Startup Foundation announces Project Grants Programme in Finland

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3 years ago

Deadline: 1-Mar-23

The Startup Foundation has announced the applications for Project Grants Programme.

The Foundation’s mission is to create more entrepreneurs, new companies, growth and internationalization, as well as supporting and promoting the startup mentality.
This mission is supported by initiatives by the foundation. Externally, the Foundation supports both not-for-profit initiatives advancing the mission of the foundation as well as individuals wishing to start their entrepreneurial journeys.

Project grants are aimed at new projects, but they can be e.g. one-offs or the start of a longer program.
The impact of the projects will be evaluated with a formula of impact per person times number of people impacted. So e.g. a program with only few attendees that can provide a lot of value for the individual attendees can be seen as impactful as a large scale event with no personalized content.
A good example of a high impact per attendee with only few attendees would be SILTA. And a good example of low impact per attendee with many attendees would be FallUp. The projects can also be about sharing information asynchronously of which Starting Up course is a good example.
The projects must be not-for-profit. This means that no individual entity or person can profit from the project.

The application must include:

Open explanation on the project
- Tell them more about the project
Impact of the project
- Keep in mind the impact per person x number of people impacted formula
- You can also talk about your own qualitative or quantitative targets
- Is this something that is needed in the ecosystem
Project plan
- What are you planning to do, when, how, etc.
Team
- Who is creating the project
Budget for the project
- Project costs
- Other sources of funding
- If the project is continuous then include thoughts about where future funding will come from

For more information, visit Startup Foundation.