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The increase will take effect September 1 to further support Canadian students and fellows. On May 31, 2024 the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced that students and fellows receiving scholarships and fellowships from the funding agencies will see increased award values take effect as of September 1, 2024. The annual value of all current and new master’s and doctoral student scholarships will increase to $27,000 and $40,000, respectively, and current and new postdoctoral fellowships will increase to $70,000. Read the full press release.

La hausse de la valeur des bourses entrera en vigueur le 1er septembre pour appuyer davantage les étudiants et chercheurs de troisième cycle. Le 31 mai 2024, le ministre de l’Innovation, des Sciences et de l’Industrie, l’honorable François-Philippe Champagne, et le ministre de la Santé, l’honorable Mark Holland, ont annoncé que les étudiants bénéficiaires d’une bourse d’études ou d’une bourse de recherche accordée par un conseil subventionnaire verront celle-ci bonifiée à compter du 1er septembre 2024. La valeur annuelle des bourses de maîtrise et de doctorat passera à 27 000 $ et 40 000 $, respectivement, et les bourses postdoctorales passeront à 70 000 $. Les augmentations s’appliquent aux bourses actuelles et aux nouvelles bourses. Lire le communiqué de presse complet.

Investments into research grants included $1.8 billion over five years, starting in 2024-25, to SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR. Increased funding for research grants is something we advocate for and will continue to do so after Budget 2024 to ensure increases in research grants mean better pay for all graduate students and postdocs.

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Les investissements dans les subventions de recherche comprennent 1,8 milliard de dollars sur cinq ans, à partir de 2024-25, pour le CRSH, le CRSNG et les IRSC. Nous plaidons en faveur d'une augmentation du financement des subventions de recherche et nous continuerons à le faire après le budget 2024 afin de garantir que l'augmentation des subventions de recherche se traduise par une meilleure rémunération pour tous les étudiants diplômés et les postdocs.

Unfortunately, these announcements have no bearing on what graduate students and postdocs will be paid if they are not directly funded by a Tri-agency scholarship or fellowship. Their pay is determined by numerous factors, including their supervisor's grant budgets, departmental stipend policies, and their supervisor's discretion. However, these new award values will make it easier for future advocacy and the justification to pay all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars more.

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Malheureusement, ces annonces n'ont aucune incidence sur la rémunération des étudiants diplômés et des postdocs qui ne sont pas directement financés par une bourse des trois agences. Leur rémunération est déterminée par de nombreux facteurs, notamment les budgets de subvention de leur superviseur, les politiques d'allocation du département et la discrétion du superviseur. Toutefois, ces nouvelles valeurs de bourses faciliteront la défense des intérêts futurs et la justification d'une augmentation de la rémunération de tous les étudiants de troisième cycle et des chercheurs postdoctoraux.

While we have heard some preliminary, unofficial information we are not spokespeople for the government agencies in charge of these decisions so we have taken it down. Things are still being processed and official policy changes will take time to implement. We recommend paying attention to ISED and the Tri-agencies to share official news.

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Bien que nous ayons entendu des informations préliminaires et non officielles, nous ne sommes pas les porte-parole des agences gouvernementales chargées de ces décisions et nous les avons donc retirées. Les choses sont encore en cours de traitement et les changements de politique officiels prendront du temps à être mis en œuvre. Nous recommandons de prêter attention à l'ISED et aux trois agences pour partager les nouvelles officielles.

Budget 2024 is investing $3.5 billion in strategic research infrastructure and federal research support to ensure Canada’s researchers can reach their potential, strengthen Canada’s fundamental research capacity, and develop a new generation of talent.

These investments include:

$1.8 billion over five years, starting in 2024-25 to SSHRC, NSERC, and CIHR.
$825 million over five years, starting in 2024-25 to increase the annual value of master’s, doctoral, and post-doctoral fellowships. This will also increase the number of research scholarships and fellowships provided, building to approximately 1,720 more graduate students or fellows benefiting each year.

Le budget 2024 investit 3,5 milliards de dollars dans l'infrastructure de recherche stratégique et le soutien fédéral à la recherche afin que les chercheurs canadiens puissent réaliser leur potentiel, renforcer la capacité de recherche fondamentale du Canada et développer une nouvelle génération de talents.Ces investissements comprennent :

1,8 milliard de dollars sur cinq ans, à compter de 2024-25, pour le CRSH, le CRSNG et les IRSC.
825 millions de dollars sur cinq ans, à partir de 2024-25, pour augmenter la valeur annuelle des bourses de maîtrise, de doctorat et de postdoctorat. Cela permettra également d'augmenter le nombre de bourses de recherche accordées, soit environ 1 720 étudiants diplômés ou boursiers de plus chaque année.

ABOUT SUPPORT OUR SCIENCE

Support Our Science is a grassroots organization with a clear mandate: improve pay for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in Canada. This includes all researchers, from science and engineering to social sciences and humanities.

Currently, Support Our Science is focusing on advocating for scholarships, fellowships, and research grants at the federal level but recognizes the importance of all jurisdictions in this issue.

What are we advocating for at the federal level?

Ask 1:

Increase the value of Tri-Agency graduate scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships by 50%; and index to inflation moving forward.

Ask 2:

Increase the number of Tri-agency graduate student scholarships by 50%;

Ask 3:

Increase the number of Tri-agency postdoctoral fellowships by 100%

Ask 4:

Increase the Tri-agency research grant budget provided to faculty by at least 10% per year for the next five years, to allow for increased graduate student and postdoctoral pay

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