Design Work Grants Spring 2023
Through its Design Work Grants, Pro Helvetia supports projects that
demonstrate clear entrepreneurial objectives, originality, formal and
design quality, feasibility, as well as sustainable benefits, a high
degree of innovation and market understanding.
Applications are open to all areas of professional design practice, with the exception of interactive media.
The support measures are aligned to four stages in a project’s evolution from concept to market launch:
- Concept development
- Prototype development
- Production
- Project extension
Project submission:
- The application deadline is Tuesday 1 March 2023 (inclusive)
- Pro Helvetia accepts applications exclusively via myprohelvetia
- No funding is awarded retrospectively. The corresponding project phase may be completed at the earliest four months after the application deadline.
- Essentially, all documents must be submitted in English. If the applicant has no knowledge of English, he/she must provide a project summary (max. 1 A4 page) and may submit the documents either in German, French or Italian. The summary will be translated into English by Pro Helvetia for the jury process.
- Only one project may be submitted per funding stage.
- In the event of rejection, the same project may be resubmitted only once.
- The application must be complete and submitted on time.
The guidelines for applicants : Design and the factsheet : Design Work Grants are available on Pro Helvetia’s website.
