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.
MENA heritage is of intentional importance, with millions of documented & undocumented archaeological sites, many at-risk. Happy to participate at #protectingthepast & discuss new approaches to heritage protection in the region @EAMENA123 @Global_Heritage protectingthepast.com/PtP2018/
Our grantee @OA_Button says that if it's not shared, it's not science. But authors are prohibited from posting online the publisher's version of their work. A new tool will help them obtain the Authors Accepted Manuscript needed for legal self-archiving bit.ly/2DPhMBM
London Bridge, Cannon Street, Southwark and Millennium Bridge - first four bridges of the @IlluminatedRiv public art commission will light up in summer 2019!! bit.ly/2Qo36jv
Excited about our new partnership with @britishmuseum. The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme will join our three existing grants programmes - @ELARarchive, @bl_eap and @doc_voices - in documenting endangered culture around the world. twitter.com/EMKP_BM/status…
Amazing offer, for unlimited time only, from our grantee @nypl! #NewYorkers #LoveLibraries #openaccess on.nypl.org/2TPyp5J
Our grantee @impactstory talks about Get The Research - their new project that helps you find, read, and understand scholarly research on any topic #OpenAccess bit.ly/2FyPSfz Get The Research here: gettheresearch.org
Why are Universities #OpenAccess Laggards? By our co-founder and chair, Peter Baldwin. bit.ly/2B9FC9E
We are happy to continue our support to @ClientEarth! Our new five-year grant will support legal interventions to protect biodiversity-rich areas around Europe. Read more: bit.ly/2B4SPAj
In 2013 a team from @HarvardSoHP @Harvard @UMaine retrieved a 73m ice core from Colle Gnifetti, Swiss Alps. The ice core captures invaluable information about #climatechange & human-climate interactions from the last 2000 yrs. Results revealed TOMORROW! bit.ly/2T9WyDG
Like arteries, free-flowing rivers provide ecosystems with critical resources and nutrients. Modifying their flow can alter an entire watershed and threaten biodiversity. Our new grant to @intlrivers will help protect rivers and those who depend on them bit.ly/2z31iCM
One in five of the world's plant species is thought to be at risk of extinction. The Millennium Seed Bank @kewgardens uses techniques like cryopreservation to safeguard hard-to-store seeds such as coffee, chocolate, avocado & oak @KewScience read more bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
Big news today as both @wellcometrust and @gatesfoundation join #cOAlitionS @ScienceEurope and endorse the principles of #PlanS for #openaccess to research!! bit.ly/2F54zqG
