Grants for artists

Application periods for 2026

• Frame grants will be renewed in 2026.
• As a result, Frame will not organize its November project and travel grant application rounds in the fall of 2025.
• The next Frame grant application round will open in March 2026, when grants can be applied for international projects of Finnish contemporary art for the period 2026–2027.
• Read more: Changes to Frame grants: No application round this November

The purpose of the grant is to promote the international career development of Finnish artists or artists based in Finland by promoting their networking and opportunities to exhibit or perform abroad. The purpose of grants awarded by Frame is based on the strategy of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and Frame’s own strategy.

Who can apply?

• Visual artists who are Finnish or based in Finland.
• Work groups formed by Finnish artists or artists based in Finland.
• Travel grants may not be applied on behalf of another person. The contact person of a work group must be among the travellers.
• Organisations such as associations, cooperatives or companies are not eligible for the travel grant for artists. To covert artists’s travel expenses they can apply for a project grant for exhibiting work by Finnish artists abroad. Finnish contemporary art organisations can apply for a travel grant to invite international art professionals to Finland.

For what purposes can a travel grant be applied for?

• Artists can apply for a travel grant when they perform or present their work outside Finland, such as in a solo or group exhibition, biennale, triennale, festival or other contemporary art event.

Travel grants can only be applied for to cover personal or work group’s

• Travel expenses
• Accommodation expenses
• Transport expenses
• Insurance of artworks during transport

Travel grants cannot be spent on

• Residencies (including travel to and from)
• Per diems or living costs
• Gallery rental or participation fees
• Production and material costs of artworks
• Installation costs or equipment purchases
• Artistic work
• Studies, theses
• The expenses of foreign artists not based in Finland
• Events or exhibitions in Finland

When to apply?

• The next Frame grant application round will open in March 2026, when grants can be applied for international projects of Finnish contemporary art for the period 2026–2027.

Required appendices

• Travel plan: purpose of trip, dates and programme, description of venue, as well as importance of the trip to the promotion of the applicant’s international career.
• Curriculum Vitae (1–2 pages) or biography.
• Work groups: short Curricula Vitae or biographies.
• 3–5 images per participating Finnish artist.
• Attachments should be in pdf, jpeg, jpg or png format. The maximum file size is 4 Mb.

How to apply?

Fill in a travel grant application form at Frame’s online grants service.

The purpose of the grant is to promote the international career development of Finnish artists. The purpose of grants awarded by Frame is based on the strategy of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and Frame’s own strategy.

Who can apply?

• Finnish artists or artists based in Finland.
• The project grant for an international art publication can also be applied by Finnish or foreign publishers and Finnish or foreign contemporary art organisations.

For what purpose can this project grant be applied for?

• This project grant may be applied for foreign-language publications with international distribution that present the work of Finnish artists or artists based in Finland, or Finnish art in general.

Project grants can only be applied for to cover the following expenses:

• Printing expenses
• Writer fees
• Translation fees
• Graphic design fees

Project grants cannot be spent on:

• Per diems, living costs
• Studies, theses

When to apply?

• The next Frame grant application round will open in March 2026, when grants can be applied for international projects of Finnish contemporary art for the period 2026–2027.

Required appendices

• Publication plan: a description of the publication and its significance for the artist’s international career, as well as publisher, scope, print run, date of release, work group (i.e. writers, photographer, translator, graphic designer).
• International distribution plan: how will the publication be distributed globally?
• Curriculum Vitae (1–2 pages) or biography per each participating Finnish artist
• 3–5 images per participating Finnish artist.
• Attachments should be in pdf, jpeg, jpg or png format. The maximum file size is 4 Mb.

How to apply?

Fill in a project grant application form at Frame’s online grants service.

You may write your application in Finnish, Swedish or in English. Fill in your application form at Frame’s online grants service. The service is provided in Finnish and in English.