Application periods

Grants for individuals and working groups and government grants for communities.

Grants for individuals and working groups

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI) will merge to form the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency as of 1 January 2026. Taike is the statutory government grant authority until 31 December 2025.

January

Library grants for writers and translators

Library grants are intended for creative work of writers and translators.

Application period 2026: 7.1.–2.2.2026

Library subsidies

Library subsidies are intended for elderly authors and translators who are in difficult financial circumstances, and for authors and translators who are facing financial difficulties due to illness or disability to work.

Application period 2026: 7.1.–2.2.2026

Public Display Grants

These grants are available to professional artists who work in the visual arts, whose works may be displayed publicly, and who reside or have resided permanently in Finland.

Application period 2026: 7.1.–2.2.2026

March

Regional grants

Regional grants are intended for professional artists and art journalists, as well as working groups formed by them. Private traders (“toiminimi”) may also apply.

Application period 2025: 3.3.–27.3.2025
Decision date: by 30.6.2025

Artist grants

Artist grants are intended to support the work of professional artists and art journalists in different fields of the arts. The grants are awarded for a period of between six months and five years.

Application period 2025: 3.3.–3.4.2025
Decision date: by 30.9.2025

September

Supplementary artist pension

Supplementary artist pension may be awarded in recognition of meritorious activity as a creative or performing artist.

Application period 2025: 1.9.–30.9.2025

November

Project grants for the arts

Note: These grants can be applied for using the Applyforgrants.fi service.

Project grants are intended for arts professionals and working groups formed by them to support individual projects.

Application period 2025: 5.11.–3.12.2025

Application periods are subject to changes.

Guidelines for grant applicants

Government grants for communities

Application period 1.10.-4.11.2025

These grants can be applied for using the Applyforgrants.fi service under the new Finnish Arts and Culture Agency name.

General grants for festivals

These grants are intended for art and cultural festivals that have national or regional significance.

Decision date: by 17.3.2026

General grants for cultural magazines and online publications

These grants are intended for cultural magazines published in Finland and online publications in any language that maintain a diverse social discussion about culture, science, the arts or different worldviews.

Decision date: by 17.3.2026

Project grants for culture

These grants are intended for individual projects implemented by professional communities that promote cultural and social inclusion, as well as strengthen cultural rights.

Decision date: by 17.3.2026

General grants for culture

These grants are intended for professional communities whose activities promote cultural and social inclusion, as well as strengthen cultural rights.

Decision date: by 15.2.2026

Internationalisation grants for the arts

These grants are intended for art communities and event organisers for individual internationalisation projects.

Decision date: by 17.3.2026

General grants for the arts

These grants are intended for the long-term professional operations of art communities. These grants support the continuity and development of the operations of art communities.

Decision date: by 15.2.2026

Application periods are subject to changes.

Application period to be announced

Project grants for "Percent for Art" projects

These grants are intended for communities that acquire works of artists for their construction projects.

Guidelines for government grant applicants