Landis & Gyr Stiftung is a Swiss private foundation focused on professional contemporary art and culture, with a strong emphasis on individual artists and cultural practitioners rather than institutions alone. It supports creation, research, residencies, and travel-based exchange across literature/translation, music/composition, dance, theatre, visual arts, and cultural criticism, with particular attention to Zug and to cultural exchange with East-Central and Southeast Europe. The foundation appears especially interested in giving artists time, space, and mobility to develop new work and expand international networks.
Annual stipend cycle for individual artists with fixed application windows; rolling project grants for eligible contemporary arts projects; and invite-only annual recognition awards for established institutions, festivals, or ensembles. Grants are typically targeted and program-specific, with modest-to-medium support such as monthly stipends for residencies, travel funding, and a CHF 50,000 recognition award.
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Watch the annual stipend call window (listed as 01.12.2026–31.01.2027 for the next cycle) and apply only if you are a Swiss-based cultural practitioner or Swiss resident eligible under the program. Project grants are rolling but must be submitted at least 4 months before the project begins, and the recognition award is invite-only with no open application process.
Current and upcoming funding from Landis & Gyr Stiftung that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Open to cultural practitioners, associations, organizations, and institutions. Projects should address plural society, cultural exchange, and inclusive artistic formats.
Deadline: Rolling, with submission at least four months before project start.
Who can apply: Open to professional Swiss cultural practitioners, organizations, and institutions. Projects must take place in Switzerland, at a public venue, and be adequately co-financed by other public or private funds. Public presentation, diversity, sustainability, and fair working conditions are emphasized.
Deadline: No fixed deadline; submit at least four months before project start.
Who can apply: Professional Swiss-based cultural creators or organisers in the specified Swiss language regions; projects must be public, have confirmed dates/venue, demonstrate artistic quality and fair working conditions. Projects in the Romandie only are not supported; projects abroad are not supported.
Deadline: No fixed intake dates — applications accepted continuously (rolling), minimum 4 months before project start. Decision can take up to eight weeks.
Who can apply: Swiss-based professional artists (or artists of other nationalities officially resident in Switzerland) with an established track record; not aimed at early-career artists. Previous Landis & Gyr stipends must be at least three years prior. No age limit.
Deadline: Annual call; for the 2028/29 cycle the application period is 01.12.2026–31.01.2027. Decisions communicated in spring (juries in March 2027; decisions by end of May 2027).
Who can apply: Professional artists resident in Switzerland; applicants must demonstrate an established track record. Applications via the foundation's online platform.
Deadline: Application window for the mentioned cycle: 01.12.2026–31.01.2027.
Who can apply: Swiss residents working professionally in the arts; applicants must demonstrate the purpose and relevance of travel. Applications via the foundation's online platform.
Deadline: For the 2028 cycle, application period listed as 01.12.2026–31.01.2027 (same window as Atelierstipendien).
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