We foster freedom in research and the arts. The 2022 grant call is now closed. Thank you for your applications! The funding decision will be announced on 9 December. Read more about our grants Grants We award grants for academic research, the arts, and for projects that combine research and art. Our annual grant call is held in September. Read more about our funding focuses and the application process For grant recipients Congratulations on your grant! In addition to grants, we have tailored a set of services to support the work of our grant recipients, called Grants+. Read the instructions for grant recipients Saari Residence The Saari Residence, maintained by Kone Foundation, is a residence for artists of all disciplines and nationalities. It is located in Mynämäki, Southwest Finland. Read more about Saari Residence About us Kone Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation that awards grants to promote academic research, culture and the arts. We pursue active arts and research policies and constantly seek to provide alternatives to the mainstream. Read more about Kone Foundation and the work we do News See all news Saari Fellows in November and December Saari Residence18.11.2022 Kone Foundation’s new Finance and Administration Coordinator Hanna Vuorenmaa enjoys culture at work and in her free time Staff3.11.2022 The autumn’s individual residencies are running Saari Residence7.10.2022 Stories Read more stories At the borders of translation in a multilingual environment – from crosslinguistic communication to literary translation At the Well blog15.11.2022 Love is a Frequency At the Well blog3.10.2022 Saari Residence presents Reviving the Wild: listen to the two latest episodes of the podcast Podcasts28.9.2022 Learn more about the work that we have funded Different Routes Different Routes, our series of long reads, invites you to delve into new research funded by Kone Foundation. Covering an array of topics explored by various journalists, the series is edited by Tuomo Tamminen and published by Kone Foundation. Read articles from the Different Routes series At the Well blog At the Well is a blog where Kone Foundation grantees tell about their projects – in their own words. Read blog posts about our grantees’ projects Events New ideas for project visibility arise from communications sparring Thursday 08.12. 13:00 – 15:00 Lauttasaari Manor, phone or Zoom Subscribe to Kone Foundation and Saari Residence newsletters Join our mailing lists, and we will send you information about our current topics via email approximately once a month. Click here to subscribe to our newsletters