The grant application guidelines apply to all grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Special purpose grants also have their own detailed additional instructions, which can be found on their own webpages.
It is possible to apply for a Cultural Foundation grant from both the Central Fund and the regional funds. A grant may only be awarded for the same purpose from either the Central Fund or one of the regional funds.
Science Grants
Science grants are primarily awarded as personal working grants for doctoral dissertations or for postdoctoral research. Grants are also awarded to research groups. A research group denotes all research projects by working groups with a minimum of two members.
Art Grants
Art grants are awarded primarily for purposes of work, and project implementation and acquisition costs. Typical purposes include, for example, the personal work of an individual artist, a musical or theatrical production of a working group, or the acquisition of an instrument or other kind of a tool.
Those applying for a personal working grant may use the same application to apply for an expenditure grant to cover costs resulting from their work.