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Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award

Grant Partially funded
Banting Research Foundation Canada 2026

Information

The Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award provides a one-year grant of up to $25,000 for innovative health and biomedical research projects. It targets outstanding new investigators at Canadian universities and research institutes who are within the first three years of their first academic appointment. The aim is to provide seed funding to help researchers gather pilot data and improve competitiveness for other funding sources; at least 6 awards are funded each year.

Benefits

Financial support up to $25,000 for project costs; seed funding to gather pilot data.

Eligibility

Open to outstanding new investigators at Canadian universities or research institutes who are within the first three years of their first academic appointment.

Application

Apply through the Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award program page.

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