Call for Ideas
Call for
Ideas
27.9.23-9.1.24
Every autumn, the Migros Culture Percentage Sparx programme looks for new project visions from young creative artists.
The groups that receive funding are supported during the four-month Sparx studio period through
- Individual coaching
- Networking opportunities on the Studio days
- Meetings with experts
- A personal grant of CHF 6500
- Social welfare contributions worth about 12% of the grant
- A contribution towards materials for developing ideas
- Assumption of travel costs for the Studio days
Looking for bright ideas!
How to submit your idea
To submit a project vision to Sparx, you must answer the questions on the application form, enter a budget, submit a personal project example and send your CVs.
In summary, your application should include the following materials:
- Completed application form, including a budget for the project vision
- Personal project example from all applicants
- CVs from all applicants
- Project visualisation (optional)
Based on the conditions of participation and the selection criteria, the selection process is carried out in a three-part procedure.
- In the first, formal review, the conditions of participation and exclusion criteria are checked.
- In the second step, an internal review, all submissions are assessed based on the requirements for the professionalism of the participants, the content of the submitted project vision and its suitability for funding by Sparx. All applicants will be informed of the decisions made in this step in mid-December 2025.
- The final decision on which groups will receive funding from Sparx will be made by an external selection committee from the pre-selection. In this step, the applications will be completely anonymised and considered without any attachments. The selection committee is made up of five young artists and cultural professionals who are nominated by partners from the Sparx network or who have already been part of Sparx Studiozeit.
The final selection of studio groups will be announced by 1 February 2026
Do you have any questions or need support?
Sparx offers various support services from August to October during the Call for Ideas.
As part of our public Q&A session, you can join other interested participants to clarify all your questions regarding our Call for Ideas.
- Public Q&A Sessions - Zoom-In
Do you need help drafting your application? The Writing Support offers you the opportunity to address uncertainties in a personal consultation.
- You can register for the Writing Support through this link.
Terms and conditions of participation
Sparx is aimed at young artists from all sectors who are at the start of their professional artistic careers. To submit a project vision for Sparx Studio time, the following conditions must be met:
- The group must comprise between two and a maximum of four people.
- All supported individuals must be at least 18 years old.
- Supported individuals must be at the start of their professionalisation and have already gained initial experience in artistic or cultural projects. They must want to pursue their artistic/cultural work professionally. They must describe their motivation on the application form and can attest to it through their CV and a suitable reference project.
- Supported individuals may not be enrolled at art school, either when applying or during Sparx Studio.
- All supported individuals are willing and able to participate actively during the four-month Studio period and develop the project vision further.
- The development of the project vision and the implementation of the project must take place in Switzerland. Supported individuals must live in Switzerland and have a bank account with a Swiss IBAN throughout the four-month Studio period.
Migros Culture Percentage Sparx is part of the social commitment of the Migros Group: engagement.migros.ch