Home Grants Funding programmes and thematic grant calls Funding programmes and thematic grant calls Nearly every year, in addition to the general grant call, Kone Foundation arranges grant calls that are thematically connected to the Foundation’s funding programmes. GrantsFor grant applicants Criteria for applying Kone Foundation’s focuses in awarding grants Guidelines for making an application Evaluation and decisions Frequently asked questions Propose a peer reviewer For grant recipients General information about the grant Grant payment, social security and taxation Grants+ Project communications Grantees’ instructions for blog posts and project pages Kamari booking calender Kone Foundation logos and mentioning the funder Funding programmes and thematic grant calls Funding programme: Is Democracy Eroding? (2021–2025) Thematic grant call 2025: Securitization and Democracy Thematic grant call 2024: Media and Democracy in Finland in the 2020s Thematic grant call 2022: The current state and challenges of Finnish democracy Thematic grant call 2021: Language, Power and Democracy Previous thematic grant calls Vuoden Tiedekynä Academic Writing Award Nearly every year, in addition to the general grant call, Kone Foundation arranges grant calls that are thematically connected to the Foundation’s funding programmes. Thematic grant calls are evaluated separately from the general grant call. Kone Foundation’s current funding programme is called “Is Democracy Eroding?”. The programme aims to increase our collective understanding of democracy and social justice and to bring new perspectives to common notions of democracy. The fourth thematic grant call in the programme, titled Securitization and democracy is held in April 2025. Read more about previous grant calls here Thematic grant call 2025: Securitization and Democracy The fourth thematic grant call in the programme “Is Democracy Eroding?” focuses on securitization. The thematic grant call is held from 1 April to 30 April 2025. Read more about the grant call Funding programme: Is Democracy Eroding? (2021–2025) Kone Foundation’s newest funding programme aims to increase our collective understanding of democracy and social justice and to bring new perspectives to common notions of democracy. Read more about the funding programme Kone Foundation’s funding programmes Funding programme: Is Democracy Eroding? (2021–2025) Kone Foundation’s newest funding programme aims to increase our collective understanding of democracy and social justice and to bring new perspectives to common notions of democracy. Read more about the funding programme The changing ”neighbournesses” of Finland (2016–2020) At the background of the funding programme are the many changes that have recently taken place in the Global North. Due to the warming of the climate, the geopolitical significance of the northern regions has changed, which has caused an economic race to the Arctic. The relations between Russia and the West have become tense and polarised, and migrations and refugee situations have brought new neighbours to the Finnish society. Read more about the funding programme The changing ”neighbournesses” of Finland (2016–2020) Is Finland Becoming Polarized? The purpose of the funding programme “Is Finland Becoming Polarized?” was to increase our understanding of social justice and inequality in Finland. Read more about the funding programme Is Finland Becoming Polarized? Language Programme (2012–2016) The main objective of the Kone Foundation Language Programme (2012–2016) was to advance the documentation of small Finno-Ugric languages, the Finnish language, and minority languages in Finland, and to strengthen their status. Read more about the Language Programme