Introduction and Analysis of the National Natural Science Foundation Projects of Geodesy Field in 2024

This paper introduces the application, evaluation and funding of various projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in Geodesy for the year 2024, and provides a statistical analysis according to the research directions, supporting institutions, interdisciplinary ccollaborations, and scientific attributes of the applied projects. In 2024, 692 project applications were accepted, an increase of 27.44% over 2023, and the number of the General Program projects increased by 49.32%. Statistical analysis of the research direction and keywords of the project applications shows that the research hotspots of the discipline are concentrated in the fields of satellite positioning, navigation and timing, seismic geodesy, satellite gravity and so on.