Apply for a grant! Application period open until 31 October.

SET is a member organisation of Kopiosto and supervises the copyright interests of its members in cooperation with Kopiosto. SET recommends that everyone working in the field signs the Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors.

With the Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors, the creator reinforces their financial position as an audiovisual author and increases their control over their creative work. In addition, this way the creator ensures that they receive all remunerations they are entitled to based on the secondary use of their work. The Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors is granted to the Kopiosto member organisation that best represents the creator and their work. Also students should see to signing their Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors already during their studies.

You can sign the Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors conveniently online at Kopiosto’s eservices.

What are Kopiosto grants all about?

On the basis of the Copyright Agreements for Audiovisual Authors, Kopiosto sells licences for the secondary use of television programmes, for instance, such as home recording or use in educational institutions. Kopiosto pays the remunerations collected from these licences personally to the authors. In addition, Kopiosto returns to its member organisations online recording remunerations that the member organisations distribute back to the authors as grants, scholarships and awards. The grants distributed by SET are funded with the copyright remunerations collected by Kopiosto.
Kopiosto collects the copyright remunerations based on the number of the Copyright Agreements for Audiovisual Authors, and that is why SET recommends that all grant applicants grant their Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors to SET. The person granting the Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors does not have to be a SET member.

In 2023, SET is distributing a total of €15,000 in grants. Operators and students in the audiovisual industry can apply for grants for copyrighted work or studying regardless of the fact if they are or are not members of SET. However, granting the Copyright Agreement for Audiovisual Authors to SET is seen as favourable. The distribution of grants is decided by SET’s grant working group, and the decisions will comply with the rules regarding the use of Kopiosto’s collective remunerations.

Instructions for applying for grants and applicable grants:

A precondition for receiving a grant is that it is targeted to copyrighted creative work (The ABC of Copyright).

Examples of grants’ purposes of use include creative work, studies in the audiovisual field, training courses or independent studying, travel costs, costs of a work or exhibition space and tools.

How to apply for a grant?

Grants for personal use or working groups are applied for by sending a written application to the email address hallitus@setry.fi. In the header, add the type of the grant you are applying for. Written applications must be 1–2 pages (A4) long and any possible attachments 1–2 pages (A4) long. Please only apply for one grant per application round. Grants cannot be applied retrospectively for work that has already been completed.

The values of SET include supporting equality and diversity in the audiovisual industry. The grant working group processes the applications anonymously, contact details or other data referring to the applicant are not given to the working group assessing the applications. So please leave your name and any other identifiable data out of your application and only describe matters that are clearly relevant from your work history, for example. You can add your name and contact details in the email when submitting your application in which case the information is visible only to the Chairpersons of the Board and the grant working group.

The application must include:

The grant’s purpose of use briefly (max. 200 characters). Please note that SET can publish this information on its website in connection with the decisions.
The objective of the project, plan, report or work.
The execution plan of the project, plan, report or work.
The execution schedule.
The cost estimate.

If the grant is applied for covering the costs of a project, plan or work, the application must include a realistic cost estimate specified by cost type, for example, participation fees, travel costs, rents etc. If the grant is applied for working or studying, the applicant must present a realistic estimate of the value of their work, for example in relation to the hours used.

1. Studying the audiovisual industry abroad

The maximum grant that can be awarded is €3,000.
Requires a valid place of study in a degree programme/training leading to a profession in the audiovisual industry. Can be granted also during studies.
Attach a certificate of a place of study in Finnish, Swedish or English to the application.

2. Studying the audiovisual industry in Finland

The maximum grant that can be awarded is €1,000.
Requires a valid place of study in a degree programme/training leading to a profession in the audiovisual industry. Can be granted also during studies.
Attach a certificate of a place of study in Finnish, Swedish or English to the application.

3. Developing own professional competence

The maximum grant that can be awarded is €1,000.

4. Paying for a software licence

The maximum grant that can be awarded is €1,000.

5. Free grant:

The maximum grant that can be awarded is €4,000.

By sending an application, the applicant accepts that SET can publish the names of those who have received the grants, the purposes of use of the grants (brief description in the application, max. 200 characters) and granted sums on its website.

Actual costs must be reported to SET using a form on 31 March 2024 at the latest.

If the applicant’s grant is used to produce a publication, it must be mentioned in connection with the publication that it has been funded with remunerations collected by Kopiosto.