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The Finnish Cultural Foundation awarded €29 million to science and the arts – Kirpilä Art Collection Research Grant to Tiina Salmia

The Finnish Cultural Foundation awarded 784 grants, totalling €29 million, to support science, research and the arts. The largest individual grant of the October round, €800,000, was awarded for the opening exhibition of the National Museum of Finland. 

From the Juhani Kirpilä Fund, the Kirpilä Art Collection Research Grant was awarded to Tiina Salmia, M.A. The grant supports her postdoctoral research on interactions between humans and non-human animals in the works of the Kirpilä Art Collection. 

Other recipients of a grant from the Juhani Kirpilä Fund: Mirza Cizmic, Anna Estarriola, Joel Hilska-Heikkinen, Kaisa Huotari, Kuvataideopettajat kuvis ry, Pauliina Mäkelä, Frans Nybacka, Karoliina Paatos, Raimo Saarinen ja Kristiina Uusitalo.

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