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.
Endangered Archives Programme
The Endangered Archives Programme gives grants to digitize archives that are in danger of destruction, neglect or deterioration. The programme supports projects that cover rare printed sources, manuscripts, photographs, and audio recordings in all languages and scripts from all periods up to the mid-20th century. All of the digitized materials are freely available online.
Learn more$18,000,000
2023
10 years
Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes
To complete an online open-access database of heritage sites in Central Asia, combining archival records and new documentation of sites.
$4,194,000
2023
5 years
The Einstein Papers Project
To continue the digitization and open access publication of Albert Einstein's papers
$300,000
2023
3 years
Refuseniks & Activists: The Soviet Jewish Emigration Project
Towards digitizing primary sources on the Soviet Jewish diaspora from disparate collections, and making them freely accessible online.
$200,000
2023
2 years
Trinity College Medieval Manuscripts
Towards the digitization of fourteen significant Medieval manuscripts in the collection of Trinity College Dublin
$200,000
2023
2 years
Towards core costs
$100,000
2023
1 year
Towards the costs of running the museum
$100,000
2023
1 year
California Language Archive
To provide core support to the California Language Archive at the University of California, Berkeley.
$500,000
2022
5 years
Towards core costs
$100,000
2022
1 year
Towards the costs of running the museum
$100,000
2022
1 year
Modern Endangered Archives Program
The Modern Endangered Archives Program gives grants to digitize endangered archival materials from the 20th and 21st centuries. The programme supports projects that digitize printed materials, manuscripts, photographs, audio-visual recordings and born-digital materials from the mid-20th century onwards. All of the digitized materials are freely available online.
Learn more$13,000,000
2022
8 years
Documenting the contemporary history of science in India
To collect, preserve and make available online endangered cultural artefacts related to the contemporary (~200 years) history of science in South Asia. It will also develop a prototype tool for interpretation and access through linked open data and public annotation of archival material
$440,000
2022
3 years
Sinai Library Digitization Project
To digitize and publish online more of the remaining manuscripts of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai beyond the Arabic and Syriac manuscripts digitized in phase I, as well as newly discovered palimpsests
$2,014,000
2022
3 years
Anticaste archives: Preserving historical and cultural memory
To digitize Dalit community and family archives in India, and to make these materials available in an open-access digital archive
$1,700,000
2022
5 years
Mapping Pre-Columbian archaeological heritage in South America
To produce an integrated public access database for the pre-Columbian archaeological heritage of South America, focussing on Brazil and Colombia.
$2,270,637
2022
3 years
DiPiKA - Digitization and Preservation of Kerala Archives
To survey and digitize some of the most important collections of palm-leaf manuscripts in the Thrissur and Ernakulam districts, Kerala, India in both institutional and family collections. These will be made available online in an open-access repository
$823,939
2022
5 years
Institute for Archival Research
Towards construction costs for the Wende Museum's international centre for digitization and conservation of at-risk post-war archives
$3,300,000
2022
1 year
Documenting cultural heritage in the Cook Islands and Niue - pilot study
To trial and assess remote sensing techniques and existing in-country data, and refining the proposed methodology for documenting cultural heritage on the islands, whilst strengthening local partner and community relationships
$87,079.20
2022
1 year
Inventory of Maritime Archaeology in Pakistan
To develop a publicly accessible inventory of maritime archaeological resources in Pakistan to enable future scientific research and effective heritage management.
$495,354
2021
2 years
Digitization of manuscripts in Africa and Asia
To continue the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library’s work digitizing endangered manuscripts in Africa and Asia, and to make them available online in an open-access repository.
$5,492,813
2021
5 years