Geoscience COVID-19 Survey

PDF versionPDF version

Impacts of COVID-19 on the Geoscience Enterprise: 
How Permanent Will Academic Program and Workforce Changes Be?

Purpose

The American Geosciences Institute is conducting a year-long study to capture the nature and extent of impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the geoscience workforce and academic programs. This study aims to understand how geoscience employers and educational institutions are changing their workplace and instructional environments and to discover which of these changes will become permanent.

A brief online survey will be sent to study participants twice a month and will only take a few minutes to complete. Results from the study will be reported only in aggregate and in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the responses.

This study is open to those who lead geoscience companies, organizations, or academic departments, and to all geoscientists, including students, retired, and those not currently employed, who reside in the United States, and are at least 18 years old.

Study participants who participate as individuals will be asked about their current employment or enrollment status, geoscience-related activities, and other factors which may be impacted by the current crisis.

Study participants who lead geoscience companies, organizations, or academic departments will be asked to provide information about impacts to their organization’s work or instructional environment, business operations, and other factors which may be impacted by the current crisis.

Funding for this project is provided by the National Science Foundation (Award #2029570). The results and interpretation of the survey are the views of the American Geosciences Institute and not those of the National Science Foundation.

Benefits

While there may not be any immediate benefits for you as a participant, there would be indirect benefits. This study will provide a cohort-level understanding of the impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had upon the geoscience workforce and geoscience academic programs. The information you provide will be valuable in helping geoscience academic institutions, geoscience employers and decision makers to understand the structural changes to the geoscience enterprise from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participate in the Geoscience COVID-19 Survey

If you would like to participate in this study, please use the buttons below to access the survey.

Outreach Partners

Thank you to the following organizations for helping to increase awareness of and participation in this study.

Related Geoscience Currents

Cover image of DB 2021-005

COVID-19 Impacts on Geoscience Business Staffing in 2020

February 19, 2021
Staffing Most businesses did not expect to make changes in per­manent staffing throughout 2020, and less than one-third of companies expected decreases in permanent staffing. In addition, between September and December 2020, the per­centage of businesses expecting to increase staffing grew from 10...
cover of DB_2021-004

COVID-19 Impacts on Geoscience Business Operations in 2020

February 12, 2021
Financial Performance From June through December 2020 between 50% and 64% of geoscience employers reported expectations of lower finan­cial performance relative to 2019. Over the same period, the percentage of companies reporting either similar or better financial performance relative to 2019...
cover of DB_2021-003

Recent Geoscience Graduate Employment Trends, December 2020

February 5, 2021
As of December 2020, 91% of geoscience graduates who earned their degree between 2014-2018 were employed, while 75% of graduates from 2019 and 80% of graduates from 2020 reported the same. For geoscience graduates who earned their degree in 2020, 31% of bachelor’s, 50% of master’s, and 91% of...
cover of DB_2021-002

COVID-19 Impacts to Geoscience Research, June - December 2020

January 29, 2021
In this data brief we examine the research methods used by geoscientists between June and December 2020 as well as related health and safety, facility, and meeting restrictions. From June through December, literature review and writing and online research were the most reported research method by...
cover of DB_2021-001

Engagement in co-curricular and professional development activities during the pandemic

January 8, 2021
In this data brief, we examine how engagement in co-cur­ricular and professional development activities have varied during the pandemic. Since June, attending webinars was the only activity that ranked in the top three co-curricular and professional development activities across all survey...
cover for DB_2020-032

COVID-19 Impacts on Geoscience Students in 2020

December 28, 2020
In this data brief we examine the effects of the pandemic on geoscience students, including impacts to degree progress, students’ intent to continue in their degree programs, how student-faculty advising is being conducted, and impacts to research activities. Most students have reported no impacts...