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.
Inventory of Maritime Archaeology in Pakistan
Pilot project to create an inventory of maritime archaeological resources in Pakistan and make the results freely available online.
$495,354
2021
2 years
Documenting the contemporary history of science in India
To collect and digitize at-risk material related to the history of science in South Asia since the early 19th century, and to make the results freely available online, along with a prototype tool for interpretation and access, and public annotation of archival material.
$440,000
2022
3 years
Digitizing Israeli Ephemera
To collect, digitize and preserve printed ephemera from the early history of modern Israel and make them freely available online.
$1,991,702
2011
4 years
Maktoub - Digital preservation and open access to Arabic and Islamic manuscripts and rare books
To digitize manuscripts and books, including the Yahuda collection and Arab-Palestinian collection, and make them freely available online with metadata in Arabic and English.
$780,485
2019
1 year
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
To digitize endangered, dispersed and inaccessible collections of documents, photographs, videos and ephemeral materials representing the culture and history of Palestine from 1800 to the present and to make them freely available online.
$1,900,000
2020
3 years
Palestinian Museum Digital Archive
To digitize endangered, dispersed and inaccessible collections of documents, photographs, videos and ephemeral materials representing the culture and history of Palestine from 1800 to the present and make them freely available online.
$1,900,000
2017
3 years
The Einstein Papers Project
To preserve the archive of Einstein’s scientific works, other manuscripts and correspondence and make it freely available online.
$300,000
2023
3 years
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
To support a grant programme to document languages which are at risk of extinction, and build a digital archive to make the results freely available online.
$11,026,080
2015
7 years
National Anthropological Archives
To digitize a collection of ethnographic sound recordings and associated manuscripts and make it freely available online.
$1,000,000
2013
3 years
Trinity College Medieval Manuscripts
To digitize fourteen medieval manuscripts in the collection of Trinity College Dublin and make the results freely available online.
$200,000
2023
2 years
Exploration and conservation of African rock art
To support TARA’s digital archive and image library of African rock art.
$495,870
2009
3 years
Exploration and conservation of African rock art
To provide core support to help TARA’s mission to survey, document and conserve rock art sites across Africa.
$491,425
2008
2 years
Exploration and conservation of African rock art
To provide core support to help TARA’s mission to survey, document and conserve rock art sites across Africa.
$150,000
2012
0 years
Publication of African rock art image collection
To work with the British Museum to preserve, curate and share a photographic archive of more than 20,000 African rock art images and make it freely available online.
$260,000
2012
1 year
Core support
To support the Turquoise Mountain Trust’s work with artisans in Afghanistan, Myanmar and Jordan.
$30,285
2019
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