Banting Research Foundation endowment. A large bequest in 1948 from the estate of Kate E Taylor of Toronto added to the endowment. From its inception, the intent was to create a fund for researchers with "good ideas but no money", as was the situation for Banting when he approached JJR Macleod in 1921 with a request for facilities and resources to pursue his ideas about insulin. The Foundation continues that tradition by making grant funds available only to investigators whose research funding is limited. The Foundation was the first and virtually the only organization funding medical research in Canada until 1938 when the
Megan Banting Megan Banting Megan Banting (born 11 February 1996) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a batter and wicket-keeper for Western Fury and Perth Scorchers. Banting was raised in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill. She made a memorable debut for Western Australia as a 14-year old in the Under 15s, in a match in which the WA team defeated New South Wales. At the 2012 Under 18 national titles, she scored 86 runs for WA, including 26 in the fifth-place final against South Australia. After making her Fury debut in 2014–15, Banting was selected in the Shooting Stars squad