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.
International Institute and Department of History
To support a visiting professorship in the International Institute and Department of History.
$75,000
2009
5 years
Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme
To provide five bursaries for graduates and young professionals from the USA to undertake graduate studies at Oxford University.
$2,623,373
2008
5 years
Core costs of the organisation
To support the Institute’s cultural, educational and policy programmes.
$2,170,173
2008
5 years
Hans Rausing Scholarships endowment fund
To endow a programme of PhD scholarships at Imperial College.
$1,970,100
2008
5 years
Transforming library services
To set up a fellowship programme exploring how technology can improve access to information.
$981,300
2008
2 years
Promoting science for all
To support public outreach to help people connect with science and benefit from it.
$91,065
2008
1 year
Sidney Verba Library endowment fund
To contribute to a permanent endowment to support innovation in digital acquisitions and collections and their preservation.
$1,000,000
2007
5 years
Graduate and post-graduate bursaries
To support female graduates attending the institute and provide bursaries to help them to pursue Masters’ and PhD programmes in South Africa.
$705,420
2007
1 year
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$358,596
2007
2 years
Research Centre of Excellence
To acquire a site for an advanced research centre, in partnership with Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Paris-Sud XI and the South African universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, and the Western Cape.
$313,605
2007
2 years
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
To train leaders in global conflict resolution.
$101,560
2007
2 years
Visiting fellowship
To support a visiting fellowship at the Reuters Institute.
$64,691
2007
1 year
Religion and Democracy in Europe
To research how Europe can peacefully accommodate changing attitudes to religion without compromising secular democratic freedoms.
$19,472
2007
1 year
Research, advocacy, and outreach to promote women's rights
To advocate for gender equality, protecting the rights and improving the lives of women and girls.
$5,000,000
2006
6 years
Fellowship scheme
To help refugee academics re-establish their professional lives.
$872,500
2006
1 year
HIV/AIDS programme
To treat mothers and carers with HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
$464,550
2006
1 year
Expanding the network
To develop the Scholars at Risk network in Spain, Norway and Turkey and secure positions for scholars from Iran, Iraq and Bhutan.
$464,550
2006
1 year
Imperial College mathematics summer school
To improve state school students’ maths skills through a summer school programme at Imperial College.
$139,365
2006
1 year
Club of Three: Caucasus Conference 2006
To support a conference on Europe’s relations with, and impact on, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
$94,110
2006
1 year
Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
To train leaders in global conflict resolution.
$89,150
2006
1 year