Abstract: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is the main funding institution of
fundamental research in China. Geography (or geographical science), as an important component of Earth
sciences, is a fundamental discipline that studies the patterns of spatial differentiation, temporal evolution
processes, and interaction mechanisms of natural factors, human elements, geographic information, and
geographic complexes. It mainly includes three sub-disciplines: human geography, physical geography, and
information geography. The acceptance of grant project application, the review of proposals, and the evaluation of
project reports for the geography discipline are centrally managed by the Division of Geography in the
Department of Earth Sciences of NSFC. This paper introduces the application and acceptance, review process,
deliberation, and funding status of the NSFC projects for the three major sub-disciplines of geography during the
2024 annual centralized acceptance period. A statistical analysis was conducted on the research outcomes of
projects completed at the end of 2023, highlighting the main research advancements achieved by some selected
projects.