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DC Visiting Scholars
For visiting scholars, fellows, and archive researchers based in the District and inner suburbs.
Dupont Circle · Woodley Park · Cleveland Park · Foggy Bottom
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GuestResearcher organizes housing, classifieds, and events around the campuses and corridors where visiting researchers, scholars, postdocs, and fellows actually live. Filter by region or search by campus.
13 research hubs
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
George 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.
Foggy Bottom · West End · Dupont Circle · Georgetown
Washington, DC
Georgetown / 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.
Georgetown · Burleith · Glover Park · Foggy Bottom
Washington, DC
American University / Northwest DC
Housing, moving sales, and community for visiting scholars, J-1 exchange visitors, fellows, and student interns around American University in upper Northwest DC. Independent community resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by American University.
Tenleytown · Spring Valley · Friendship Heights · Cleveland Park
Maryland
MarylandLaunch hub
NIST Gaithersburg
For guest researchers, associates, and visiting scientists around the Gaithersburg campus and the upper I-270 corridor.
Gaithersburg · Rockville · King Farm · Shady Grove
MarylandLaunch hub
NIH Bethesda
Housing, moving sales, and community for visiting fellows, postbacs, and postdocs around the Bethesda campus.
Bethesda · Rockville · North Bethesda · Silver Spring
Maryland
Federal Science Corridor
The wider Montgomery County science corridor connecting NIH, NIST, FDA White Oak, and Walter Reed for visitors who commute across campuses.
Bethesda · Rockville · Gaithersburg · Silver Spring
Maryland
Baltimore / UMB Research Visitors
Research visitors around University of Maryland Baltimore and the Johns Hopkins corridor in Baltimore City.
Downtown Baltimore · Mount Vernon · Federal Hill · University of Maryland Baltimore
Maryland
University of Maryland / College Park
Housing, moving sales, and community for visiting researchers, postdocs, visiting scholars, and interns around the University of Maryland, College Park and the US-1 corridor in Prince George's County. Independent community resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by the University of Maryland.
College Park · Hyattsville · Riverdale Park · University Park
Maryland
NASA Goddard / Greenbelt
Housing, moving sales, and community for NASA Postdoctoral Program fellows, interns, cooperative researchers, and contractors around the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt. Independent community resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA.
Greenbelt · Lanham · College Park · Berwyn Heights
Maryland
USDA Beltsville / ARS
Housing, moving sales, and community for ARS postdocs, ORISE fellows, research associates, and visiting scientists around the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Independent community resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by the USDA.
Beltsville · Greenbelt · College Park · Laurel
Maryland
Silver Spring / Forest Glen
Furnished rooms, basement apartments, short-term rentals, sublets, and shared housing in Silver Spring and Forest Glen, Maryland — for people working at the NOAA Silver Spring campus, the FDA White Oak campus, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) at the Forest Glen Annex, plus Red Line commuters to NIH/Bethesda and DC research and government offices. It's early days for this area, so listings may be sparse at first. Independent community resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA, the FDA, WRAIR, NIH, HHS, the Department of Defense, or any government or university institution.
Silver Spring · Forest Glen · Downtown Silver Spring · Woodside
Virginia
Virginia
Blackstone / Fort Pickett
Furnished rooms, short-term rentals, and small-town housing in and around Blackstone, Virginia — for people training or working at Fort Pickett (called Fort Barfoot 2023–2025) and the State Department's FASTC, and visitors to Virginia Tech's Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center. Independent community resource — not affiliated with or endorsed by Fort Pickett, the U.S. Department of State, Virginia Tech, or any government or university institution.
Blackstone · Fort Pickett / Fort Barfoot · Crewe · Burkeville
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