Funding areas
of Pro Helvetia
Disciplines
Pro Helvetia supports artistic projects and their dissemination in five disciplines. The foundation also organises residencies and research trips in Switzerland and around the world in all disciplines.
Innovation & Society
The Innovation & Society sector performs a cross-disciplinary function at the foundation, aiming to provide targeted stimulus for transformation in the cultural sector. The sector focuses on the following three strategic dimensions: new forms of collaboration, digitality, and sustainable development.
Residencies
Two- to four-week research trip
Pro Helvetia supports research trips (max. 4 weeks) to Switzerland and from Switzerland worldwide. Applications can be submitted by Swiss or Swiss-based cultural practitioners and those living in the regions covered by our liaison offices (Arab region, East Asia, South America, South Asia and Vietnam, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa).