Founded by lisbet rausing and peter baldwin, arcadia supports charities and scholarly institutions to preserve cultural heritage, protect the environment, and promote open access. Since 2002, we have awarded more than $500 million in grants to projects around the world.
We are committed to transparency, and believe that with better information, grant-makers can be more effective decision makers. You can find information about our grants on 360Giving and on our grants directory.
Read our 2017 overview report for updates on our ongoing programmes and new Arcadia grants.
Including a bibliography of Arcadia’s publications; works on the cost of academic publishing and the open access mandate in the United Kingdom; general publications on open access; and links to useful websites and open access organizations.
The @bl_eap is hiring! A fantastic opportunity to join as Head of the Endangered Archives Programme. Closes 1 November. @britishlibrary …brary.recruitment.northgatearinso.com/birl/pages/vac…
"Elsevier says 'If you think information shouldn’t cost anything, go to Wikipedia', inadvertently reminding us of what happened to the commercial encyclopedias" Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free by @GeorgeMonbiot bit.ly/2xcHpr5
GREAT NEWS: Eleven European research funders unveiled Plan S - a radical #openaccess initiative to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published. scienceeurope.org/coalition-s/ nature.com/articles/d4158…
A very warm welcome to Dr. Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, the new Director General of the @palmuseum! bit.ly/2MGYowe
With support from @bl_eap, Sophie Sarin and her team managed to document 8,500 Arabic manuscripts in Djenné, Mali. thetimes.co.uk/article/beyond… Next month the @britishlibrary will display some collections from the Djenné library bit.ly/2MDpioL
Tomorrow: a debate on the future of #conservation and the relationship between conservation and capitalism. Part of the Masters in Conservation Leadership alumni event at #DavidAttenborough Building in #Cambridge (29 Aug-1 Sep) @CCI_Cambridge For details bit.ly/2wgy5Tx
Kalmyks are Europe’s only indigenous Buddhists. Their culture is considered critically endangered. @Cambridge_Uni is working with the community to document their cultural practices, crafts and oral traditions. Read more bit.ly/2P0dc5O
The global digital commons is made up of >1.4bn CC licensed, public domain and other openly licensed works, and it is growing. With our support, @creativecommons is developing tools to make this content more searchable, usable and resilient. Read more bit.ly/2vEtU3o
Built in the 6th c., St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai holds the world's oldest continually operating library. Our new grant to @UCLA_Library will help to digitize the Monastery's ancient Arabic and Syriac manuscripts and to make them #openaccess Read more bit.ly/2PfWQah
Our new grant to @nypl will help to digitize scholarly publications and research materials, and to develop new means to remove barriers, including copyright, to works in the public domain, orphan works, and out-of-print works. Read more: on.nypl.org/2KXbujv
The #CulturalProtectionFund has launched a new round of funding to close the 2016-2020 programme. Apply now for a grant up to £300K: bit.ly/2O0VoHl Photo: A traditional dome house in pre-war Syria © arcenciel bit.ly/2lEeuqz
