NSF Expeditions in Computing — NSF 26-525
Large NSF computing research grants for multidisciplinary teams pursuing transformative, decade-scale foundational research agendas in computer and information science and engineering.
Opportunity Passport
At a glance
- RO ID
- RO-2026-006936
- Type
- Research Grant
- Level / stage
- Institution / Research Team
- Host
- United States · Eligible NSF submitting organisation
- Organisation
- U.S. National Science Foundation, United States
- Applicant geography
- Applicants from United States
- Funding
- Funding available
- Award
- Up to USD 15,000,000 total
- Deadline
- December 2, 2026
- Last checked
- August 26, 2026
Opportunity overview
Expeditions supports ambitious integrated teams within or across institutions tackling computing challenges requiring a scale and long-term vision beyond smaller projects. Areas may include AI architectures, learning theory, neuroscience-inspired computing, robotics, communications and networking.
Funding
- Funding coverage
- Funding available
- Financial model
- Research grant / award
- Award
- Up to USD 15,000,000 total
- Duration
- Up to 7 years.
- Research costs: Yes
Eligibility
Eligible NSF submitting organisation and multidisciplinary research team meeting the solicitation's organisational and PI participation requirements.
- Applicant geography
- Applicants from United States
- Affiliation
- Proposal must be submitted by an organisation eligible under NSF 26-525; preliminary proposal is mandatory before full proposal.
DISCOVERY-NEW. NSF 26-525 was posted 17 August 2026; NSF CISE issued a fresh programme announcement on 26 August. It was not present in the morning RO export.
Programme details
- Funder / sponsor
- U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Host organisation
- Eligible NSF submitting organisation
- Host country
- United States
- Region
- North America
- Disciplines
- Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary
Application
- Method
- Online portal
Required documents
- Required preliminary proposal
- Full proposal if invited/eligible to proceed
- NSF-required proposal documents under the solicitation and PAPPG
Required preliminary proposals and full proposals are submitted according to NSF 26-525 through Research.gov; Grants.gov submission is also supported for full proposals under the solicitation.
Deadlines
- Required preliminary proposal deadlineDecember 2, 2026Required preliminary proposal due 2 December 2026 by 5:00pm in the submitting organisation's local time; full proposal deadline 27 July 2027 by 5:00pm in the submitting organisation's local time.
Sources and verification
Verification status: Verified. Last checked: August 26, 2026.
- NSF 26-525: Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)Official source · checked August 26, 2026
