I am fortunate enough to have had PDF opportunities that paid above the minimum stipend, but it is still insufficient considering 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 received NSERC scholarships in my Masters and in my PhD. I was a single parent when I started grad school, and we survived by eating...

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...

The funding does not cover tuition for a graduate student. Only the living stipend but now $8k has to come out of the stipend unless...

I was a PhD 10 y ago earning the same stipend that students earn today. Even back then living off an NSERC PGS-D was hard. I lived in...

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...

I get paid enough to survive with my current postdoc, but I still need to rely on my credit card more than I want to and I'm unable to...

My current stipend just barely covers rent, food, transportation, and other bills. Purchasing or even renting my own place is not an...