Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)

The Expeditions in Computing program, managed by the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), represents one of the agency's largest investments in foundational computing research. The program encourages investigators to form ambitious, multi-institutional, and interdisciplinary research teams to identify transformational agendas looking at least a decade into the future. By funding long-term, high-risk endeavors, NSF aims to foster disruptive technological leaps across computer science and engineering. Selected projects receive up to $15 million over a seven-year duration, providing scientists with the necessary time and autonomy to explore complex, multifaceted challenges. Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to, novel architectures for intelligence, physical and mathematical theories of learning, neuroscience-inspired computing, embodied intelligence and advanced robotics, next-generation communication networks, and multidisciplinary high-risk research agendas.