The Alfred Kordelin Foundation will award a total of €3.5 million in its August grant call. The grants for science, art, and public education have been renewed, and the application criteria have changed. Grant-specific information sessions will be held starting August 11.
Foundation’s grants for science, art, and public education have been renewed. The awarded amounts are now larger, and the grant periods longer. There are also changes in the focus areas of the grants:
- Science grants are awarded to recent PhD graduates and post-doctoral researchers at the early stages of their career.
- Grants for the arts are awarded both to private individuals and collectives. Grants are awarded for the different artistic fields every other year. In 2025, grants are available for visual arts, music, architecture and applied arts.
- Public education grants are awarded to individuals and collectives for projects which strengthen the role of research and expertise-based knowledge. The Foundation supports broader projects, such as series of articles, publications and related events. Grants are not awarded for individual publications or articles.
Application Process
The application period begins on Friday, August 15 and ends on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 16:00 (Finnish time). Grant applications can be prepared and sent in the grant online service only during the application period. Applications cannot be edited after the application period has ended.
Applicants can preview the application forms in advance in PDF format:
- Science | Application Form
- Arts – Personal grant | Application Form
- Arts – Collectives | Application Form
- Public Education – Personal grant | Application Form
- Public Education – Collectives | Application Form
Grant Info in August
Information sessions about the grants will be held in August before the application period begins. The events are aimed at applicants who are planning to apply for grants in the fields of science, arts or public education in August 2025. The events are remote events (Teams), registration is required in advance:
14 Aug, 2–3 PM | Grant Info (in English) | Registration
11 Aug, 2–3 PM | Tieteen apurahat (in Finnish) | Ilmoittaudu mukaan
12 Aug, 2–3 PM | Taiteen apurahat (in Finnish) | Ilmoittaudu mukaan
13 Aug, 2–3 PM | Kansanvalistuksen apurahat (in Finnish) | Ilmoittaudu mukaan
Our office will serve applicants during August, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please note that our office will be closed on the final days of the application period, Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31. We kindly ask you to contact us in good time and ensure that your application is submitted before the deadline.
Read more:
Grants | Science
Grants | Arts
Grants | Public education