Earth History includes the programs Astrobiology, Global Change and Earth History, Ice and Climate, and Structure/Tectonics/Geodynamics.

Earth Surface Processes includes the programs Basin Research, Earth Surface Processes, Hydrogeology, Ice and Climate, Physical Sedimentology, and Structure/Tectonics/Geodynamics.

Geobiology includes the programs Biogeochemistry, Paleobiology and Astrobiology

Geochemistry includes the programs Biogeochemistry, Environmental Molecular Science, Chemistry and Physics of Rocks and Minerals, and Petrology/Volcanology

Solid Earth includes the programs Earthquake Mechanics, Earthquake Seismology, Environmental Geophysics, and Structure/Tectonics/Geodynamics