Settle in faster during your research stay.
Housing, trusted classifieds, events, hub guides, and federal research-funding data for guest researchers, visiting scholars, fellows, interns, and trainees near DC-area research campuses. Independent and unaffiliated.
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Find your research hub.
Organized around the campuses and corridors where research visitors live — across the DC/Maryland corridor, DC universities, Baltimore, and Southside Virginia.
NIST Gaithersburg
For guest researchers, associates, and visiting scientists around the Gaithersburg campus and the upper I-270 corridor.
Explore hub →NIHNIH Bethesda
Housing, moving sales, and community for visiting fellows, postbacs, and postdocs around the Bethesda campus.
Explore hub →CorridorFederal Science Corridor
The wider Montgomery County science corridor connecting NIH, NIST, FDA White Oak, and Walter Reed for visitors who commute across campuses.
Explore hub →DCDC Visiting Scholars
For visiting scholars, fellows, and archive researchers based in the District and inner suburbs.
Explore hub →GWU / Foggy BottomGeorge Washington University / Foggy Bottom
Housing, moving sales, and community for visiting researchers, fellows, and trainees around the George Washington University campus in Foggy Bottom. Independent community resource — not affiliated with GWU.
Explore hub →GeorgetownGeorgetown / Main Campus
Housing, moving sales, and community for visiting researchers, fellows, postdocs, and scholars near the Georgetown University Main Campus in northwest DC. Independent community resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by Georgetown University.
Explore hub →Housing help for visiting researchers.
GuestResearcher helps visiting scholars, postdocs, fellows, interns, grad students, and researchers find furnished rooms, sublets, and short-term housing — plus the community and guides to settle in. Start with the campus or lab you’re headed to.
Rooms and sublets near the Bethesda campus — a practical stand-in when the old NIH SAMSList isn't active for you.
Read guide →University of Maryland · College ParkOff-campus rooms and short-term housing near College Park, beyond the official listings.
Read guide →GWU · Foggy BottomWhy a good Metro link often beats living right beside the campus gate — and where to look.
Read guide →GeorgetownPlanning a commute to a campus with no Metro stop of its own.
Read guide →American University · NW DCThe Red Line corridor through upper Northwest DC and into the Maryland border.
Read guide →NIST · GaithersburgThe car-vs-transit tradeoff up I-270, plus renting without U.S. credit history.
Read guide →See where research dollars are near your hub.
Recent federal research awards and open funding opportunities from official public data (NIH RePORTER, USAspending, NSF, Grants.gov) — recent examples, not a complete total. Useful context for where to live and work.
Latest housing listings
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Upcoming community events
Brazilian Dance Event
- Sun, Jul 19, 1:30 PM
Practical guides for your stay.
Moving to the DC area for a research stay
A practical first-week checklist for arriving researchers: where to land, how to get around, and what to set up first.
Read guide →Housing near NIST Gaithersburg for guest researchers
Neighborhoods, commute options, and what to expect on rent around the Gaithersburg campus.
Read guide →Housing near NIH Bethesda for visiting fellows
Where fellows and postbacs live around the Bethesda campus, and how to commute car-free.
Read guide →NIH housing list & SAMSList alternatives near Bethesda
An independent guide to finding furnished rooms, sublets, and short-term housing near NIH in Bethesda — a practical alternative for fellows and postdocs when the old NIH SAMSList isn't active for you.
Read guide →A safer, researcher-focused alternative.
Housing and commercial listings are reviewed before they go live, every listing can be reported, contact details stay private by default, and we surface scam and Fair Housing warnings where they matter most.
Read our safety guide- Admin review for housing & commercial listings
- Report & flag on every listing
- No public emails or phone numbers by default
- Fair Housing & scam warnings built in
- Listings expire automatically
Help shape the founding community.
We’re just getting started in the DC/Maryland research corridor. If you’re a visiting researcher, scholar, fellow, or trainee, your first listing or bit of feedback genuinely shapes what this becomes.
- Open to verified researchers, fellows & students
- Built around your arrival/departure timelines
- Independent & unaffiliated — no institution sign-off needed
- Your feedback steers the roadmap
Community posting for researchers.
Community posting for researchers, fellows, students, and government/academic community members. Verified community members may publish eligible low-risk posts faster; commercial, spammy, or high-risk posts may be limited or reviewed, and some posts are reviewed before appearing publicly.
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