Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- 26-525
- Agency
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National Science Foundation
- Applications due
- Award size
- $15,000,000 or more
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Science Foundation CISE Directorate seeks applications for Expeditions in Computing, ambitious foundational research agendas in computer and information science and engineering with a letter of intent or application due July 27, 2027. Awards reach up to $15 million over seven years and are designed to promote large, multidisciplinary research teams pursuing transformative, decade-spanning research with disruptive innovation potential.
Only institutions of higher education accredited and campus-located in the US may submit proposals, acting on behalf of faculty members. If a proposal includes funding for an international branch campus of a US institution—including through subawards and consultant arrangements—the applicant must explain the benefit to the project of performance at the international branch campus and justify why project activities cannot be performed at the US campus.
Priority research areas include, but are not limited to, fundamentally new architectures for intelligence and supporting hardware and compute substrates; rigorous physical and mathematical theories of how systems learn, generalize, and can be interpreted; neuroscience-inspired approaches to learning, memory, reasoning, and behavioral steering; intelligence embodied in the physical world through general physical intelligence, advanced robotics hardware, and novel architectures for embodied systems; transformative approaches to next-generation communication and networking; and high-risk, high-reward areas that no single discipline could pursue alone.
Awards are funded under CFDA 47.070 (Computer and Information Science and Engineering). Applications must be submitted through Research.gov or Grants.gov according to NSF 24-006 application guide requirements, including a 15-page project narrative, 5-page budget justification, biographical sketches, current and pending support documentation, and data management and sharing plans.
Synopsis
The far-reaching impact and rate of innovation in the computer and information science and engineering fields has been remarkable, generating economic prosperity, and enhancing the quality of life for people.
More than a decade ago, the NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (NSF CISE) established the NSF Expeditions program to provide the NSF CISE research community with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, foundational research agendas that promise to define the future of computing and information.
Investigators are strongly encouraged to come together within or across departments or institutions to identify compelling, transformative research agendas that look ahead by at least a decade and promise disruptive innovations in computer and information science and engineering for the years ahead. Expeditions may advance a range of areas including, but not limited to, fundamentally new architectures for intelligence and the hardware and compute substrates that make them possible; rigorous physical and mathematical theories of how systems learn, generalize, and can be interpreted; neuroscience-inspired approaches to learning, memory, reasoning, and behavioral steering; intelligence embodied in the physical world through general physical intelligence, advanced robotics hardware, and novel architectures and learning paradigms for embodied systems; transformative approaches to next generation communication and networking; and high-risk, high-reward areas that no single discipline could pursue alone.
Now funded at levels up to $15,000,000 over seven years, NSF Expeditions projects represent some of the largest single investments made by the CISE Directorate. These awards are designed to promote the formation of large, multidisciplinary research teams to address transformative foundational computing research problems. This reflects CISE's recognition that achieving deep and lasting breakthroughs often require advances in multiple fields or sub-fields. Awards made through this program will complement research areas supported by other CISE programs. The program responds to core recommendations in the Administration's Fiscal Year 2028 Research and Development Budget Priorities Memorandum that calls for foundational research in the physical sciences and engineering, including computer science. NSF Expeditions also supports longer grant durations for transformative research, giving scientists the time and autonomy to pursue bold, ambitious projects whose most important results may take years to emerge.
Eligibility
*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of sub-awards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus.
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