I am fortunate to receive 'top-up' money in addition to the award through TAing and small ($325/month) research stipend. This however it...

Without my partner's income, we would not be able to afford our apartment in Montreal. We have a child and my ability to spend time with...

With a department funding scheme and PGSD top-up totalling $25-30k out of which tuition and life have to be paid, I find it hard to...

More than teaching, coursework, or any of my other responsibilities as a PhD student, a lack of funding has distracted me from my...

With the cost of living skyrocketing, especially the cost of rent and food, the income associated with the scholarships is no longer...

During my Master's my savings were used up and by my second year had to move into a camper van and live in a parking lot near campus. The...

STIPEND- $17,500/year TA pay- $33/hour (12 hours per week for 2 semesters). This money doesn't cover all my costs so I also work as a...

Despite being a « well-funded » NSERC student, acquiring adequate income is very challenging. First of all, there are various fees and...

Graduate student/post-doc funding in Canada has made it impossible to build the same financial safety net as non-academic people my age....

I am just about to enter the first year of a Master's program in Biology and was beyond thrilled to learn I had won an NSERC grant (CGS...

I am an NSERC Funded PhD Candidate. I'm an expert in my research area, a mentor for undergraduate students, and a course instructor. Yet,...

I have to work a second job (at the university) to make ends meet. This severely cuts into my PhD work and has delayed my studies. If...

Currently, I am able to afford rent, gas, and basic groceries. However, I still have 55k + in student loan debt that it would not be...

Receiving a CGS-D really helped cover my finances. But the CGS-D had to be supplemented by a top-up by my supervisor. This, considering...

With limited income, housing becomes the first priority. To accomodate other financial needs, there are two options to lower housing...

Working 25 hours a week, I was barely able to support myself. Fortunately, since I was coming in at a premium, this didn't create too...

Even with the CGS-D award, which is the highest funding offered from NSERC, I am struggling with the cost of living in Vancouver. I'm...

My current stipend covers my basic living expenses but leaves little room for anything else, and limits my quality of life. For example,...

My stipend is 20,000$ per year, which means $1750 per month. With this, I need to pay my school's tuition fee, house rent, groceries and...

I am barely able to cover expenses and saving of any kind (retirement & future home) is impossible. I am lucky to have cheap rent, and if...