On November 4, Prime Minister Mark Carney will introduce a federal budget. It has been widely telegraphed that the budget will enact 15% cuts across all federal departments over three years. 

If research agencies like SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR are affected, millions in research grants and graduate training could disappear. 

In Budget 2024, we celebrated hard-fought gains, including a 5-year commitment of $1.8 billion for core research funding and $825 million for graduate student scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships. 

With Budget 2025, these essential supports for Canadian research might be in jeopardy. We must act now. Send a letter to the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Industry Minister, and your local MP urging them to protect and strengthen research funding. Please also share with your members. 

Attached are social media shareables for the purposes of sharing both the letter-writing tool and the following letter from the Coalition for Canadian Research with your members.

For more background you can read CAUT’s pre-budget recommendations that include a plan to ensure predictable and stable long-term funding for Canada’s colleges and universities.