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Volunteer Payment

Since 1954, the NIH Clinical Center, the research hospital on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, has welcomed patients and healthy volunteers from around the world to participate in medical research studies. Some of these studies compensate for participation. We process over 20,000 payment transactions a year to both patients and healthy volunteers. We now offer two options of payments to research volunteers: Direct Deposit and U.S Debit Card.  See frequently asked questions below:

For More Information

If you have additional questions, call our office at 301-496-3141, TTY 711, or you can visit the FAQs About The Clinical Center page for more information.

This web page is a resource for payments related to your study participation only. For payments related to travel, lodging and food please contact your study team.

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