Events For grant applicants Advice sessions for grant applicants in the general grant call, 20 August Date 20.08.2026 Time 10:00 - 14:00 Location Telephone or Zoom Book an appointment here We offer advice sessions to grant applicants for questions related to the preparation phase of applications in the foundation’s general grant call. Please read the criteria for applying, the Foundation’s application guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions page in advance. The advice sessions can be booked, for example, for questions regarding application choices or budgeting, the peer reviewing process in our research and arts funding, or questions about the foundation’s values and strategy that you have not found answers to in our guidelines for applicants. Please note that the foundation’s staff does not evaluate applications; the advice sessions doesn’t serve as a platform for pitching a project to Kone Foundation. We’ve reserved 20 minutes for each individual session. The conversations will take place on Zoom or by phone. You can book your session with Research and Arts Funding Specialist Maija Karasvaara Grant Specialist Laura Lees Grant Specialist Silja Pasila Grant Coordinator Reetta Sassi Grant Coordinator Maria Roivas. The booking is valid once we have confirmed it by email. Please reserve only one appointment slot to allow as many people as possible to book a session. For advice regarding applications for the Metsän puolella initiative, please contact the team via email, metsanpuolella@koneensaatio.fi Book an appointment for 20 August here.