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Calls for applications for discretionary government grants awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and intended for communities open on Tuesday 1 October 2024. Some calls for applications have been transferred to the new Applyforgrants.fi service. In addition, changes have been made to the calls for applications due to budget cuts to discretionary government grants.

The system of peer reviews for the arts will be renewed on 1 July 2026, and the arts councils that have thus far made grant decisions will be discontinued. They will be replaced by a pool of experts and rotating grant assessment panels. Welcome to our online status report on the progress of preparations on Wednesday 19 November, 11am–12noon.

Project grants for the arts can be applied for from 5 November to 3 December 2025. These grants are intended for individual projects by arts professionals during 2026-2027. The call for applications can be found on the Applyforgrants.fi service under the new Finnish Arts and Culture Agency name.

Funding within the Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme has been awarded to 14 projects after the second application round. The selected projects promote themes in areas such as music, events, the performing arts, design, museums, sustainable development and cultural wellbeing.

Library grants for writers and translators are intended for writers of fiction, writers of non-fiction and translators of literature who are currently living or have permanently lived in Finland. The application period for library grants is in January.

In December, Parliament decided on appropriations for 2026. Appropriations for artist grants will remain unchanged, but cuts will be made to non-statutory appropriations for the arts and culture.

Finnish Arts and Culture Agency will host a webinar on Wednesday 14 January starting at 1pm covering this year’s call for applications for public display grants and library grants for writers and translators. The webinar will go through the changes that have been made to the calls for applications and provide tips for how to apply.

Finnish Arts and Culture Agency will host a webinar on Wednesday 14 January starting at 3pm covering this year’s call for applications for public display grants and library grants for writers and translators. The webinar will go through the changes that have been made to the calls for applications and provide tips for how to apply.