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.
Exploration and conservation of African rock art
To survey, document and conserve rock art sites across Africa.
$244,988
2007
1 year
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
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.
$500,000
2007
5 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.
$400,000
2011
3 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies and Vikingaminjar ehf.
$100,000
2011
2 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with UCLA and the Institute for Viking and North Atlantic Studies.
$100,000
2011
2 years
Mosfell Archaeological Project
To excavate and research a Viking-age archaeological site in western Iceland, in partnership with UCLA and Vikingaminjar ehf.
$100,000
2011
3 years
Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme
Oxford Brookes University
https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/tde/projects/endangered-wooden-architecture-programme/
To support a grant programme to document traditional practices of creating and maintaining wooden buildings and make the results freely available online.
Learn more$6,057,000
2020
5 years
Documenting cultural heritage in the Cook Islands and Niue - pilot study
For a pilot project to test remote sensing techniques and existing in-country data for documenting cultural heritage on the islands.
$87,079.20
2022
1 year
Internationalization of Arches data management platform software
To develop a new software module for the Arches data management platform.
$325,000
2021
1 year
Nepal cultural heritage documentation project
To document monuments and heritage objects in the Kathmandu Valley and make the resulting material freely available online.
$945,748
2018
2 years
Nepal Heritage Documentation Project
To document monuments and heritage objects in the Kathmandu Valley and make the resulting materials freely available online.
$3,006,209
2020
6 years
Desert of the Mamluks documentation project
To document endangered built heritage and oral traditions in the ‘Desert of the Mamluks’ in Cairo’s ‘City of the Dead’ necropolis, and make the resulting materials freely available online.
$79,730
2021
1 year
3D-scanning of heritage sites in Syria and Iraq
To create 3D scans of monuments in Syria and to make the results freely available online.
$196,490
2016
1 year
Maritime Asia Heritage Survey
To document endangered heritage sites from Maritime Southern Asia: Thailand, Indonesia and the Maldives, and make the results freely available online.
$6,253,809
2020
5 years
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
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
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
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