We hope this page provides information that helps make your visit to the NIH Clinical Center as smooth as possible. Visit Welcome to Our Patients and Their Visitors for additional useful information.
An array of financial services is available at the NIH Federal Credit Union. The NIHFCU has provided financial services to the NIH Community since 1940. It is a federally-insured, member-owned and operated cooperative.
You may join the NIHFCU to take advantage of membership benefits such as low-cost loans and mortgages, savings and checking accounts, credit cards and convenient account access through online and mobile banking. Visit the NIHFCU website for more details on membership.
With a $1 deposit in a savings account, you can join NIHFCU. You will also need a valid photo ID such as a driver's license or passport and verification of your affiliation with NIH (such as an NIH identification badge). You may remain a member as long as you like—even after you leave NIH.
The NIHFCU Clinical Center Branch is located on the B1 level and is open:
- Monday through Friday: 9 am to 4 pm
A full-service ATM/ITM is just outside the CC Branch. Another ATM/ITM is located at the top of the escalators near the second-floor cafeteria by the Au Bon Pain Café.
Note: NIHFCU also offers additional branch locations in Building 31, Blairs Shopping Center, Silver Spring and Rockville Town Center.
For more information about NIHFCU membership, products and services, or the Fellows Advantage Program, please stop by any branch or call us at 301-718-0208, 800-877-6440 or TDD 301-881-5822.
Located on the first floor of the Hatfield Center, Room 1-1609, the center is open Monday-Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm.
Hospitality staff and volunteers stationed in the main north lobby of the Hatfield Center will provide access and help users. Two PCs (all with Internet connection) as well as a combined printer/copier/FAX and telephones are available.
Since its founding in 1984 as the Friends of the Clinical Center, the Friends of Patients at the NIH has stepped up to help hundreds of patients with their daily needs while they are enrolled at the Clinical Center.
Patients requiring notary services (witness to signature) during regular business hours should contact the NIH Federal Credit Union at 800-877-6440, or visit them on the B1-level across from the cafeteria, Room B1C25. Notary services are provided Monday thru Friday from 9 am to 4 pm for a fee of $2.00. Patients are required to provide their driver’s license, passport or non-driver’s license ID. Those patients who are unable to pay the $2.00 fee may contact the Social Work Department for assistance.
The Patient Emergency Fund (PEF) helps patients and families by providing short-term emergency funds during times of crisis or financial stress. It assists with participation in medical research by providing limited amounts of money for emergency food, clothing and shelter.
PEF is administered by the Social Work Department. To learn more about the PEF fund, patients can contact their social worker. The Social Work Department can be reached by calling 301-496-2381. The following is the address for the fund:
Patient Emergency Fund
National Institutes of Health, PHS, DHHS
Social Work Department, NIH Clinical Center
10 Center Drive Room 2-3-581
Bethesda, MD 20892