NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY - FARGO, N D


Photo of me today Donald P. Schwert

Distinguished Professor of Geology
Director, Center for Science & Mathematics Education
Family Life Center 314E
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105-5057, USA

Telephone: (701) 231-7496       Fax: (701) 231-5924

E-mail to: donald.schwert@ndsu.edu

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GRANTS

2005 National Institutes of Health North Dakota bridges to the baccalaureate. $209,875, PI NDSU subcontract, 3 years.
2005 N.D. University System ND Master Science Teacher Project (ND-MSTEP). (PI). $71,300. 1 year.
2005 National Science Foundation Instructional materials for teaching science through virtual environments (Co-PI). $727,282. 3 years.
2005 National Institutes of Health IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE): Health and the Environment. Program Coordinator (statewide) and PI, NDSU subcontract of $2,611,416. 5 years.
2004 National Science Foundation Graduate student-university-school collaborative for science, engineering, and technology. (Co-PI). $2,000,000. 5 years.
2004 National Science Foundation SBIR-STTR, WoWiWe Instruction Company, subcontract to NDSU. (Co-PI). $24,630. 6 months.
2002 N.D. University System ND Master Science Teacher Project (ND-MSTEP). (PI). $219,552. 3 years.
2001 National Institutes of Health Core Director, ND-BRIN subcontract to NDSU. $241,110. 3 years.
2001 U.S. Department of Education - FIPSE A Virtual World to Train Future Earth Scientists. (PI). $270,203. 3 years.
2001 N.D. University System ND Master Science Teacher Project (ND-MSTEP). (PI). $48,893. 1 year.
2001 NSF - DGE Graduate Student-University-School Collaborative for Science, Engineering, and Technology. (Co-PI). $971,555.
2000 NSF - ITR Systems for Learning Science and Assessing Student Learning. (Co-PI). $1,940,000.
2000 N.D. University System ND Master Science Teacher Project (ND-MSTEP). (PI). $28,387.
2000 National Science Foundation New Directions in Virtual Geoscience Education. (Co-PI). $74,192.
2000 NASA/UND/U. Wyoming A Regional Earth Science Applications Center for the Northern Great Plains. $33,000.
2000 NASA/UND/U. Wyoming PARC Services for K-12. $5,000.
2000 NASA/UND/U. Wyoming GIS Training of North Dakota Teachers. $9,000.
2000 N.D. University System ND Master Science Teacher Project (ND-MSTEP). (PI). $29,360.
2000 N.D. University System Natural History of the Dakotas Field Course. (PI). $19,495.
1999 N.D. Dept. Public Instruction Natural history of North Dakota field course. (PI). $14,310.
1998 N.S.F. (Geoscience Education) Learning by Doing Physical Geology in a Virtual Laboratory / Virtual Field Trip Computer Environment. $49,981. One year. (Co-PI).
1998 N.D. Dept. Public Instruction Prairie and forest transitions: a field course. (PI). $14,944.
1998 N.S.F. (Undergraduate Education) A shared developmental environment for science-based courseware. $155,000. Two years. (Co-PI).
1997 N.D. Dept. Public Instruction Natural history of the Dakotas field course. (PI). $15,938.
1996 N.D. Dept. Public Instruction Natural history of North Dakota field course. (PI). $14,595.
1994 U.S. E.P.A. (EPSCoR) Monitoring global change through insect response. (PI). $40,000. Two years.
1994 N.D. Dept. Public Instruction Prairie and forest environments: a field course. (PI). $14,139.
1994 N.D. Board of Higher Education Natural history of the Dakotas field course. (PI). $16,670.
1993 N.D. Board of Higher Education Natural history of North Dakota: a field course/workshop for science teachers. (PI). $16,615.
1992 N.S.F. (EPSCoR) Population Change and Genetic Diversity (Co-PI). $1,300,000. Two years.
1992 N.S.F. (EPSCoR) Genetic diversity of insects across gradients of time and space. (Co-PI, with A.C. Ashworth). $215,000. Two years.
1991 N.D. Board of Higher Education Prairie and forest environments: a field course/workshop for science teachers. (PI). $21,000.
1990 N.D. Board of Higher Education Natural history of the Dakotas: a course/workshop for science teachers. (PI). $15,538.
1988 N.S.F. (Climate Dynamics / Ecology) Holocene paleoclimatology, paleoecology, and stream behavior in eastern Iowa: fossil insects. (PI). $49,531. Two years.
1987 Illinois State Museum Processing and analysis of insect fossils from the Tonica Kettle Site. (PI). $2000.
1986 N.S.F. (EPSCoR) Transitional insect faunas associated with the last (late Wisconsinan) glaciation of the midcontinent. (PI). $66,697. Two years.
1986 N.D. Board of Higher Education Geology and natural history of the Dakotas: a course/workshop for science teachers. (PI). $7741.
1984 N.S.F. (Ecology) Paleoecology and biostratigraphy of a buried Farmdalian (mid-Wisconsinan) bog in west-central Illinois. (PI). $17,164. Two years.
1981 N.S.F. (Ecology) Quaternary Insect Studies. (Co-PI). $60,015. Two years.


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