INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF NSFC PROJECTS OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY IN 2011

The NSFC proposals and grants of engineering geology in 2011 were analyzed.The amount of proposals increases fast.The competitiveness of the proposals has been improved.The distribution of researchers in fundamental studies is not balanced,and concentration ratio of research capability increases,among institutions.The age pattern of the PIs tends to be optimizing.There are reasonable differences of funded ratio between different age group.