For 2026, the Landis & Gyr Foundation is awarding artist residencies of between one and four months in Budapest to individuals or artistic duos. The Foundation maintains a two-storey apartment in the Raoul Wallenberg guesthouse, in Budapest’s historic castle district in the city centre.

  
Applicants must have good English-language skills and a strong interest in the region. External rehearsal space and artist studios can be organized via the Foundation at Art Quarter Budapest. Applicants who require external studio space should specify this in their grant application. The Foundation will endeavour to accommodate their wishes.

The Landis & Gyr Foundation takes an active role in ensuring the social security of cultural professionals. Mandatory social insurance contributions are deducted for all artist residencies, travel grants and artist grants of CHF 10,000 or more. The grant money is disbursed only after the grant recipient has provided the Foundation.

  
The Budapest artist residency includes the use of the apartment in the Raoul Wallenberg guesthouse free of charge. In addition, grant recipients receive a monthly stipend of CHF 3,300 to cover living expenses. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing and paying for their own travel to Budapest.

  
The Budapest lodgings are suitable for grant recipients to stay with children, or as a small family. In order to promote a healthy work-family balance, the Foundation offers parents the opportunity to apply for financial aid of up to CHF 1,000 per month to help cover the cost of childcare and/or travel expenses for children. If a family stipend is desired, this must be stated in the application documents and family expenses specified in a breakdown of costs. In such cases, applicants are advised to contact the Foundation before submitting their application. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing childcare themselves: neither the Landis & Gyr Foundation nor the local residency coordinators assume any responsibility in this regard.

RESIDENCIES 2026 BUDAPEST

For 2026, the Landis & Gyr Foundation is awarding artist residencies of between one and four months in Bucharest to individuals or artistic duos. Unlike the independently run studios in London, Budapest and Zug, the studio accommodation in Bucharest is affiliated with the New Europe College Bucharest (NEC Bucharest). The Foundation maintains an apartment at the NEC’s premises on Strada Plantelor in the city centre. The building houses the New Europe College (NEC), and NEC international fellows also reside there.

The Landis & Gyr Foundation takes an active role in ensuring the social security of cultural professionals. Mandatory social insurance contributions are deducted for all artist residencies, travel grants and artist grants of CHF 10,000 or more. The grant money is disbursed only after the grant recipient has provided the Foundation.

  
The Bucharest artist residency includes use of the Foundation’s apartment free of charge. In addition, grant recipients receive a monthly stipend of CHF 3,300 to cover living expenses. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing and paying for their own travel to Bucharest.

RESIDENCIES 2026 BUCHAREST

The Landis & Gyr Foundation maintains five small two-room houses, a spacious studio for visual artists, and a soundproof workspace for composers at its Smithy Street premises in Whitechapel/Stepney (East London). It awards residencies of three or six months to individuals or artistic duos. Please note that space in these small houses is limited.

  
 The following dates are available in 2026/2027

* August to January 2026 (6 months)
* August to October 2026 (3 months)
* November 2026 to January 2027 (3 months)
* February to July 2027 (6 months)
* February to April 2027 (3 months)
* Mai to July 2027 (3 months)

The Landis & Gyr Foundation takes an active role in ensuring the social security of cultural professionals. Mandatory social insurance contributions are deducted for all artist residencies, travel grants and artist grants of CHF 10,000 or more. The grant money is disbursed only after the grant recipient has provided the Foundation.

  
A London artist residency includes use of one of the Foundation’s houses free of charge. In addition, grant recipients receive a monthly stipend of CHF 3,300 to cover living expenses. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing and paying for their own travel to London.

RESIDENCIES 2026/27 LONDON

For 2026, the Landis & Gyr Foundation is awarding artist residencies of between one and four months in Sofia to individuals or artistic duos. Unlike the independently run studios in London, Budapest and Zug, the studio accommodation in Sofia is affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study (Center for Advanced Study CAS Sofia).

The Landis & Gyr Foundation takes an active role in ensuring the social security of cultural professionals. Mandatory social insurance contributions are deducted for all artist residencies, travel grants and artist grants of CHF 10,000 or more. The grant money is disbursed only after the grant recipient has provided the Foundation.

  
The Foundation is able to contact and organize external rehearsal spaces or artist studios in Sofia. Applicants who require external studio space should specify this in their grant application. The Foundation will endeavour to accommodate their wishes.

  
The Sofia artist residency includes the use of an apartment free of charge. In addition, grant recipients receive a monthly stipend of CHF 3,300 to cover living expenses. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing and paying for their own travel to Sofia.

  
The lodgings in Sofia are suitable for grant recipients to stay with children or family. In order to promote a healthy work-family balance, the Foundation offers parents the opportunity to apply for financial aid of up to CHF 1,000 per month to help cover the cost of childcare and/or travel expenses for children. If a family stipend is desired, this must be stated in the application documents and family expenses specified in a breakdown of costs. In such cases, applicants are advised to contact the Foundation before submitting their application. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing childcare themselves: neither the Landis & Gyr Foundation nor the local residency coordinators assume any responsibility in this regard.

RESIDENCIES 2026 SOFIA

In contrast to the fixed artist residencies in Switzerland and abroad, the travel grants are awarded to Swiss cultural professionals whose main focus is cultural exchange with the countries and regions of East-Central and Southeast Europe. Individuals and artistic duos from the following disciplines are invited to apply:

  
* Literature/translation
* Composition
* Cultural criticism/curatorial work
* Theatre (directing, dramaturgy, playwriting)
* Dance
* Visual arts

  
Travel grants provide the opportunity to establish new networks, conduct research for current or future projects, implement specific projects and develop or refine ideas for new projects. Grant recipients have the freedom to choose when they will travel, within a maximum period of one year, and can schedule this according to their professional and family responsibilities. The travel grants are designed to foster creative processes and serve as an inspiration for exploring the regions in question.

  
The Landis & Gyr Foundation does not fund travel in countries of East-Central and Southeast Europe that are on the list of countries the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) explicitly advises against visiting. Please consult the FDFA’s general travel advice before applying.

  
Travel and research must be conducted with due care and consideration of ethical aspects and cultural differences. The exact areas and times of travel can be freely organized within the one-year period.

  
Travel grants are also suitable for stays accompanied by children. In order to promote a healthy work-family balance, the Foundation offers parents the opportunity to apply for financial aid of up to CHF 1,000 per month to help cover the cost of childcare and/or travel expenses for children. If a family stipend is desired, this must be stated in the application documents and family expenses specified in the budget. In such cases, applicants are advised to contact the Foundation before submitting their application. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing childcare themselves: the Landis & Gyr Foundation does not assume any responsibility in this regard.

Depending on the individual project and the planned activities, grant recipients receive the stipend either as a single payment or in several instalments over the course of the grant year. Each year, the Foundation generally awards several travel grants of CHF 5,000 to CHF 10,000 (for shorter trips and stays), up to CHF 30,000 (for longer projects).

TRAVEL GRANTS 2026: East-Central and Southeast Europe

The Landis & Gyr Foundation maintains a residence with three apartments and one smaller studio apartment in the annex of the former Maria Opferung convent in Zug. The three larger apartments are reserved for writers and translators from East-Central and Southeast Europe who have been personally invited by the Foundation.

  
Artist residencies in Zug of one, two or three months can be applied for annually. These are awarded exclusively to Swiss writers and literary translators, who are accommodated in the studio apartment. The accommodation in Zug offers a quiet space to live and work.

The Landis & Gyr Foundation takes an active role in ensuring the social security of cultural professionals. Mandatory social insurance contributions are deducted for all artist residencies, travel grants and artist grants of CHF 10,000 or more. The grant money is disbursed only after the grant recipient has provided the Foundation.

  
The Zug artist residency includes use of the Foundation’s lodgings free of charge. In addition, grant recipients receive a monthly stipend of CHF 3,300 to cover living expenses. Grant recipients are responsible for organizing and paying for their own travel to Zug.

RESIDENCIES 2026 ZUG

Every year, the Landis & Gyr Foundation awards ten artist grants of CHF 30,000 to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in the following disciplines:

  
* Literature
* Composition
* Dance
* Theatre
* Dance
* Visual arts

  
Artist grants are awarded exclusively to individuals or established artistic duos with an outstanding track record who are either currently working on a project or have concrete plans for a new one. Recipients of an artist grant are free to choose where and when, within the grant year, they will work on their project.

  
Applications for the following will not be considered:

  
* Requests for education, training, further education or production grants
* Grant requests for completing a doctoral thesis

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