If the student does not pursue higher education within a reasonable period of time after high school, the grant portion would have to be repaid. The CPP also provides benefits for the children of disabled or deceased contributors. Also, you must be between the ages of 18 and 25 and attending school full-time at a recognized institution. The Disabled Contributor's Child's Benefit is a monthly benefit paid to a natural or adopted child, or to a child who is in the care and control of a CPP disability pensioner. The Surviving Child's Benefit is paid to a natural or adopted child, or to a child who was in the care and control of a deceased CPP contributor at the time of death.
Priority is given to graduate students.
However, senior undergraduate students entering their final year and intending to undertake an honour's thesis based on northern fieldwork or research that will be continued in subsequent graduate studies are also eligible. Post-doctoral students are not supported. The program helps students pay for transportation and living costs while obtaining practical fieldwork experience in Canada's north, developing interest and expertise in northern issues, and improving research skills. You are eligible if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident enrolled in a Canadian university and are interested in northern studies with field experience in Canada's north. Thirty months of Interest Relief over the life of the loan is now available.