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.
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
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
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
Internationalization of Arches data management platform software
To develop a new software module for the Arches data management platform
$325,000
2021
1 year
Desert of the Mamluks documentation project
Towards the documentation of endangered built heritage and oral traditions in the ‘Desert of the Mamluks’, part of Cairo’s ‘City of the Dead’ necropolis.
$79,730
2021
1 year
Maritime Asia Heritage Survey
To document endangered heritage sites, inland and coastal, in the region from the Cham coast of Vietnam, through Indonesia, Brunei, and Sri Lanka to the Maldives.
$6,253,809
2020
5 years
Mongolia Heritage Sites Survey
To create a publicly accessible database of endangered archaeological heritage in Mongolia using satellite imagery and on-the-ground survey.
$2,423,967
2020
5 years
Nepal Heritage Documentation Project
To document monuments and heritage objects in the Kathmandu Valley, and publish them online in a searchable, free database.
$3,006,209
2020
6 years
Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme
Oxford Brookes University
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/projects/endangered-wooden-architecture-programme/
The Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme gives grants to document traditional practices of creating and maintaining wooden buildings. The programme makes permanent records of these structures and practices and makes them freely available online.
Learn more$6,057,000
2020
5 years
Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa
To document archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa using satellite imagery.
$4,176,159
2019
5 years
Mapping Africa's endangered sites and monuments
To undertake large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Sub-Saharan Africa and to make the results available online through an open-access database.
$4,249,600
2019
3 years
Mapping archaeological heritage in South Asia
To undertake large-scale documentation of heritage sites in Pakistan and north-western India and to make the results available online through an open-access database.
$2,304,000
2019
3 years
Maldives Heritage Survey
To document the cultural heritage of the Maldives, and to publish the material online in an open-access database
$620,000
2018
2 years
Central Asian Archaeological Landscapes
To create an online open-access database of heritage sites in Central Asia, combining archival records and new documentation of sites.
$3,843,700
2018
5 years
Nepal cultural heritage documentation project
To document monuments and heritage objects in the Kathmandu Valley, and publish them online in a searchable, free database
$945,748
2018
2 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 historic buildings with frescoes in Shanxi Province, ranging in date from early medieval to 19th century, and to publish the results online in an open-access bilingual database.
$1,047,438
2018
6 years
Documentation of maritime archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa
To document endangered maritime archaeological heritage in the Middle East and North Africa and to publish the results through an online database.
$2,660,000
2018
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 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
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