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The Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions) program has been created to tap the great reservoir of opportunities that fundamental research advances in computing and information promise for the future. The program is designed to inspire the research and education community to be as creative and imaginative as possible in the design of bold Expeditions that explore new scientific frontiers. Investigators in the computer and information science and engineering fields and beyond are encouraged to come together within and/or across departments or institutions in the development of compelling, transformational research agendas that promise disruptive innovations in computing and information for many years to come.

The Expeditions program has three goals:

• To catalyze far-reaching research or research cyberinfrastructure explorations motivated by deep scientific questions or hard problems in the computing and information fields and/or by compelling applications and novel technologies that promise significant scientific and/or societal benefits;
• To inspire current and future generations of Americans, especially those from under-represented groups, to pursue rewarding careers in computer and information science and engineering; and

• To stimulate significant research and education outcomes that, through effective knowledge transfer mechanisms, promise scientific, economic and/or other societal benefits.

Expeditions projects should be ambitious and potentially transformative. They should exploit advances in computer and information science and engineering; and/or use-driven research cyberinfrastructure that may accelerate discovery and innovation across science and engineering.

Projects supported by the Expeditions program comprise the following characteristics:

• Foster research climates that nurture creativity and informed risk-taking, and value complementary research and education contributions such that the whole Expeditions project is greater than the sum of its parts;
• Draw upon well-integrated, diverse teams of investigators from computer and information science and engineering disciplines, and from other fields of science and engineering as appropriate to the project;
• Stimulate effective knowledge transfer; and
• Demonstrate experimental systems, support shared experimental facilities (including instruments, platforms and/or testbeds), and/or deploy research cyberinfrastructure to accelerate discovery and learning.