If you changed your D-Plan to be enrolled this summer because you were worried about access to on-campus housing and you are an international student with F-1 status, we ask you to consider if being enrolled will have other unintended outcomes that could negatively impact your SEVIS record in the future. If so, then you could consider applying for leave term housing as discussed above, finding alternative Dartmouth activities to classes, and working with the resources that will allow for access to a meal plan and housing. If you have any questions about the immigration implications of your D-plan, please reach out to your OVIS advisor.

SURFD (Scholars programs, Undergraduate Research, and Fellowships)

These are programs for students engaged in sustained faculty-mentored research. These are academic experiences rather than jobs, and funding decisions are made accordingly.

Leave term grants

This is funding for full-time research during a leave term (deadline April 29).

• Funding is intended to cover room and board (not an individual stipend)
• Program is for students to continue research with a faculty mentor, not for students just starting out in research
• Priority for summer grants goes to rising seniors engaging in research in preparation for an honors thesis

URAD (Undergraduate Research Assistantships at Dartmouth)

Describes part-time research opportunities during an “on” term (deadline May 27).

• Equivalent time/effort to what students would devote to an academic class (average of 10 hours a week throughout the 10 week term)

Dartmouth Historical Accountability Student Research Fellowship

Independent Archival Full-Time Research Project at Rauner Library during an off-term. 

• Meal and housing allowance + stipend
• https://exhibits.library.dartmouth.edu/s/HistoricalAccountability/page/fellowship

Dartmouth Center for Career Design – Immersion Program, Summer 2026 (Thursdays, 12:30-2:00pm) 

The Career & Life Design Immersion is a 9-week, cohort-based program that combines interactive workshops with employer-based projects to support exploration through action, reflection, and experimentation. Grounded in life design and design thinking frameworks, the program helps participants connect interests, strengths, values, skills, and curiosities to multiple possible career paths rather than forcing premature certainty. Through activities such as Odyssey Planning, strengths and values reflection, informational conversations, AI-supported career exploration, and professional storytelling, participants develop practical tools for navigating uncertainty, prototyping ideas, and articulating evolving goals in professional contexts. In parallel, small teams collaborate on employer-based projects with local organizations, businesses, and partners, applying skills in practical settings while gaining insight into workplace dynamics, collaboration, and the types of problems and environments that generate energy and engagement.

Student registration will be available via Handshake.

• Explore multiple possible career paths through structured reflection, experimentation, and design thinking approaches
• Test strengths and interests through collaborative employer-based projects with local organizations, businesses, and partners
• Build practical career development skills including networking, professional storytelling, AI-supported exploration, and opportunity prototyping