As a result of the recent funding cut, there will be changes to the application and assessment schedules of Frame grants for the rest of the year.
The application period for artists’ travel grants will close on 31 August 2025, two months earlier than previously announced. Decisions will be made four times this year, compared to every two months in the past. In addition, the amount available for grants will be significantly lower than in the past.
Frame grants support international exhibitions and other projects of Finnish contemporary art abroad. This year, the amount of funds allocated by the Ministry of Education and Culture for grants decreased by 36 %, from €260 000 to €167 000. Read more about the funding cut.
Upcoming deadlines for travel grant applications are 30 April and 31 August 2025
The call for applications for this year’s travel grants will be open from 1 November 2024 to 31 August 2025. Applications for travel grants for exhibiting abroad in 2025 must therefore be submitted by the end of August. The last travel grant assessments for the year will be made in September.
In addition, the travel grant application deadline of 15 June 2025 will be cancelled. Therefore, all travel grant applications submitted between 1 May and 31 August will be assessed in one batch. Decisions will be published approximately four weeks after the deadline.
The currently ongoing travel grant call from 1 March to 30 April and the March project grant call, which closed on 31 March, will be assessed according to the previously announced schedule. Decisions will be announced at the end of May. However, the total amount available for these calls will already be significantly reduced. The amount allocated for the project call will be less than half and the amount allocated for the travel call will be approximately half of the previous amount.
The reduction of funds impacts especially the grant rounds at the end of the year since the Ministry of Education and Culture’s funding decisions were delivered in mid-March. By then, three of Frame’s annual calls had already closed.
Frame supports Finnish contemporary art projects abroad
Frame grants support international exhibitions and other projects of Finnish contemporary art abroad. Each year, around 160 different projects have been funded.
Frame’s grants are available to artists, contemporary art professionals, and local and international contemporary art organisations. The grants are awarded to promote and support the presentation of Finnish art abroad, such as international exhibitions and publications, the participation of Finnish galleries in international art fairs, and work-related travel of contemporary art professionals.
Grants are awarded in the following fields: visual art, photography, media art, applied art, comics art, performance art and sound art.
How can you apply?
- You can apply for a travel grant to cover travel costs, accommodation costs, transport costs for artworks, and insurance costs for artworks during transport.
- Artists can apply for travel grants for exhibiting outside Finland.
- Contemporary art professionals can apply for travel grants for work-related trips outside Finland.
- Contemporary art professionals from abroad can apply for a travel grant to Finland.
- Finnish contemporary art organisations can apply for a travel grant to invite an international art professional to Finland.
When can you apply?
- The application must be submitted prior to travelling
- The application period for 2025 trips is open from 1 November 2024 to 31 August 2025.
- The last deadlines for travel grant applications for the year are: 30 April 2025 & 31 August 2025
- Decisions will be announced approximately four weeks after the application deadline.
For more information:
Veera Lizé, Grants Coordinator
veera.lize@frame-finland.fi
Tel. +358 44 728 9914
Antti Pussinen solo show ‘New Waves’ at R8M Gallery in Cologne, 12 October – 15 November, 2024. Supported with Frame travel grant.