An information session on the City of Tampere’s grants will be held on Thursday 8 January 2026 from 17:30 to 19:00. The event will take place in Lehmus Hall at the Main Library Metso (Pirkankatu 2).
The session will provide details on the City of Tampere’s 2026 grant calls and guidance on applying for general grants.
After the information session, the event will continue with a grants clinic, where applicants can ask more detailed questions about their own grant applications directly from the responsible officers.
No advance registration is required. Coffee service will be available for 70 people from 17:00 onwards.
The following general grants are available from the Culture and Leisure Committee:
General grants for animal welfare work are available from the Regional Environmental Health Division of the City Planning and Infrastructure Services Committee.
General grants may be awarded to associations or communities that have operated for at least one calendar year before applying and that are registered or have demonstrably submitted their registration application. The costs of activities must be verifiable from the association’s accounts. If specific conditions apply to a grant, they are recorded in the criteria for each grant category.
In 2026, personal grants for professional artists may be applied for by artists working in the fields of visual arts (including fine arts, photography/film, architecture/applied arts) and children’s culture. Support grants are small-scale grants intended to support artistic work.
Applications may be submitted by individual professional artists who are officially residents in Tampere. Artistic work does not need to be full-time, but the grant does not support hobby activities. Grants are not awarded to groups or communities, nor to applicants who have received a grant for professional artists from the City of Tampere within the past two years.
The Culture and Leisure Committee decides on the grants. The grants may be awarded for artistic work, exhibition costs or further training. The scholarship does not require exemption from other employment.
The City of Tampere’s general grants and personal grants for professional artists for 2026 are open for applications from 7 January to 30 January 2026. Grants can be applied for using an electronic application form, which will be available at tampere.fi/en/grants when the application period begins. If necessary, paper attachments may be delivered to the City Registry Office.
Applications with attachments must be submitted by 30 January 2026 at 15:45. Late applications will not be processed.
