Support Our Science Welcomes the Focus on Research and Innovation in Budget 2025

News Release

From Support Our Science

November 5, 2025

OTTAWA, ON - Support Our Science, an organization dedicated to advocating for increased funding for Canada’s 300,000 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, welcomes the focus of Budget 2025 on the foundational importance of research, training and innovation to growing the Canadian economy.

To attract international talent, Budget 2025 commits $133 million over 3 years “to enable top international doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows to relocate to Canada”, recognizing the impact of next-generation researchers. Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars drive much of Canada's research, discovery, and innovation. Investing in these researchers means investing in creating solutions to the largest challenges facing our society, including disease prevention, sustainable resource extraction, climate change, and artificial intelligence. These solutions will help grow Canada’s economy and increase our competitiveness internationally. 

Budget 2025 also includes one billion dollars over 13 years to create new Canada Research Chairs to recruit international researchers, 120 million dollars over 12 years to attract assistant professors, and 400 million dollars over seven years to acquire research infrastructure. These investments will help Canada to develop top talent.

“We are encouraged to see the government recognize the vital contributions of next-generation researchers in attracting international talent,” said Thomas Bailey, Executive Director of Support Our Science. “These investments show a clear understanding that Canada must strengthen its research talent pipeline. However, we eagerly await details on how the $133 million will be delivered to ensure it effectively supports graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.”

Support Our Science acknowledges that Budget 2025 was developed in the context of significant fiscal restraint across government. In this challenging environment, protecting research funding demonstrates that the government recognizes research as essential to Canada's future prosperity and international competitiveness.  Budget 2025 represents an important commitment to Canada's research future. We hope future budgets will further invest in core research grants, which fund the majority of research and training in Canada. 

Support Our Science is eager to partner with government and institutions to facilitate a smooth implementation of these programs and to maximize their impact on society. Together, we can ensure these investments strengthen our entire research ecosystem and create opportunities for all next-generation researchers to thrive and contribute to Canada's success.

About Support Our Science (SOS): Support Our Science is a grassroots organization advocating for increased pay for all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in Canada. For more information visit www.supportourscience.ca

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Executive Director

Support Our Science 

info@supportourscience.ca

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