A review of the management of the mining and metallurgical engineering discipline of the NSFC in 2023

This paper summarizes the application, review, and award of research funding in the Mining and Metallurgical Engineering discipline in the topics of petroleum engineering, mining engineering, safety science and engineering, and metallurgy and material processing engineering by the Department of Engineering and Materials Science of the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2023. Additionally, this paper introduces the future development strategies in this discipline and proposes the next steps for continuous improvements.