Day: February 23, 2026

PREP0004176: Reliability of Human and LLM Annotations for AI Risk Assessment

NIST  ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004176). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004176: Reliability of Human and LLM Annotations for AI Risk Assessment
  • OU: ITL – 77
  • Div: 774
  • Group:  Visualization and Usability Group
  • Level of Appointment:  Post Bachelor’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location:  Remote
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-06-18
  • End Date: 2027-06-30

PREP0004203: Human-Centered Cybersecurity Research and Community Standards Development

NIST  ITL – 77 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004203). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004203: Human-Centered Cybersecurity Research and Community Standards Development
  • OU: ITL – 77
  • Div: 774
  • Group:  Visualization and Usability Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post Master’s Degree
  • Schedule of Appointment: part time
  • Total Hours per week: 20
  • Work Location:  Telework
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-06-18
  • End Date: 2027-06-17

PREP0004204 Research Associate: Fiber, composites, and polymer scientist

NIST  MML – 63 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004204). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: PREP0004204: Fiber, composites, and polymer scientist
  • OU: MML – 63
  • Div: 643
  • Group: Security Technologies Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-06-18
  • End Date: 2027-06-16

PREP0004169 Research Associate: Thermoreflectance Thermal Property Measurements (CHIPS Funded)

NIST MML – 63 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0004169). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: Thermoreflectance Thermal Property Measurements
  • OU: MML – 63
  • Div: 643
  • Group: Nanomechanical Properties Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2026-06-10
  • End Date: 2027-06-10

PREP0003620 Research Associate: Application of Machine Learning for the Prediction of Infrared and Mass Spectra of PFAS Compounds (Chips Funded)

NIST  MML – 63 has a new PREP research opportunity described below and in the attached (PREP0003620). The NIST Sponsor is seeking candidate recommendations.

  • Project Title/Description: Application of Machine Learning for the Prediction of Infrared and Mass Spectra of PFAS Compounds
  • OU: MML – 63
  • Div: 646
  • Group: Chemical Informatics Group
  • Level of Appointment: Post-doctoral Fellow
  • Schedule of Appointment: full time
  • Total Hours per week: 40
  • Work Location: Physically at NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
  • Requested Start Date: 2025-11-01
  • End Date: 2026-04-30