdner Wightman award.

Janet Rossant

Professor at University of Toronto, 1983 Awardee

Assistance from my award helped me on my path to becoming the advocate, scientist, and academic leader I am today.

Imogen Coe

Professor at Ryerson University and advocate for EDI in STEM, 1998 Awardee

[the grant] was essential to the survival and development of my research lab at a very difficult time of funding…

Tara Moriarty

Assistant Professor at University of Toronto, 2011 Discovery Awardee

Owing to the generous Banting Discovery Award we where able to significantly advance our research program.

Florian Bentzinger

Assistant Professor at Universite de Sherbrooke, 2017 Discovery Awardee

Success begets success so smaller grants like the Discovery Award can make a big difference to early career investigators ...

Jennifer Gordon

Assistant Professor at University of Regina, 2017 Discovery Awardee