Editing Frederick Banting (section)

=== Namesakes ===

[[File:Portrait of Dr. Frederick Grant Banting by Tibor Polya, 1925.jpg|thumb|upright|Oil painting of Banting in 1925 by Tibor Polya, now in the possession of the [[Portrait Gallery of Canada|National Portrait Gallery of Canada]]]]

Banting's namesake, the [[Banting Research Foundation]], was created in 1925 and provides funding to support health and biomedical research in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://bantingresearchfoundation.ca/about/history/|website=Banting Research Foundation|access-date=November 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010215425/http://bantingresearchfoundation.ca/about/history/|archive-date=October 10, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Banting's name is immortalized in the yearly [[Banting Lectures]], given by an expert in diabetes, and by the creation of the [[Banting and Best Department of Medical Research]] of the [[University of Toronto]]; Sir Frederick G Banting Research Centre located on Sir Frederick Banting Driveway in the [[Tunney's Pasture]] complex, [[Ottawa]], ON;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/dfrp-rbif/sn-ns/050061-eng.aspx?&qid=20243&fpn=50061 |title=Sir Frederick G. Banting Research Centre |publisher=Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat |access-date=November 14, 2016|date=January 1994 }}</ref> [[Banting Memorial High School]] in [[Alliston]], ON; [[Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School]] in [[London, Ontario|London]], ON; Sir Frederick Banting Alternative Program Site in Ottawa, ON; Frederick Banting Elementary School in [[Montréal-Nord]] QC and École Banting Middle School in [[Coquitlam]], BC.

The "Major Sir Frederick Banting, MC, RCAMC Award for Military Health Research", sponsored by the [[True Patriot Love Foundation]], is awarded annually by the Surgeon General to the researcher whose work presented at the annual Military and Veterans Health Research Forum is deemed to contribute most to military health. It was first awarded in 2011 in the presence of several Banting descendants.<ref>[http://www.cimvhr.ca/forum/pdf/Banting.pdf.] Retrieved November 29, 2012.{{dead link|date=July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/health-sante/wn-qn/bulletin/2012/ba-pb-eng.asp |title=The First Recipient of the Major Sir Frederick Banting MC, RCAMC Award for Military Health Research |publisher=National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces |url-status=dead |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523091730/http://www.forces.gc.ca/health-sante/wn-qn/bulletin/2012/ba-pb-eng.asp |archive-date=May 23, 2013}}</ref>

The "Canadian Forces Major Sir Frederick Banting Term Chair in Military Trauma Research" at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre was established in 2012. The first Chair holder is Colonel Homer Tien, medical director of Sunnybrook's Tory Regional Trauma Centre and Senior Specialist and Trauma Adviser to the Surgeon General.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/mobil/news-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=4297 |title=The Canadian Forces, Sunnybrook Hospital, and the University of Toronto Appoint the Major Banting Military Trauma Research Chair |publisher=National Defence and the Canadian Forces |access-date=November 29, 2012 |date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524045422/http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/mobil/news-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=4297 |archive-date=May 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Military research chair awarded |url=http://sunnybrook.ca/foundation/media/item.asp?c=11&i=804&page=23129 |publisher=Sunnybrook Foundation |date=July 4, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012}}</ref>

The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]], the [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada]], and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada]]. The fellowship provided up to two years of funding at $70,000 per year to researchers in health, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships|url=http://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.html|website=Government of Canada|access-date=November 14, 2016|date=February 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program|url=http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Banting-Banting_eng.asp|website=Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada|access-date=November 14, 2016|date=June 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114233354/http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/Banting-Banting_eng.asp|archive-date=November 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>