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October 19, 2020
Whole population diversity
The U.S. Census Bureau publishes annual demographic data for the United States that can be used to establish whole population trends for women and minorities. We analyzed this dataset to understand whole population trends for gender, race, and ethnicity for individuals...
January 14, 2020
Research support funding awarded to U.S. institutions between 2013 and 2019 by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Geosciences Directorate (GEO) increased from $1.23 billion in 2013 to $1.39 billion in 2019. The percentage of total research support funding has remained relatively steady for...
November 25, 2019
Geoscience degree recipients work in many occupations beyond their core field. Data from AGI’s National Geoscience Exit Survey provides some insight into the reasons graduates pursue a degree in the geosciences, including the intellectual engagement and interdisciplinary nature of the discipline,...
November 25, 2019
We examined data from the National Science Foundation’s National Survey of College Graduates to understand how geoscience terminal degree recipients' occupations have changed over the past decade. This data is not limited to recent graduates, but rather covers all individuals with terminal degrees...
November 21, 2019
The funding rate of proposals submitted to the NSF Geosciences Directorate fluctuated between 25% and 37% between fiscal years 2010 and 2019. While the lowest funding rate years were driven by an increase in the number of proposals submitted, there has been an overall decline in the number of...
November 15, 2019
This data brief encourages thought and conversation around the retention of women within the geoscience profession. Investments in the recruitment of women into the geosciences started in the 1980’s. In 1985, 26% of geoscience undergraduate degrees and 24% of geoscience graduate degrees were...
November 04, 2019
Geoscientists work across many fields studying the interior and surface of the Earth, oceans, atmosphere, and the processes that impact these areas to provide solutions for issues that intersect society and earth systems. Data from the National Science Foundation’s National Survey of College...
October 01, 2019
For scientists, geoscientists and paleontologists in particular, access to public lands is crucial. This table illustrates who is allowed to access federal public lands, the permits and expertise required to use them, and whether or not public lands are open to commercial development for any number...
September 15, 2019
Changes in discoverability of geoscience theses and dissertations
Geoscience departments provide information about their graduating students’ theses and dissertations to AGI’s GeoRef database where they are then made discoverable to the geoscience research community. The trends in theses and...
September 15, 2019
Since the 1970’s an increasing number of economic geology theses and dissertations in the U.S. and Canada have focused on energy sources. Until the 1990’s, however, over half of all economic geology dissertations and just over half of all economic geology theses focused on ore deposits. In the 1990...
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