Residency programmes of the Istituto Svizzero

The Istituto Svizzero offers its residencies to emerging artists and researchers who wish to contribute to the future of art, science and innovation.

The application is open to Swiss citizens, Swiss residents, or people with proven ties to Swiss cultural or scientific institutions.

The various residency opportunities include:

Roma Calling
The Istituto Svizzero issues a new call each year for several ten-month residencies running from September to July.
The Roma Calling residencies are for artists (visual arts, design, architecture, literature, dance, theatre and music) who have completed a post-Bachelor’s degree program (master’s degree or other) and for researchers doctoral/post-doctoral students (social, human, natural and other sciences).
Starting from the academic year 2021/2022, Istituto Svizzero introduced a new five month Roma Calling residency programme, for two researchers who present a project with strong links to the city of Rome and whose research may take place over a shorter period.

In addition to their personal research projects, residents are required to take part in the Institute’s transdisciplinary project. The programme, of about twenty days distributed throughout the year, is defined by the management in relation to the residents selected and their interests. It consists of events, study trips, workshops which include the participation and contribution of established researchers and artists.
This multidisciplinary programme makes it possible to develop ongoing research and networks, and to foster new and active exchange between scientific and artistic disciplines.

The call is addressed to Swiss citizens and residents as well as figures who have established solid relations with the Swiss scientific and cultural scene.
Candidates are required to present a personal research project that would necessitate or benefit from a stay in Rome and fit into a project of interdisciplinary collaboration between art and science.

Milano Calling
The Istituto Svizzero offers two six-month residencies in Milan (from October to April) addressed to artists (visual arts, design, architecture, literature, dance, theatre and music) who have completed a post-Bachelor’s degree program and researchers doctoral/post-doctoral students (social, human, natural and other sciences). Young researchers and artists interested in developing a project that requires a residency in the capital of Lombardy are required to submit their applications by 16.01.2023.

Palermo Calling
The Istituto Svizzero offers two three-month residencies in Palermo at Palazzo Butera (from September to December) addressed to artists (visual arts, design, architecture, literature, dance, theatre and music) who have completed a post-Bachelor’s degree program and researchers doctoral/postdoctoral students (social, human, natural and other sciences).
Young artists and researchers interested in developing a project that requires a residency in Palermo must submit their applications by 16.01.2023.

More information at: direzione@istitutosvizzero.it