Our Awardees
Every year, we support health and biomedical research projects by outstanding new investigators across Canada through our Discovery Award grants.
Grants awarded by year
As of 2018, 1347 grants have been awarded. A complete list of grants from 1926 to 2018 is available here in MS Excel format.
Our Alumni
Many of our past grants sparked remarkable discoveries that transformed the practice of medicine and surgery, reduced illness and death rates, and propelled many of our recipients to positions of leadership and influence across Canada.
Janet Rossant, CC PhD FRS FRSC
World-renowned expert in developmental biology
Adolfo J de Bold, OC PhD FRSC
Best known for his discovery of atrial natriuretic factor
Mladen Vranic, OC MD DSc
Best known for his work in glucose tracer methodology to study the effects of exercise and stress in diabetes
Henry G Friesen, CC MD FRSC FCAHS
An internationally renowned endocrinologist best known for the discovery of human prolactin
Brenda L Gallie, CM MD FRCSC
A world-renowned ophthalmologist, known for her contributions to the science and medicine of retinoblastoma, a childhood eye cancer.
Charles H Hollenberg, OC MD FRSC
A leader in medical education and patient care who influenced academic institutions and teaching hospitals through his many professional...
Where we've funded research
The Banting Research Foundation has funded promising new investigators from across Canada since 1926. Links to investigator profiles for research funded since 2011 are available on this map.