The purpose of the Applied Information Systems Research (AISR) program is to exploit advances in information science and technology to enhance science productivity from NASA's space flight missions. AISR funds the application of emerging information technologies, concepts, methodologies, etc. to demonstrate their feasibility and potential science return, as well as to inform missions and research disciplines of promising techniques and capabilities worthy of broader application and/or further development through full maturity.

The specific goals of the program are to:

• Investigate novel information technologies and computational methods that have the potential to increase productivity of NASA research and/or education and public outreach endeavors, and which would extend the state-of-the-practice in space science;
• Demonstrate the degree of relevance, applicability, and potential impact of emerging information technologies to NASA science missions and programs; and
• Foster interdisciplinary collaborations that span the space science and computer science disciplines.