Pro Helvetia — Research Trip to Switzerland
Two-to-four-week research visits for cultural practitioners permanently resident in listed liaison-office countries. Individuals and duos can build Swiss professional connections; this is not the outgoing scheme for Swiss practitioners.
Switzerland
Before you apply
Check residence and nationality requirements separately, confirm what costs you would cover, and allow time to prepare every required document. This listing is a guide; the organiser makes the eligibility decision.
- Status
- Rolling applications
- Organizer
- Pro Helvetia
- Who can apply
- Permanent residence and active cultural practice in a listed liaison-office country, not citizenship alone. Eligible African residence countries: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Libya, Sudan and Mauritania are not listed. Professional portfolio required; school, university and basic-training students excluded.
- Funding & support
- Accommodation, travel, daily allowances and local coach. Childcare/child travel support on request up to CHF1,000/month, including care at home; advance budget required.
- Application fees
- Application fee not stated.
- Travel support
- Covered; visa approval is not guaranteed.
- Accommodation
- Covered.
- Disciplines
- Visual arts, Curation, Design, Literature, Music, Performing arts, Transdisciplinary practice
- Deadline
- Open year-round. Earliest project start is three months after application; decisions within eight weeks. No fixed annual deadline.
- Programme dates
- Visits last two to four weeks.
- What to prepare
- Not specified.
- How to apply
- Direct application in English through the official page; proposal, motivation, itinerary, CV and portfolio. No prior host-invitation requirement stated for this incoming route.
- Selection process
- Pro Helvetia assessment of professional record, research topic and exchange relevance.
- Admission & access
- Individual or artist-duo application. Working English or a Swiss language required.