Opportunity ID: 363623
General Information
| Funding Opportunity Number | 26-525 |
| Funding Opportunity Title | Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) |
| Agency | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Document Type | synopsis |
| Version | 2 |
| Opportunity Category | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Funding Instrument Type | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Expected Number of Awards | 4 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement | No |
| Posted Date | Aug 17, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Last Updated Date | Aug 17, 2026 11:02:13 AM EDT |
| Original Closing Date | Mar 24, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Original Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Current Closing Date | Jul 27, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Current Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Estimated Synopsis Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Application Due Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Award Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Project Start Date | Not specified |
| Archive Date | Aug 26, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Estimated Total Program Funding | 60,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling | none |
| Award Floor | 15,000,000 |
Assistance Listings
- 47.070 — Computer and Information Science and Engineering
- —
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
*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.
Description
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.
Additional Information
| Contact | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Contact Information | NSF support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov | |
| Email Description | If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the email address above. |
| Phone | 703-292-4203 |
NSF Publication 26-525
Version History
Version history
| Opp hist id / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Opp hist id / Revision | 0 |
| Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Opportunity number | 26-525 |
| Opportunity title | Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) |
| Owning agency code | NSF |
| Opportunity category / Category | D |
| Opportunity category / Description | Discretionary |
| Synopsis / Id / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Synopsis / Id / Revision | 0 |
| Synopsis / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Synopsis / Revision | 0 |
| Synopsis / Version | 1 |
| Synopsis / Agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency address desc | If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the email address above. |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Seed | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency contact phone | 703-292-4203 |
| Synopsis / Agency contact name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Synopsis / Agency contact desc | NSF support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email | grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email desc | If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the email address above. |
| Synopsis / Synopsis desc | 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. |
| Synopsis / Response date | Mar 24, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link url | http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf26525 |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link desc | NSF Publication 26-525 |
| Synopsis / Posting date | Aug 17, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Archive date | Apr 23, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Cost sharing | No |
| Synopsis / Number of awards | 4 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding | 60000000 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted | 60,000,000 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling | none |
| Synopsis / Award floor | 15000000 |
| Synopsis / Award floor formatted | 15,000,000 |
| Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc | *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. |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp | Aug 17, 2026 10:30:54 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Action type | U |
| Synopsis / Action date | Aug 17, 2026 11:02:13 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Created date | Aug 17, 2026 10:30:54 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Last updated date | Aug 17, 2026 10:30:54 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id | 25 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id | G |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Description | Grant |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Id | ST |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Synopsis / Response date str | 2027-03-24-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Posting date str | 2026-08-17-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Archive date str | 2027-04-23-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp str | 2026-08-17-10-30-54 |
| Cfdas 1 / Id | 435092 |
| Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Cfdas 1 / Revision | 0 |
| Cfdas 1 / Cfda number | 47.070 |
| Cfdas 1 / Program title | Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Cfdas 2 / Id | 435093 |
| Cfdas 2 / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Cfdas 2 / Revision | 0 |
| Synopsis modified fields | Not specified |
| Forecast modified fields | Not specified |
Synopsis changes
revision
version
responseDate
archiveDate
| Id | 363623 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Opportunity number | 26-525 |
| Opportunity title | Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) |
| Owning agency code | NSF |
| Opportunity category / Category | D |
| Opportunity category / Description | Discretionary |
| Synopsis / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Synopsis / Version | 2 |
| Synopsis / Agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Synopsis / Agency phone | 703-292-4203 |
| Synopsis / Agency address desc | If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the email address above. |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Seed | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Seed | NSF |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Top agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis / Agency contact phone | 703-292-4203 |
| Synopsis / Agency contact name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Synopsis / Agency contact desc | NSF support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email | grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email desc | If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the email address above. |
| Synopsis / Synopsis desc | 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. |
| Synopsis / Response date | Jul 27, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link url | http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf26525 |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link desc | NSF Publication 26-525 |
| Synopsis / Posting date | Aug 17, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Archive date | Aug 26, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Cost sharing | No |
| Synopsis / Number of awards | 4 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding | 60000000 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted | 60,000,000 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling | none |
| Synopsis / Award floor | 15000000 |
| Synopsis / Award floor formatted | 15,000,000 |
| Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc | *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. |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp | Aug 17, 2026 11:02:13 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Mod comments | Updated Synopsis via NSF Grants Opportunity Sync |
| Synopsis / Created date | Aug 17, 2026 10:30:54 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Last updated date | Aug 17, 2026 11:02:13 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id | 25 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id | G |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Description | Grant |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Id | ST |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Synopsis / Response date str | 2027-07-27-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Posting date str | 2026-08-17-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Archive date str | 2027-08-26-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp str | 2026-08-17-11-02-13 |
| Agency details / Code | NSF |
| Agency details / Seed | NSF |
| Agency details / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Agency details / Agency code | NSF |
| Agency details / Top agency code | NSF |
| Top agency details / Code | NSF |
| Top agency details / Seed | NSF |
| Top agency details / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Top agency details / Agency code | NSF |
| Top agency details / Top agency code | NSF |
| Synopsis attachment folders | Not specified |
| Synopsis document urls | Not specified |
| Syn att change comments | Not specified |
| Cfdas 1 / Id | 435092 |
| Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Cfdas 1 / Cfda number | 47.070 |
| Cfdas 1 / Program title | Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Cfdas 2 / Id | 435093 |
| Cfdas 2 / Opportunity id | 363623 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Id | 293981 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Topportunity id | 363623 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Family id | 14 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Dialect | XFDL2.2 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity number | 26-525 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity title | Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date | 2026-08-17 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date | 2027-07-27 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Owning agency code | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Code | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Seed | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency code | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Top agency code | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Code | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Seed | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency name | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency code | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Top agency code | NSF |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Contact info | Expeditions Program Officers E-mail: cise-expeditions@nsf.gov |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Electronic required | N |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Expected application count | 100 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Expected application size | 50 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Open to applicant type | 1 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Is multi project | N |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Extension | |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Mimetype | application/pdf |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Last update | Aug 17, 2026 11:02:14 AM EDT |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Workspace compatible flag | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Package id | PKG00293981 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date str | 2026-08-17-00-00-00 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date str | 2027-07-27-00-00-00 |
| Closed opportunity pkgs | Not specified |
| Original due date | Mar 24, 2027 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis modified fields | revision; version; responseDate; archiveDate |
| Forecast modified fields | Not specified |
| Error messages | Not specified |
| Syn post date in past | Yes |
| Doc type | synopsis |
| Forecast hist count | 0 |
| Synopsis hist count | 0 |
| Assist compatible | No |
| Assist url | Not specified |
| Related opps | Not specified |
| Ost | POSTED |
Related Documents
White-House-Fiscal-Year-2028-RD-Priorities-Memorandum.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | NSF support grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKG00293981 | 2026-08-17 | 2027-07-27 | View |
Package 1
Instructions
PKG00293976-instructions.pdf
Mandatory forms
RR_SF424_5_0-V5.0.pdf
NSF_CoverPage_2_3-V2.3.pdf
NSF_KeyPersonExpanded_3_3-V3.3.pdf
RR_Budget_3_0-V3.0.pdf
PerformanceSite_4_0-V4.0.pdf
RR_OtherProjectInfo_1_4-V1.4.pdf
Optional forms
NSF_DeviationAuthorization-V1.1.pdf
NSF_SuggestedReviewers-V1.1.pdf
RR_SubawardBudget_3_0-V3.0.pdf
