Goethe - Stiftung für Kunst und Wissenschaft

Promotion of the arts, i.e. supporting the interests of both artists and art enthusiasts in the territory of the Swiss Confederation, with particular consideration for the canton of Zurich, such as through the promotion of theater, literature, and music, the visual arts, by purchasing or providing assistance for the purchase of works of painting and sculpture by public museums, by providing grants to deserving artists, etc.; Supporting scientific endeavors in the territory of the Swiss Confederation, with particular consideration for the canton of Zurich, such as through financing or providing assistance for financing research, the establishment of professorships, the publication of writings, etc., in both the humanities and natural and technical sciences; Promoting domestic literary and scientific writing in the territory of the Swiss Confederation by supporting notable Swiss writers or by publishing notable Swiss works.