What is the North Karelia Regional Fund?
The Fund is devoted to promoting and developing the arts, the sciences, and other fields of endeavour in North Karelia – by providing grants and awards and organising other activities in the region’s 15 municipalities.
The fund comprises a General Fund and donation- and bequest-based donor funds. Grants made from the latter are directed towards areas specified by the donor when making his or her bequest. Areas not covered by this procedure are supported from the general funds.
The Fund’s activities and decision-making are impartial and not linked to political parties or other organisations or associations. Grants are decided by a nine-member Administrative Council.
North Karelia Grants
The grants of the regional fund January application round are divided into working and expenditure grants. In addition to these, grants will be awarded for special purposes.
What kinds of grants do we award and to whom?
When deciding on grants, priority is given to scientific and artistic work carried out in or covering the region, culturally significant projects, and applicants who live in or were born in the province.
The fund may award two-year grants for further scientific research, artistic work, and the organization of events, with an interim evaluation.
The North Karelia Fund also awards a €100,000 Science grant in collaboration with the North Savo Fund.
In addition to the general fund, grants are awarded from, among others, the Eliel and Ina Engelberg Fund, which supports the studies of young people living in the Nurmes and Valtimo municipalities.
North Karelia
January Round and special purpose grants
Special purpose grants in the January round of applications are Vitality and Culture, Local culture grants and Spearhead grants.
North Karelia
January Round and special purpose grants
Special purpose grants in the January round of applications are Vitality and Culture, Local culture grants and Spearhead grants.
The municipalities in the North Karelia Fund's region
Heinävesi, Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kitee, Kontiolahti, Lieksa, Liperi, Nurmes, Outokumpu, Polvijärvi, Rääkkylä and Tohmajärvi.
The municipalities in the North Karelia Fund's region
Heinävesi, Ilomantsi, Joensuu, Juuka, Kitee, Kontiolahti, Lieksa, Liperi, Nurmes, Outokumpu, Polvijärvi, Rääkkylä and Tohmajärvi.
The administrative committee
Chair
Jopi Nyman, Professor
Vice Chair
Juha Rouvinen, Professor
Maria Karhapää, Actor-director
Raine Kortet, Professor
Juhana Lassila, Deputy CEO
Liisa Matveinen, Musician
Taru Peltola, Professor
Harri Turunen, Sculptor
Riitta Turunen, Textile artist
Katariina Vähäkallio, Dancer-choreographer
Contact information about North Karelia Regional Fund
North Karelia Regional Fund
Kauppakatu 25 C, 3. krs
80100 Joensuu
pohjois-karjala@skr.fi
North Karelia Regional Fund's logosAsko Saarelainen
Manager
North Karelia
Maarit Hämäläinen-Koljonen
Coordinator
North Karelia
