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Throughout the course of my blog, I've written a lot about the various research opportunities at Dartmouth for undergraduates. Due to the small grad-student population and emphasis on undergraduate focus, Dartmouth is uniquely positioned to give undergraduates a wide variety of research opportunities: however, it is important for students to be active in seeking these out, developing relationships with potential advisors, and thinking critically research projects and directions that are relevant to their interests. 

In this post, I want to write specifically about the Stamps Scholars program at Dartmouth. This program empowers students to perform self-driven research with the assistance of faculty mentors and provides significant financial and institutional support for any research project of the student's choosing! In my opinion, it is one of the best research programs that Dartmouth has to offer. 

The fellowship is available for sophomores to apply in their winter term, and it lasts a total of two years (junior and senior years). As part of the fellowship, students are awarded $20,000 and resources via the Stamps network to conduct research across a wide variety of disciplines—both in STEM and the humanities! Students are given total freedom to research whatever they'd like and allocate their resources toward any of their project plans.

Through my project, I'm exploring my interests in the Arab Gulf by conducting an anthropological study of consumerism in Saudi Arabia's shopping malls. Due to all of the rapid political change in Saudi Arabia in the last few years following the rise of Muhammad bin Salman, the young crown prince, there are many economic, cultural, and political changes happening in the kingdom. These changes have had a significant impact on the shopping mall as a public space, and I want to study how those changes have affected people's shopping habits and identity formation in public spaces like shopping malls. 

The Stamps Scholars program is just one of many fellowship opportunities available to Dartmouth undergraduates. There's also the Mellon Mays fellowship program, directed towards underrepresented minority groups interested in pursuing careers in academia. This fellowship also includes funding and institutional support for a personal project. Furthermore, a multitude of other research opportunities are available for Dartmouth students. Additionally, since Dartmouth focuses primarily on undergraduates, these programs and resources allow students to get a taste of research before deciding whether or not to pursue graduate studies!

The research opportunities at Dartmouth are endless and exciting—with any questions about them, feel free to reach out over email: @brandon.mioduszewski.25@dartmouth.edu 

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