AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Their core work

The American Geological Institute (AGI) is a US-based federation of geoscience societies representing geologists, mining engineers, and earth scientists as a profession. In their EU H2020 work, they served as an international bridge — bringing the North American geoscience community into European raw materials research and workforce development initiatives. Their practical contribution is professional representation, workforce intelligence, and educational programme expertise for the geosciences sector. Both of their EU projects were Coordination and Support Actions (CSA), meaning their role was networking, policy coordination, and knowledge exchange rather than laboratory research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (INTRAW, 2015–2018), AGI's EU engagement centred on the broad challenge of international cooperation on raw materials — linking research, education, and industry at a strategic level. By the second project (intermin, 2018–2021), the focus sharpened considerably: the keywords shift toward specific professional groups (geologists, mining engineers), employers, and a sustainable framework for training centres, suggesting a move from strategic mapping to operational workforce infrastructure. The trajectory is a deliberate narrowing from "how should Europe engage internationally on raw materials?" to "how do we train and credential the professionals who extract and manage those materials?"

AGI is moving toward becoming a recognised node in the EU geoscience training ecosystem, which suggests future collaboration value lies in workforce development projects, professional accreditation initiatives, and US–EU raw materials policy dialogue.

How they like to work

AGI exclusively joins as a participant — they have not coordinated any H2020 project — which is consistent with their role as an international expert body rather than a project management organisation. They operate in large, distributed consortia: 56 unique partners across 27 countries across just two projects, which is typical of CSA actions designed for broad international reach. Working with AGI means gaining access to the North American professional geoscience community and the credibility of an established institutional federation, not a research team that runs experiments.

AGI has built connections with 56 consortium partners across 27 countries through only two projects — an unusually wide network that reflects the pan-European and international design of both CSA initiatives. Their geographic reach extends across Europe and into the US, positioning them as a transatlantic bridge for geoscience communities.

What sets them apart

AGI is the only US-based geoscience professional federation active in H2020, which gives any consortium instant transatlantic legitimacy and access to thousands of North American geoscientists, universities, and employers. Unlike European research institutes that also work on raw materials, AGI brings professional society intelligence — they know what skills are in demand, who the employers are, and what career frameworks look like on the other side of the Atlantic. For any EU project that needs to demonstrate global relevance or compare EU training standards with international benchmarks, AGI fills a gap no European partner can.

Highlights from their portfolio

• INTRAW
  The larger of the two projects (EUR 130,375) and the foundational engagement that established AGI's EU network, mapping international cooperation frameworks for raw materials research across industry, education, and policy.
• intermin
  Demonstrated a concrete operational role — building an international network of raw materials training centres — signalling AGI's evolution from strategic partner to active participant in EU geoscience workforce infrastructure.