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October 19, 2016
From 1970-2015, the geoscience share of federal research funding dropped from 10% to 7%. However, the actual amount of federal research funding spent on the geosciences has increased from 1970-2015. In 2013, $4 billion of federal research funding was spent on the geosciences, and $1.1 billion of...
May 31, 2016
Enrollments in U.S. geoscience programs remained robust during the 2014-2015 academic year. Undergraduate enrollments continued its long-term growth trend with a 7% increase, while graduate enrollments remained at. The continued growth in undergraduate majors appears to be driven by recent...
July 08, 2014
According to NSF’s Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, in 2010, the federal government spent $3.3 billion on grants for basic and applied research in geoscience. The majority of this investment was spent on projects in the environmental sciences.
Nearly a quarter of federal grant...
February 11, 2013
In 2011-2012, the percentage of U.S. geoscience students and graduates who were women dropped sharply at both the Bachelor’s and Master’s level, but grew slightly at the Doctorate level.At the undergraduate level, female participation rates are at their lowest since the late 1990’s, while Master’s...
February 19, 2010
Recent Australian research has shown that while mineral production continues to grow strongly for almost all commodities (graph A), key ‘mega-trends’ underpinning this include declining ore grades (graph B), exponentially increasing waste rock (graph C), and variable success in expanding economic...
June 22, 2009
The 2008-2009 academic year saw a sharp 8% increase in the number of geosciences undergraduates enrolled in U.S. institutions, to a total population of 22,191. This trend was not evident in graduate enrollments, which remained basically flat at 7,846 students. These trends reflect statements from...
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