• The applicant must be a principal investigator who holds or will hold a full-time faculty appointment at the University of Toronto as of July 1, 2008.The applicant must be conducting diabetes-related research and must be a registered member* of the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre. (*Faculty who are new to the field of diabetes research and are not members of the BBDC can request free membership by contacting the Centre prior to submitting an application. For more information about BBDC membership, please view the MEMBERSHIP section of the BBDC's web site at www.bbdc.org).
• Faculty are eligible for this funding normally within five years of their first faculty appointment at any university (i.e. applicant must have received first faculty appointment on July 1, 2003 or later). First faculty appointments include the rank of lecturer, instructor, associate/assistant/or full professor, and status-only appointments. Those who have experienced a career interruption may provide an explanation on a page attached to the application form. Applicants who have not yet taken up their appointment at the University of Toronto must do so by July 1, 2008. Questions regarding eligibility should be directed to the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre before submitting an application.
• Faculty who have held either the Dennis Scholar or the New Investigator Award only once before are eligible to apply providing the applicant meets the eligibility requirements noted above.

New Investigator Awards: Two awards of up to $20,000 per annum for two years will be provided.
Reuben & Helene Dennis Scholar: One award of up to $10,000 per annum for two years will be provided.

The amount awarded will be dependent in part upon the rating of the proposal.

• Funds may be used for diabetes research support (examples: supplies, materials, services, salary support for research staff, equipment costing less than $5,000).
• Requests from clinician-scientists for full or partial use of funds for personal salary support will be considered, but MUST be accompanied by a detailed letter explaining how, as a result of this award, the applicant's clinical activities will be reduced to allow more time to be devoted to diabetes research. The letter must be signed by both the applicant and the Head of the Department/Division Director and must clearly commit that the support will be used to reduce clinical activities. (Note: Successful applicants will be required to provide the BBDC with documentation/proof of decreased clinical activities at the end of the 2-year funding period.)
• Requests from basic science faculty for personal salary support will NOT be considered.
• Use of funds for multiple purposes is acceptable.
• Use of the funds must be fully justified.
• Requests to purchase equipment costing over $5,000 will NOT be considered. Such requests should be made through the BBDC Equipment Grant funding program.

• Funds may be used for diabetes research support (examples: supplies, materials, services, salary support for research staff, equipment costing less than $5,000).
• Requests from clinician-scientists for full or partial use of funds for personal salary support will be considered, but MUST be accompanied by a detailed letter explaining how, as a result of this award, the applicant's clinical activities will be reduced to allow more time to be devoted to diabetes research. The letter must be signed by both the applicant and the Head of the Department/Division Director and must clearly commit that the support will be used to reduce clinical activities. (Note: Successful applicants will be required to provide the BBDC with documentation/proof of decreased clinical activities at the end of the 2-year funding period.)
• Requests from basic science faculty for personal salary support will NOT be considered.
• Use of funds for multiple purposes is acceptable.
• Use of the funds must be fully justified.
• Requests to purchase equipment costing over $5,000 will NOT be considered. Such requests should be made through the BBDC Equipment Grant funding program.

Submit a completed application form to the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre by the deadline date. Applicants need only submit one application form to be considered for both awards.

Download the 2008-2010 Dennis Scholar Award and New Investigator Awards Application form (PDF).

Successful applicants are required to provide the BBDC with a financial statement and one-page written report within three (3) months of the end of the funding period. The following must be provided:

• Financial Statement: A financial statement must be forwarded to the BBDC directly from the institution's grant administrator itemizing all expenses and showing the final balance. All unspent funds must be returned to the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre at this time.
• Written Report: The award recipient must provide a one-page written report describing how the money was spent. The report must Include whether or not any publications were generated as a result of this funding. If so, was the BBDC's support acknowledged in the publications? If applicable, a copy of all relevant manuscripts published and submitted must be attached to the report.