High School students should be at least 16 years of age prior to June 1. The NIH Library, located in the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, provides a central facility for the scientific, medical, administrative, and support staff engaged in NIH research programs. In addition to the usual library services, the NIH Library provides translating services and on-line access to the medical literature data banks of the National Library of Medicine, which is also located on the NIH campus. Small research libraries are available in most laboratories, and have access to electronic searching. The selected mechanism is at the discretion of the individual Institute or Center and some financial disparities may exist.
Students are responsible for their own travel and housing expenses.
D.C. Parking Parking for vehicles on the NIH main campus in Bethesda is limited. Consequently, participants in NIH summer programs are authorized to park their vehicles only at satellite parking facilities that are located in Rockville and downtown Bethesda. Shuttle bus service is available from these facilities to buildings on the main campus. The NIH is located just 20 minutes from downtown Washington, where cultural and recreational opportunities are abound. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts offers the National Symphony Orchestra, ballet, opera, and drama, and Wolf Trap Farm Park stages musical and theatrical events in the summer.