Grants for Culture

The City of Oulu's Educational and Cultural Services support arts and culture operators, as well as art professionals and their work groups, with grants.

Contents of this page:

Annual Grants

Oulu Valistustalo Fund Grants

Grants for Culture

Small grants for Event Organizers

Current news about grants for culture

The appropriations for Small grants for Event Organizers for 2024 have been allocated

The new application period open 1.1.2025.

Application period for 2025 Cultural Grant open 14.10.–8.11. until 15.30.

The categories of cultural are workspace grants, operating grants for associations, project grants and event grants. The grants are primarily applied for through eAsiointi service.

A grant clinic will be held on Monday, 14.10.2024 at 17.30 online. Link to the clinic: ouka.fi/kulttuuriavustukset  The clinic is in Finnish.

2025 Cultural Grant Applications via the eAsionti Service 

All cultural grant application forms can be found on the eAsionti service.

You must log in to the service with bank authorization, mobile certificate or card certificate. You must register to the service when you use it for the first time. 

When using the service on behalf of a business, association or other person, you must also have a granted Suomi.fi mandate. You must be mandated to send grant applications (“Avustushakemuksen tekeminen”). General authority to sign documents is also sufficient. 

Request Suomi.fi mandates here. The link will open in a new window. 

The eAsionti service monitors time-outs of authorizations and mandates. Thus, the form should be filled in from start to finish seamlessly. The cloud service can process some information slowly while you are filling in the application, but it will continue eventually. If the application freezes completely, you should try with another web browser. It is possible to save the application as a draft and continue filling it in later.  

The grants are primarily applied for through eAsiointi service (in Finnish). If needed, you can request the pdf application form from Oulu10 services by email: oulu10@ouka.fi

More information about the online application of cultural grants from Tuula Junttari, tel. 050 575 8613, tuula.junttari@ouka.fi.