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 February 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.
A Coalition for Open Knowledge in Higher Education and Research
To develop and strengthen a coalition of universities with a shared agenda to become Open Knowledge Institutions.
$365,580
2019
2 years
Digital Public Library of America
To develop a working prototype of a digital library platform.
$2,500,000
2011
3 years
Next generation library publishing
To develop new, cost-effective and community-governed open-access publishing tools and services for authors, editors and readers.
$2,200,000
2019
3 years
Publication of Einstein's papers
To preserve the archive of Einstein’s scientific works, other manuscripts and correspondence and make it freely available online.
$235,940
2006
1 year
control ©
To advance all forms of freedom of communication, wherever these are unduly constrained by copyright and information laws.
$452,200
2021
3 years
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2021
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2020
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2019
1 year
Advancing Open Access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2018
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2017
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2016
1 year
Advancing open access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2015
1 year
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
To promote open access at universities and other academic institutions.
$1,000,000
2011
4 years
Harvard Library: collection and preservation services
To catalogue and digitize documents on Harvard’s history, and to run the Library Lab programme to create better digital services for students and faculty.
$5,000,000
2009
6 years
Harvard Library: global fund for open collections
To digitize key collections and make them freely available online.
$5,000,000
2004
5 years
Supporting Open Access with Harvard Library
To improve acquisition policies and open access to the library’s collections.
$9,000,000
2011
5 years
Reforms to Deliver the Right to Culture, Learning and Research through Libraries
To promote copyright law reform and regulation at EU and national level to enable libraries to facilitate greater access to and use of copyrighted works for cultural, educational and research purposes.
$3,630,000
2020
3 years
The Knowledge Rights 21 Programme (phase II)
To promote copyright law reform and regulation at EU and national level to enable libraries to facilitate greater access to and use of copyrighted works for cultural, educational and research purposes.
$6,050,000
2024
5 years
Opening access to conservation knowledge
To increase the online accessibility of conservation research publications.
$442,800
2021
3 years
Advancing Open Access
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$250,000
2022
1 year