Grants awarded
You can search below for information about all grants we awarded. Our grants data is also available in csv format here.
We are committed to transparency, and believe that with better information, grant-makers can be more effective decision makers. In 2017 we started to work with 360Giving to publish information about Arcadia grants (last updated August 2026). Arcadia has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to Arcadia’s grant data, to the extent possible under law, by dedicating it to the public domain with the Creative Commons CC0 waiver. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to use and share.
Core support
To support the Ukrainian Red Cross's work providing critical emergency relief, medical care, and social support.
$130,207
2025
1 year
Core support
To support the Ukrainian Red Cross's work providing critical emergency relief, medical care, and social support.
$67,500
2025
1 year
Protected Planet
To support UNEP-WCMC to provide up-to-date data on protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures.
$5,000,000
2021
5 years
Towards the COVID19 Solidarity Response Fund
To support the global response to the COVID-19 crisis.
$500,000
2020
1 year
Redalyc + AmeliCA
To provide core support to Redalyc and AmeliCA to improve discoverability and open access to journals without author-fees (‘diamond OA’).
$3,600,000
2022
10 years
Mapping Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage in South America
To document the pre-Columbian archaeological heritage of South America, focussing on Brazil and Colombia, and make the results freely available online.
$3,004,342
2026
2.75 years
Mapping Archaeological Pre-Columbian Heritage in South America
To document the pre-Columbian archaeological heritage of South America, focussing on Brazil and Colombia, and make the results freely available online.
$433,630
2025
1 year
Mapping Pre-Columbian archaeological heritage in South America
To document the pre-Columbian archaeological heritage of South America, focussing on Brazil and Colombia, and make the results freely available online.
$2,270,637
2022
3 years
Developing non-destructive methods to read texts in mummy cartonnages
To research non-destructive digital imaging technology to read texts on papyri in mummy cartonnages and make the results freely available online.
$83,000
2015
2 years
Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes
To document heritage sites in Central Asia, combining archival records and new documentation of sites from aerial and satellite imagery, and make the results freely available online.
$4,194,000
2023
5 years
Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes
To document heritage sites in Central Asia, combining archival records and new documentation of sites from aerial and satellite imagery, and make the results freely available online.
$3,843,700
2018
5 years
Documentation of endangered historic buildings with frescoes in Shanxi Province, China
University College London (Institute of Archaeology)
http://shanxi-project.org/shanxi-digital-documentation-project/
To survey and document endangered buildings with frescoes in Shanxi Province from 500-1900 CE, and to create a bilingual database of the records that is freely available online.
$1,047,438
2018
6 years
Centre for Primary Research
To support the Library’s Center for Primary Research and Training’s work to improve access to special library collections and train graduate students and scholars in collections management.
$500,000
2008
5 years
Digitization of Syriac and Arabic manuscripts in Saint Catherine Monastery, Sinai
To digitize the Arabic and Syriac manuscript codices in the library of St Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, and make the results freely available online.
$980,051
2018
3 years
Endowment to Department of History
To support the Millennium Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund and establish the Endowed History Department Chair and the History Department Chair Quasi-Endowment Fund.
$10,000,000
2012
5 years
Endowment to Department of History
To support the establishment and ongoing work of the Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in United States History, the Joyce Oldham Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World, the Hans Rogger International Student Fund in History, the Millennium Endowed Graduate Fellowship Fund and the Dean of Social Sciences Fund for Faculty Support in History in the College of Letters and Science.
$5,000,000
2005
5 years
International Digital Ephemera Project
To digitize, preserve and provide free online access to endangered modern printed and digital ephemera.
$3,414,109
2011
7 years
International Institute and Department of History
To support a visiting professorship in the International Institute and Department of History.
$75,000
2009
5 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.
$500,000
2007
5 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.
$400,000
2011
3 years