Regional fund application period from 20 January to 7 February 2025
The January Round of applications, i.e. the period for applications to the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s regional funds, will be open between 20 January and 7 February 2025. A total of EUR 13.2 million is up for distribution to art and research.
The Finnish Cultural Foundation supports science and arts all around Finland through its seventeen regional funds. The regional funds award grants to applicants residing or born in the region, as well as to academic or artistic work and diverse cultural projects taking place in or focused on the region.
The Uusimaa regional fund is not included in this round of applications, as it only gives grants every other year. The next applications for the Uusimaa fund will be accepted in January 2026.
The January 2025 round includes EUR 1 million in Discover Science grants, which were previously under the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s October Round of applications. The purpose of the Discover Science grant is to spark the curiosity of school-aged children and adolescents to engage with science, and to ensure equal access to science education regardless of their place of residence or background. Applications for the grant are accepted from all regions, even Uusimaa.
Other special areas of focus of the January Round are local culture projects and spearhead grants, which are given out each year for larger-than-customary projects. Each region may also have its own special-purpose grants.
In the January Round, each individual or working group may only submit a grant application to one regional fund.
The results of the October Round will be announced a few days before the end of the January Round of applications.
Grants available in the January Round
- Working grants (all regions except Uusimaa)
- Expenditure grants (all regions except Uusimaa)
- Discover Science (separate application form; available nationwide in all regions)
- Local culture projects (all regions except Uusimaa)
- Spearhead grants (all regions except North Karelia and Uusimaa)
- Spearhead grant for arts (North Karelia only)
- Major grant for forest sciences (South Savo only)
- Speak Finnish Boldly! (South Ostrobothnia only)
- Planning grant (Pirkanmaa only)
Please read the application guidelines carefully. Specific instructions are available on each grant’s web page.
Further information and enquiries
Advice for applicants is provided by each regional fund’s contact person, whose contact details can be found at the bottom of each regional fund’s page or by filtering by region on the Contact Us page.
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The regional funds will hold a joint grant information webinar in Finnish on Tuesday 28 January 2025 between 3 and 4 pm, and in English on Wednesday 29 January 2025 between 3 and 4 pm. Links to the events will be published later and included in the grant newsletter. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.
