Applications
The application submission period
21.05.25
–21.08.25
Applications can be submitted four times per year.
- The deadlines for submitting applications are 20 February, 20 May, 20 August and 20 November. If the last day for the submission of applications falls on a weekend or a public holiday, the deadline is on the very next working day.
- Applications can be submitted until midnight. Applications received after midnight will be reviewed in the next round.
Before submitting your application, please follow this link and this link to read how the different forms of support are paid, how to apply for support and how your application is processed, and what happens if funding paid out has to be repaid to the Endowment. You can also view the terms and conditions for the specific endowment that you intend to apply to by selecting it from the Endowments drop-down menu above.
Support
that is considered to be de minimis aid or state aid is granted in accordance
with the relevant European Commission regulations and the Estonian Competition
Act. You can check your available balance of de minimis aid in the register
of the Ministry of Finance.
Result of your application
After reviewing all applications, we will let you know whether your application has been successful no later than two months following the deadline for submitting applications.
Information about the recipients of awards, scholarships and grants is published on the Cultural Endowment website.
From where can I find the Enowments logo and how should I use it?
You can find our logo from here. The logo must be used in every event/print etc supported by the endowment. We also suggest you read the guidelines how to use the logo.
How can I make a suggestion for an award?
Candidates for awards can be filed as an application or a letter. It depends on the enowment how the prefer the candidates to be filed, so we suggest you ask from the curator of the endowment.
1. The purpose of the publicly-funded creator`s salary is to enable a creative individual to dedicate themselves to a specific creative activity or task aimed at creating a work protected by copyright or related rights, to receive reasonable compensation for this work, and to cover the taxes prescribed by law.
2. The creator’s salary can be applied for by natural persons for themselves.
3. A fixed-term service contract is concluded for the payment of the creator’s salary.
4. The creator’s salary is generally divided by the number of months in the creative period and paid out monthly.
5. The creator’s salary may also be paid out over a shorter time than the creative period. In this case, the endowment decides on the number of payments and the time frame for making the payments, ensuring that one payment is made in each calendar month. Payments may be designated for the start or end months of the creative period or for a specified period after the completion of the work. A creator’s salary may also be designated for a single month.
6. The recipient of the creator’s salaryis entitled to health insurance if the social tax calculated on the gross amount of the salary is equal to or exceeds the monthly minimum obligation of the social tax for at least one month. A new gross salary amount is determined annually. This will be based on an agreement between the government and employers and ensure health insurance coverage. Typically, this amount is the minimum wage for the previous year.
7. Applications for the creator’s salary must include:
- A description of the work or performance that is to be created
- A schedule for the work or performance
- The applicant’s professional CV, list of completed works and/or a web link to their portfolio