In order to provide effective instructions for geological researchers and scientific research units in applying the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2023 year, we summarized the applications of the proposals managed by Division of Geology of National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022. Two characteristics are as follows: Firstly, the number of project applications in 2022 increased comparing to 2021 except the Outstanding Youth Science Foundation; Secondly, the number of quality evaluations of the General Program, the Young Scientist Fund and Fund for Less Developed Regions all increased slightly. In addition, the project progresses submitted in January 2022 and the concluding report submitted at the end of 2021 were summarized, and the research progress made in the major discipline directions in 2022 were described in detail.