The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has received widespread attention and is the primary funding institution for fundamental research in China. This study analyzed the submission and reception of proposals to the Division of Geography of the Department of Earth Sciences of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2022. The proposal reviews and grant funding processes were examined in terms of three subdisciplines, namely, Physical Geography, Human Geography, and Geographic Informatics; three types of projects, namely, General Program, Young Scientists Funding Program, and Regional Funding Project; and four types of scientific attributes and issues formulated by the NSFC. Issues with the proposal submission and peer review were also pointed out. Consecutively, for the funded projects at the end of 2021, we analyzed the closeout achievement of projects, focused on their representative achievements, and identified the main problems in the project progress and closing reports.