How much can one applicant receive?

$15,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Funding is provided "for seven years" at levels up to $15,000,000 per award.”.

How much funding is available in total?

$60,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Mar 31, 2027. Response date listed on grants.gov

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false per labelled field. However, text mentions InTrans awards will "provide limited funds to match industry support," but this is for a separate follow-on program, not this main Expeditions award.

FederalOpenFixed dateU.S. National Science Foundation

Expeditions in Computing

Award ceiling: $15,000,000
Closes: Mar 31, 2027
Last verified: 2026-09-06

Awards $15,000,000 per recipient for other legal entity, closing Mar 31, 2027.

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Other Legal EntityUSComputer and Information Science and EngineeringScience, Technology, Research & Development

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Expeditions in Computing awards $15,000,000 per recipient, open to other legal entity in US, closing Mar 31, 2027.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $60,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $15,000,000
Funding is provided "for seven years" at levels up to $15,000,000 per award.
Award floor: $15,000,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Mar 31, 2027
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Feb 14, 2020
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Other Legal Entity
Geography: US
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: Fundamental research in computer and information science and engineering · Research team formation and collaboration · Long-term research agendas
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$60,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$15,000,000

Source wording: “Funding is provided "for seven years" at levels up to $15,000,000 per award.”

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Other Legal Entity

Source field: entity types

state

Source field: states

industry

Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Science, Technology, Research & Development

Source field: industries

use

Fundamental research in computer and information science and engineering, Long-term research agendas, Research team formation and collaboration

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Only accredited U.S. IHEs with undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs in CISE fields may submit as lead or collaborative institutions. Subawardees may include two- and four-year U.S. IHEs, and non-profit non-academic organizations. Organizations without independent sources of support (national laboratories, for-profit organizations, and foreign organizations) cannot be funded by NSF, though they may participate if self-supported.

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When does it close?

Mar 31, 2027205 daysDeadline type Fixed date

Response date listed on grants.gov

What can the money be used for?

3 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

Fundamental research in computer and information science and engineeringResearch team formation and collaborationLong-term research agendas

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing is false per labelled field. However, text mentions InTrans awards will "provide limited funds to match industry support," but this is for a separate follow-on program, not this main Expeditions award.

What comparable notices state

1 recordStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 1 open record stored under Computer and Information Science and Engineering state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Common questions

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How much can one applicant receive?: $15,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Funding is provided "for seven years" at levels up to $15,000,000 per award.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $60,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Mar 31, 2027. Response date listed on grants.gov
Who is eligible to apply?: Other Legal Entity.
Which locations are eligible?: US.
What can the funding be used for?: Fundamental research in computer and information science and engineering, Research team formation and collaboration, Long-term research agendas, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false per labelled field. However, text mentions InTrans awards will "provide limited funds to match industry support," but this is for a separate follow-on program, not this main Expeditions award.

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Retrieved2026-09-06

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First seen2026-09-01

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