INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF NSFC PROJECTS OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY FIELD IN 2021

The NSFC proposals and grants of engineering geology field(including the engineering geological environment and disaster under the discipline of environmental geoscience, and the engineering geology subordinate to the discipline of geology) in 2021 were analyzed. The number of applications for funding projects in the field of engineering geology has increased steadily, mainly due to the continuous growing of applications for Young Scientist Funds and General Program Funds. The number of applications for other types of programs were relatively stable. The statistics of the last ten years showed that the peer-review referees well handled the peer-review scale on the NSFC proposals. The age structure of applicants for General Program tends to be younger, and that for the Youth Scientists Fund is reasonable. The field of engineering geology has been funded in several different project types, showing strong competitiveness.