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Our annual grant call 2023 ended with 6,684 applications

The awarded grants will be announced on Friday, 8 December.

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Changes in the Foundation’s staff

Grant Secretary Maria Roivas supports grantees in their work and enjoys birdwatching in her spare time 

A portrait of Veera Leno. They have short dark brown hair, round eyeglasses and a black and grey striped shirt.

Communications intern Veera Leno’s interests lie in visual arts and environmental subjects  

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A group of people holding a long horizontal flag of Russia in front of a memorial wall. The wall is made of red-brown brick and it features the years 1941 and 1945 on both sides of the communist symbol hammer and sickle.

Why study Russian society? And why now?

Accessibility in residence activities

Assemblages and supply chains. IKEA cup as a residency emblem?

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