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 March 2025). 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.
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
To support collaborative research among the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners.
$1,500,000
2016
3 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
To support collaborative research among the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners.
$1,500,000
2011
5 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
To support collaborative research among the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners.
$1,319,458
2009
3 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Endangered Landscapes Programme - Inception Phase
To support preparatory work by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative on a grant programme for large-scale habitat restoration projects in Europe.
Learn more$305,000
2016
2 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Endowment of Directorship
To establish an endowment fund for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative Directorship.
$10,000,000
2016
11 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Executive Director's post
To support the leadership of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
$2,253,272
2013
6 years
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: executive director's post
To support the leadership of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
$1,644,913
2008
6 years
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$1,060,000
2015
5 years
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$540,668
2009
6 years
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$177,672
2020
1 year
Conservation Evidence
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
$138,000
2021
1 year
Documentation of Kalmyk heritage
To document the endangered cultural heritage of the Kalmyks and Oirats and make the records freely available online.
$1,207,965
2014
5 years
Miriam Rothschild Professorship of Conservation Biology
To endow a Professorship of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge.
$6,635,560
2006
5 years
Miriam Rothschild Travel Bursary Programme
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge Student Conference on Conservation Science.
$549,400
2016
6 years
Miriam Rothschild Travel Bursary Programme and Scholarships Programme
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the University’s Student Conference on Conservation Science, and to provide scholarships to PhD students in the Department of Zoology.
$1,039,640
2006
5 years
Supporting the Office of Scholarly Communication
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,267
2016
1 year
Transforming library services
To set up a fellowship programme exploring how technology can improve access to information.
$981,300
2008
2 years
Mapping Africa's Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments
To carry out large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Sub-Saharan Africa and to make the results freely available online.
$7,125,000
2024
5 years
Mapping the Archaeological Heritage of South Asia
To undertake the large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Pakistan and north-western India and to make the results freely available online.
$5,750,000
2024
5 years
Mapping Africa's endangered sites and monuments
To carry out large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Sub-Saharan Africa and to make the results freely available online.
$4,249,600
2019
3 years