Funding instructions, terms and forms

You will find all the necessary guidelines for applicants, project management and reporting from these pages.
Guidelines from project preparation to reporting

You will find all the necessary guidelines for applicants, project management, reporting and change application from these pages.

Funding terms and conditions

Business Finland projects' funding terms.

Applying for funding

What information do I need to provide when applying for funding? Application instructions and forms now on one page.

Project implementation

How to monitor project costs and how to report the costs? How to arrange project accounting?

Reporting

Instructions for Business Finland project reporting

Reporting forms

Reporting forms now on a single page. Read the financing terms and conditions to see which forms you need.

Purchases from an associated company

Read here in which cases purchases form associated company can be accepted as a direct cost for the project.

Changes in the project

For most project changes, you will need advance consent from Business Finland, but in some cases a notification will suffice.

For auditors

Information pack for auditors

De minimis

De minimis aid refers to public funding granted to companies, governed by the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013.

Legislation

Business Finland's operations are guided by special legislation and national and EU-level state aid regulations.

Contract templates

When planning development projects, it is also good to think about contractual matters.

Funding obstacles

Each funding service's own page lists the requirements that must be met in order for Business Finland to grant funding to a project. This page lists obstacles identified by Business Finland that prevent funding from being granted or already granted funding from being paid out.