Fellowship Program - National Cancer Institute

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Life Outside the NCI
The CPFP Office is located at the NCI
facilities in Rockville, Maryland, near the Nation’s
Capitol. With the convenient Metro subway
reaching throughout the Washington, D.C. area,
transportation is within easy reach.
Near the
NIH campus,
downtown
Bethesda supports
a diverse selection
of more than
180 restaurants
offering cuisine
from all over the
world.
Fifteen to 20 minutes away, Washington, D.C.
offers magnificent monuments and world-class
museums. The National Gallery of Art and the
museums of the Smithsonian Institution are only
the most
obvious;
smaller
museums
such as
the Phillips
Collection and
the Corcoran
Gallery of Art
should not
be overlooked. Other sightseeing opportunities
such as the National Zoo, the Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts, the folk festivals, the
cherry blossoms that bloom every spring,
the numerous parades, and the many other
worthwhile sightseeing adventures that are nearby.
Washington has professional football, baseball,
basketball, and hockey teams. Washington’s best
known outdoor recreational area, Rock Creek Park,
offers a spacious and beautiful landscape that is
much appreciated and heavily used by bicyclists,
runners, and picnickers.
Washingtonians often make the trip to
Baltimore to enjoy the Inner Harbor restaurants,
aquarium, and shopping. Annapolis and the
Chesapeake Bay are also nearby.
Within a
short distance
are the
Atlantic coast
beaches, the
Shenandoah
and Catoctin
mountains, as
well as the
nearby ski
resorts in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Also close
by are the historic homes of George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson.
Our weather
covers all seasons
from the leaves
turning colors
in the fall to the
warm sun-kissed
days of summer—
we have it all!
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