BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Grant Desk//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:The Grant Desk - Game Design\, Switzerland X-WR-CALNAME:The Grant Desk - Game Design\, Switzerland deadlines X-WR-CALDESC:Paid open calls\, fellowships and residencies in AI\, tech\, r esearch\, and digital and mixed-media arts\, sorted into the right pile. U pdated as new calls land on the desk. Filtered to: Game Design\, Switzerla nd. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:prohelvetia-game-design-pre-production-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260713T115720Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902 SUMMARY:Deadline: Game Design Emerging Talents: Pre-Production DESCRIPTION:Pro Helvetia's Game Design Emerging Talents pre-production gran t supports early-career game designers in developing playable prototypes f or digital games. Emerging Talents are game developers or studios whose ga me-design education or company foundation dates back less than seven years . ELIGIBILITY: requires a connection to Switzerland (Swiss citizenship\, o r permanent residency with regular artistic activity in Switzerland)\; not open to practitioners without a Swiss connection. At least 50 percent of participants must be Swiss citizens or permanent residents whose place of work is in Switzerland. AMOUNT: up to CHF 20\,000\, plus possible addition al coaching. Deadlines twice a year: 1 March (23:59 CET) and 1 September ( 23:59 CEST). Apply via the Pro Helvetia portal.\n\nOrganisation: Pro Helve tia (Swiss Arts Council)\nLocation: Switzerland-based emerging game design ers and studios.\nAward: Up to CHF 20\,000\, plus possible additional coac hing. No application fee.\nDuration: Pre-production / prototype phase\; de adlines twice yearly (1 March and 1 September).\n\nMore: https://prohelvet ia.ch/en/find-support/game-design-emerging-talents-pre-production?utm_sour ce=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find-support/game-design-emerging-talents-pre -production?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Switzerland-based emerging game designers and studios. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:prohelvetia-game-design-production-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260713T115720Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902 SUMMARY:Deadline: Game Design Emerging Talents: Production DESCRIPTION:Pro Helvetia's Game Design Emerging Talents production grant fu nds the production of digital games based on advanced prototypes or vertic al slices. Emerging Talents are studios whose game-design education or com pany foundation dates back less than seven years. Applicants must be legal entities (sole proprietorships accepted if willing to convert). ELIGIBILI TY: requires a connection to Switzerland (Swiss citizenship\, or permanent residency with regular artistic activity in Switzerland)\; not open to pr actitioners without a Swiss connection. At least 50 percent of participant s must be Swiss citizens or permanent residents whose place of work is in Switzerland. AMOUNT: up to CHF 50\,000\, requiring a matching grant of equ al value from own or third-party funding. Deadlines twice a year: 1 March (23:59 CET) and 1 September (23:59 CEST). Apply via the Pro Helvetia porta l.\n\nOrganisation: Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Council)\nLocation: Switzerla nd-based emerging game studios.\nAward: Up to CHF 50\,000\, requiring a ma tching grant of equal value from own or third-party funding. No applicatio n fee.\nDuration: Production phase\; deadlines twice yearly (1 March and 1 September).\n\nMore: https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find-support/game-design-e merging-talents-production?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_mediu m=referral URL:https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find-support/game-design-emerging-talents-pro duction?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Switzerland-based emerging game studios. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:prohelvetia-game-design-post-production-2026@artificialnouveau.github.i o DTSTAMP:20260713T115720Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902 SUMMARY:Deadline: Game Design Emerging Talents: Post-Production DESCRIPTION:Pro Helvetia's Game Design Emerging Talents post-production gra nt funds the dissemination and marketing of advanced game-design projects. Emerging Talents are studios whose game-design education or company found ation dates back less than seven years. Applicants must be legal entities (sole proprietorships accepted if willing to convert). ELIGIBILITY: requir es a connection to Switzerland (Swiss citizenship\, or permanent residency with regular artistic activity in Switzerland)\; not open to practitioner s without a Swiss connection. At least 50 percent of participants must be Swiss citizens or permanent residents whose place of work is in Switzerlan d. AMOUNT: up to CHF 20\,000\, plus potential individual coaching. Deadlin es twice a year: 1 March (23:59 CET) and 1 September (23:59 CEST). Apply v ia the Pro Helvetia portal.\n\nOrganisation: Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Coun cil)\nLocation: Switzerland-based emerging game studios.\nAward: Up to CHF 20\,000\, plus potential individual coaching. No application fee.\nDurati on: Post-production\, dissemination and marketing phase\; deadlines twice yearly (1 March and 1 September).\n\nMore: https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find- support/game-design-emerging-talents-post-production?utm_source=artificial nouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find-support/game-design-emerging-talents-pos t-production?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Switzerland-based emerging game studios. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:prohelvetia-she-got-game-switzerland-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260713T115720Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902 SUMMARY:Deadline: Game Design Emerging Talents: She Got Game (Switzerland) DESCRIPTION:She Got Game is a Pro Helvetia mentoring programme promoting eq ual opportunities for women in the Swiss and international game industry\, supporting the representation of women in management positions through di alogue with experienced international experts. This is the variant for pro fessional game designers FROM Switzerland who identify as women (a separat e variant exists for practitioners in the liaison-office regions). Emergin g Talents are developers or studios whose relevant training or registratio n dates back less than seven years. ELIGIBILITY: requires a connection to Switzerland (Swiss citizenship\, or permanent residency with regular artis tic activity in Switzerland)\; not open to practitioners without a Swiss c onnection. WHAT IS OFFERED: individual coaching on project development\, b usiness strategy\, finances\, marketing\, PR\, and pitch training\; a grow ing community of female game developers\; potential access to internationa l trade fairs\; CHF 3\,000 toward a prototype or demo\; and up to CHF 250 per week toward childcare or children's travel when attending trade fairs. Roughly 30 hours over six months. Submission deadline 1 September 2026 (2 3:59 CEST)\; notification November 2026. Apply via the Pro Helvetia portal .\n\nOrganisation: Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Council)\nLocation: Profession al game designers from Switzerland who identify as women.\nAward: CHF 3\,0 00 toward prototype/demo production\, plus mentoring\, community access\, and potential trade-fair access\; up to CHF 250 per week childcare support for international events. No application fee.\nDuration: Six-month mentor ing programme (approximately 30 hours total)\; notification November 2026. \n\nMore: https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find-support/game-design-emerging-tale nts-she-got-game?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://prohelvetia.ch/en/find-support/game-design-emerging-talents-she -got-game?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Professional game designers from Switzerland who identify as women . END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR