disframe: disability & leadership
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Funding type
disframe offers financial support to creative artists with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses, thus enabling them to devote themselves to their artistic work independently.
disframe is looking for projects that already take inclusion, intersectionality and diversity into account in their development process and base the design of their working methods on these aspects. Topics may include current challenges facing our society, such as new ways of ensuring accessibility for a diverse audience.
Requirements
The applying organisation / institution / individual must be based in Switzerland.
Projects involving Deaf cultural professionals and cultural professionals with disabilities and/or chronic illness in decision-making positions.
For projects by mixed working groups, we require that equal leadership positions and key functions are filled by Deaf people and/or cultural professionals with disabilities and/or chronic illness.
Projects that already take inclusion, intersectionality and diversity into account in the development process and base the design of working methods on these aspects.
What we support
disframe supports projects and project ideas in which Deaf artists or artists with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses can devote themselves to artistic work in a self-determined manner.
The projects we are looking for are committed to inclusive models of cooperation. Key aspects can include, for example, how to deal with time or the need for breaks, personal and technical assistance and spatial conditions (see also the ‘Conditions’ section).
The projects supported can be in the idea generation phase or the realisation phase.
Institutions that are bound to corresponding subsidy agreements with their own diversity and inclusion processes are not eligible for funding.
Non-project-related operating costs and investments in non-project-related infrastructure ("overheads").
Projects developed by schools, universities of applied sciences or universities
Projects that arise as bachelor’s, master’s or diploma theses
Translations
Profit-orientated projects
Commissioned work
Charity events
Projects that are financed through subsidy agreements
Processes
Start: february 16th 2026
Closing date: may 4th 2026, 5 p.m.
Communication Decision: Week 29/30
Funding type
CHF 90,000 in grants divided between three to nine projects
Residency at the Gessnerallee in Zurich
In 2026, applicants from the performing arts will also have the opportunity to apply for a residency at the Gessnerallee in Zurich.
Two residencies will be awarded:one for a project by local Zurich artists and one for artists from other regions of Switzerland.
CHF 15,000 is available per residency.
The residency lasts 2-4 weeks (depending on the size of the project team) in March 2027.
We especially welcome applications from artists who have not yet worked at Gessnerallee.
Important links
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Guidelines disframe
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Contact
Email: support.foerderung@mgb.ch
Migros Culture Percentage offers financial support for the costs incurred in order to communicate with us (e.g. for an interpreter and/or personal or technical assistance) and/or to process the application form.
Click here if you need help with completing the application form.
Click here for financial support for personal and/or technical assistance.
Please let us know your access requirements and preferred channel for a barrier-free exchange (e.g. video call or meeting).
The Migros Culture Percentage offers additional support programs for cultural creators. You can find an overview here
FAQ
CHF 90,000 in grants divided between 3 - 9 projects
Migros Culture Percentage offers financial support for the costs incurred in order to communicate with us (e.g. for an interpreter and/or personal or technical assistance) and/or to process the application form.
Click here for financial support for personal and/or technical assistance.