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.
Advancing open access
$100,000
2021
1 year
Advancing open access
$100,000
2020
1 year
Advancing open access
$100,000
2019
1 year
Advancing Open Access
To support opening Harvard's collections to the world via digitization and open access. Harvard Library has leased a high speed scanner to digitize its holdings in a way that vastly increases the rate of output.
$100,000
2018
1 year
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials
$100,000
2017
1 year
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2016
1 year
Advancing open access
To further open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2015
1 year
College fellows fund
To support Harvard College Fellows Program
$10,000,000
2012
4 years
President's discretionary fund for Harvard Library
To support new initiatives in the Harvard Library
$5,000,000
2011
5 years
Supporting Open Access with Harvard Library
To improve acquisition policies and access to the library's collections.
$9,000,000
2011
5 years
Berkman Center for Internet and Society
To promote open access at Harvard, and other universities and institutions, through consultation and collaboration, exploring cyberspace, sharing in its study & pioneering its development.
$1,000,000
2011
4 years
Harvard Library: collection and preservation services
To catalogue and digitize documents on Harvard's history, and to run the Library Lab programme to create better digital services for students and faculty.
$5,000,000
2009
6 years
Sidney Verba Library endowment fund
To support innovation in digital acquisitions and collections, high-density storage, and preservation.
$1,000,000
2007
5 years
Scholars at Risk
To give fellowships to scholars facing persecution in their home countries.
$1,000,000
2005
7 years
Harvard Library: global fund for open collections
To digitise key collections and make them available for free online.
$5,000,000
2004
5 years