Deadline: 15 September 2017
The Kone Foundation is seeking applications for its grant program that supports bold initiatives in research and the arts.
In academic research, the foundation supports humanities, social sciences, environmental research, and artistic research. Projects can be multi- or interdisciplinary and they can combine artistic and scholarly approaches.
The foundation can funds co-operation on equal terms between scholars, journalists, or activists. Such a co-operation should begin already in the planning stage of the project, and should be visible in the project budget.
In art, the foundation favours especially:
- fields of art and culture which are new or emerging from the marginal
- artistic and cultural projects which renovate and invigorate the field
- projects with new approaches.
Funding Information
- The size of the personal monthly grant varies depending on experience. The grant sizes are:
- Grant 1: beginning of career (doctoral thesis work) €2,400 /month (€28,800 /year)
- Grant 2: mid-career (post-doctoral level) €2,800 /month (€33,600 /year)
- Grant 3: experienced researcher (adjunct professor level) €3,500 /month (€42,000 /year).
- If applicants apply for grant 2 or 3, please provide justification in the application form.
- The foundation award personal monthly grants to enable applicants to work full-time. Smaller grants are available (25%, 50% or 75% of full grant) for part-time work.
Funding Criteria
Funding can be applied for:
- academic and / or artistic work
- advancing academic and / or artistic work (e.g., a project the aim of which is to develop a field)
- work based on academic research and / or artistic work (e.g., making research or art available for wider audiences)
- other kinds of cultural work.
Eligibility Criteria
- An individual, a working group, or an established organisation can apply for funding from Kone Foundation. If a working group is applying for funding, the group members must elect a team leader, who will be responsible for the project.
- Kone Foundation grants are mainly intended for Finnish nationals working in Finland or abroad, or for other nationalities working in Finland. If applicants do not have a Finnish background and they are working outside of Finland, their work should have a connection with Finland.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: Finland
For more information, please visit Kone Foundation Grant.