In 2021 the residence period is 15.2.–7.3. in Villa Salin (Lauttasaari, Helsinki). The application period starts 2 November and deadline for the applications is 30 November (at 23.59 Finnish time).
Read more:Applications to FILI’s Translator-in-Residence programme
Deadline for FILI grants was 1 November. The results will be published in mid-December when FILI’s advisory board has had its meeting.
There has been an increase of over 50% in the applications in 2020 compared to 2019.
On 6 October 2020, the Finnish minister of science and culture, Annika Saarikko, granted the State Award for Foreign Translators to the Dutch translator Annemarie Raas. The prize is worth €15,000 and was awarded this year for the forty-fifth time. Raas is the first translator into Dutch to receive the award.
Read more:Annemarie Raas receives Finnish State Award for Foreign Translators
The last application round for this year opened on 1 October and closes on 1 November.
Our translation grant programme is still part of a joint Nordic campaign in which we guarantee to award a grant covering 50% of translation costs for a project, provided that the application meets the grant criteria and the grants advisory board approves the grant.
Read more:FILI translation grant application round opens on 1 October
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