Funding terms and conditions
Business Finland projects' funding terms.
Online services
You can apply for funding, report on the progress of your project and create a cost statement through the Online Service. As a new feature, changes to projects are now applied for through the Online Service. All documents related to your project are also available via the Online Service.
The funding terms and conditions outline which costs can be covered by Business Finland funding in different projects, and how to report the costs and the project outcomes.
You can find the funding terms and conditions directly related to your project from your project pages in the online services.
Translations of the terms and conditions are provided for guidance only. Business Finland shall not guarantee the accuracy of the translated text. For interpretation purposes, the Finnish-language version shall apply.
Companies
Research organisations
Previous terms and conditions
(from 2015 onwards)
The project will be subject to the funding terms and conditions in force at the time of the funding decision for the entire duration. From the links below you can access the terms and conditions in force for the period indicated by the link.
Companies' R&D projects
- 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025
- 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024
- 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
- 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022
- 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 13.07.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 01.01.2020 - 12.07.2020
- 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
- 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2018
- 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017
- 01.06.2016 - 31.12.2016
- 01.01.2016 - 31.05-2016
- 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015
De minimis aid (ia Explorer funding services, Tempo)
- 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025
- 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2025
- 02.02.2023 - 31.12.2023
- 01.01.2023 - 01.02.2023
- 01.02.2022 - 31.12.2022
- 01.01.2022 - 31.01.2022
- 01.10.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 15.02.2021 - 30.09.2021
- 01.01.2021 - 14.02.2021
- 01.10.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 27.04.2020 - 30.09.2020
- 19.03.2020 - 26.04.2020
- 01.01.2020 - 18.03.2020
- 15.04.2019 - 31.12.2019
- 01.01.2018 - 14.04.2019
- 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017
- 01.06.2016 - 31.12.2016
- 01.01.2016 - 31.05.2016
- 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015
- 15.10.2018 - 31.12.2018 (Tempo)
- 01.01.2018 - 14.10.2018 (Tempo)
- 01.06.2017 - 31.12.2017 (Tempo)
Funding for Young Innovative Companies (and DeepTech Accelerator)
- 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025
- 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024
- 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
- 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022
- 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
- 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2018
- 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017
- 01.01.2016 - 31.12.2016
- 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015
Incentive for Audiovisual Products
- 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025
- 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024
- 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
- 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022
- 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
- 16.04.2018 - 31.12.2018
- 01.01.2018 - 15.04.2018
- 21.03.2017 - 31.12.2017
- 01.01.2017 - 20.03.2017
Innovation aid for shipbuilding
Innovation Cluster
- 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025
- 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024
- 01.12.2022 - 31.12.2022
- 01.01.2022 - 30.11.2022
- 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 01.07.2019 - 31.12.2019
Invest aid for circular economy
Energy Aid
- 05.03.2025 - 31.12.2025
- 13.05.2024 - 31.12.2024
- 01.01.2024 - 12.05.2024
- 20.03.2023 - 31.12.2023
- 01.01.2023 - 19.03.2023
- 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2022
- 15.09.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 01.01.2021 - 14.09.2021
- 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 15.05.2017 - 31.12.2019
- 01.01.2017 - 14.05.2017
Funding for IPCEI-projects
Research Organizations
- 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2025
- 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024
- 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023
- 01.02.2022 - 31.12.2022
- 01.01.2022 - 31.01.2022
- 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
- 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2018
- 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2017
- 01.06.2016 - 31.12.2016
- 01.01.2016 - 31.05.2016
Funding for research infrastructure
Innovation Voucher
- 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2021
- 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2020
- 01.01.2019 - 31.12.2019
- 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2018
- 27.01.2017 - 14.05.2017