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 July 2024). 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.
Historical Ice Core Project
Harvard University (Department of History)
http://sohp.fas.harvard.edu/historical-ice-core-heart-europe
To continue extraction and interpretation of data from an ice core documenting European climate in the last 3,500 years.
$495,000
2016
3 years
Documentation of endangered archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa
To continue support for the documentation of endangered archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa using satellite imagery and on the ground survey.
$2,774,064
2016
5 years
3D-scanning of heritage sites in Syria and Iraq
To create 3D scans of monuments in Syria and to publish all materials online for free.
$196,490
2016
1 year
Documentation of archaeological archives in Egypt
British Museum
http://britishmuseum.org/about_us/departments/egypt_and_sudan/egypt_documentation_project.aspx
To provide on-the-job training in digital documentation for Egyptian heritage specialists, to digitize and publish online glass plate photographs of early archaeological displays.
$336,304
2015
2 years
Documentation of rock-cut churches in Ethiopia
To document the disappearing craft of cutting rock churches in Ethiopia and to make the videos and other documentary material available online for free.
$250,000
2015
3 years
Endangered Languages Documentation Programme
The Endangered Languages Documentation Programme gives grants to linguists and community members to document languages around the world that are at risk of falling silent. The programme makes the digital documentation of these languages freely available online.
$11,026,080
2015
7 years
Developing non-destructive methods to read texts in mummy cartonnages
To assess the feasibility of nondestructive digital imaging technology to read texts on papyri in mummy cartonnages. All data, findings and methodologies will be freely available online for further research.
$83,000
2015
2 years
Operating and acquisition costs
To preserve, catalogue and digitise Cold War era (1945-1991) artefacts, artworks and archives from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
$5,000,000
2014
5 years
The Ronald J. Mellor Chair in Ancient History
To endow the Ronald J. Mellor Chair in Ancient History
$5,000,000
2014
1 year
Documentation of Kalmyk heritage
To document the endangered cultural heritage of the Kalmyks and Oirats, and to create an open-access digital archive of this material.
$1,207,965
2014
5 years
Documenting Mandaean rituals and religious traditions
To document the rituals and priestly knowledge of the Mandaeans and to make the records available for free online.
$348,556
2014
3 years
Documentation of endangered archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa.
To create a database of endangered archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa using satellite imagery and on the ground survey.
$1,964,055
2014
3 years
Sinai Palimpsest Project open access online publication
To provide open access online publication of multispectral images produced by the Sinai Palimpsest Project, which documents the manuscripts in St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai
$200,000
2014
2 years
History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism
To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan's multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism and esotericism.
$222,600
2014
3 years
Preserving Bhutan's cultural heritage
To document the oral traditions of Bhutan and make the records available for free online.
$1,422,590
2013
5 years
National Anthropological Archives
To digitize a collection of ethnographic sound recordings and associated manuscripts and to make it available for free online.
$1,000,000
2013
3 years
Historical Ice Core Project
Harvard University (Department of History)
http://sohp.fas.harvard.edu/historical-ice-core-heart-europe
To document and interpret historical environmental data captured in an ice core from a glacier in the Alps.
$525,000
2013
4 years
Exploration and conservation of African rock art
To survey, document and conserve rock art sites across Africa.
$150,000
2012
0 years
College fellows fund
To support Harvard College Fellows Program
$10,000,000
2012
4 years
Endowment to Department of History
To establish the Endowed History Department Chair and History Department Chair Quasi-Endowment Fund.
$10,000,000
2012
5 years