Canadian scientists urged the federal government to increase funding for science grants to ensure postdoctoral students and researchers are paid a living wage. I am asking you to''
At a demonstration on Parliament Hill on Thursday, about 100 students and researchers gathered 7,100 signatures calling on the Liberal Party to increase donations to science. Unfolded a 60-meter-long open letter containing: Research grants to keep up with the pace of inflation since 2003.
The organizer is when the funding amount was last updated.
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Organizer cites recommendations Prepared by the House Standing Committee on Scientific Research in June 2022, the value of scholarships and fellowships for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers is indexed to the Consumer Price Index. said it should.
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The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), one of the key issuers of federal grants, For 20 years, it has "held plateaued" the amount of grants, says Support Our Science, an organizing group of graduate students and researchers.
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His NSERC grants for masters students are $17,000 per year, doctoral students is $21,000 a year. $45,000 per year for postdoctoral researchers.
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"Because the NSERC is considered prestigious, these prizes... this is all but the NSERC It sends the message that wage levels are acceptable for funders of students and employees," the group said.
Canada's median household income in 2020 was $66,800 for last year's data availability.
Inflation in Canada reached 8.1% in June, the highest level in almost 40 years, while food prices rose 8.8%, according to Statistics Canada. 71}.
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