Support Our Science
This is the repository for the data used by Support Our Science, a movement to increase graduate student and postdoctoral funding in Canada.
Data
Graduate Student Cost of Living
- Remaining income once tuition and rent are deducted from CGS-M ($17,500/yr) and PGS-D ($21,000/yr) award amounts.
- Rent is 12 months of the average rent for a 1-bedroom apartment in each city as of July 21, 2022 Link
- Tuition is for a full-time Canadian graduate student in the 2021 - 2022 academic year Link
- Link to csv
Location of Canadian Universities
- Location of all universities that received PhD and Postdoctoral funding in Canada; cities are all included in
rent_cities
- Link to csv
NSERC Awards and Inflation
- NSERC funding for CGS-M, PGS-D, CGS-D, and PDF from 2003 to present
- Inflation calculated using Bank of Canada info
single and four represent the poverty line for a single person and a family of four, respectively, in a community of > 500k Link
- Link to csv
Cost of Living and PDF
- Cost of living information for major cities in Canada which includes rent for a 2-bedroom apartment, utilities (phone, rent, electricity), transportation (car), grocery for a household of three, and preschool source
Difference calculated by subtraction cost of living expenses for a year from $45,000 (NSERC PDF)
- Link to csv
All of the data used is publicly available, and the repository is licensed under a Creative Commons Zero license and free for reuse.
Specific questions can be directed to Courtney Robichaud.