INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF NSFC PROJECTS OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY FIELD IN 2020

The NSFC proposals and grants of engineering geology field in 2020 were analyzed. The field includes the engineering geological environment and disaster under the discipline of environmental geoscience and the engineering geology subordinate to the discipline of geology. 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 Key Programs and Young Scientist Funds. The number of applications for other types of programs is relatively stable. The statistics of the last ten years show that the peer-review referens well handled the peer-review scale on the 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.