Sep 29, 2023

University of Toronto 100th Anniversary Discovery of Insulin Novo Nordisk Network - Banting Award

Image of the banting-best exhibit
(Medicine)
Banting-Best multimedia exhibit, featuring their belongings, marks the 90th anniversary of the discovery of insulin.

The Novo Nordisk Network for Health Populations (NHP) at the University of Toronto and the Banting Research Foundation have teamed up recently to offer a new 1-year award to Early Career Investigators at the University of Toronto valued at $30,000.

Applicants must:

1) be faculty appointed within the first three years at the University of Toronto whose research project fulfills the eligibility criteria of the Network for Healthy Populations.

2) propose new and innovative ways of tackling the burden and inequities related to diabetes and chronic disease.

Through cross-disciplinary collaboration and partnerships within the Peel Region of Ontario, the research should propose a project that will support the co-design and evaluation of locally relevant solutions that can be applied to a broad range of contexts. Preference will be given to high-impact, innovative research projects that address key longstanding and emergent issues in health equity, population health and disease prevention.

The application process is provided on the Banting Research Foundationwebsite with the deadline for the Letter of Intent on November 1, 2023.