Guidelines for grant applicants

Applications must arrive no later than 16:00 (4pm) on the last day of the application period. Applications that arrive after this time shall be deemed late and rejected.

It is recommended to send applications using Taike’s e-services in good time due to possible congestion in the system and our customer service on the last day of the application period.

Working grants are intended to cover working and living costs. Working grants are always awarded as personal grants for artistic work, i.e. living costs. 

Project grants are intended for professional artists and working groups formed by them for individual projects. Private traders may also apply.

Taike does not award grants to support studies related to vocational qualifications, higher or lower university degrees, thesis work or related costs.

Select the artform within which you are applying. Your selection will guide the processing of your application.

If you are applying for a regional grant, select the regional arts council in addition to the artform. For example, you can select the regional arts council according to where you live, where the project is being implemented or where you work.

• Write in your application a clear work plan that summarises the main points.
• Answer concisely the questions what, how, when, where, why, with whom and for whom.
• Explain why your project is good and feasible. Convince the decision-maker of your competence and expertise.
• Explain the value that your project or work would have for a wider audience.
• Remember to specify the precise schedule for your project.
• Make sure that your work plan covers all the applicable years if you are applying for a multi-year working grant (State artist grant).
• Check the period within which the grant must be used in the call for applications and target your work plan accordingly.
• Indicate in your application any other parties from whom you are applying for a grant or have already received a grant for the same project, or if you have been awarded another grant after submitting your application.

• Check the call for applications to see whether a minimum amount has been specified. You cannot be awarded a grant if you apply for less than the minimum amount. 
• The bigger the project for which you are applying for a grant, the bigger the role played by other financing.
• Itemise clearly all the expected income (financing plan) and expenses (cost estimate).
• Group expenses according to their purpose; the overall sum alone is not enough.
• Report any self-financing for the project, as well as other grants that have been applied for and awarded for the project, along with previously secured income.
• Indicate the overall project budget even if you only apply for partial funding. This will give the decision-maker an overall picture of your project.
   

A copy of your CV is mandatory. When applying for a grant as a working group, a summary of the CVs of all members must be included.

In addition, you may also include up to two attachments that are relevant to your application. The file names should describe the content. 

• The maximum permitted file size for each attachment is 4 MB. 
• Applications related to works in the visual arts must also include 3 to 5 images of the artist’s works or a similar work sample as a single pdf file (max. 4 MB each). Details should be provided about the name, technique, size and year of each work. For videos (for example, for cinema or media art), a link to the publishing platform with any passwords should be included.
• We recommend including a link to your website. 
• Attachments should not be sent by e-mail. Applications and attachments will not be returned. 
• Check the call for applications to see if other attachments are required.

Applications submitted to Taike are public documents, about which everyone is entitled to receive information according to Finnish law (Act on the Openness of Government Activities 621/1999). For example, the media and Employment Services may request to view applications. Taike does not disclose confidential information. Matters related to a person's privacy, for example contact information and matters related to health and financial situation, are always confidential. Work plans are also confidential to the extent that they contain information considered to be business secrets, such as artistic ideas.

All positive grant decisions made by Taike are published on the Tutkiavustuksia.fi service (Act on Discretionary Government Grants 688/2001 and Government Decree 1394/2022).