Project Catalog

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Applications are accepted from undergraduate and graduate students. For more details on eligibility and application requirements, visit the Applicant Information page.

In order to apply, you will need to make a profile account in Zintellect.com, ORISE’s online application management system. Before applying, browse the project catalog below to identify which Repperger research projects are right for you. Click the title of the project to read the project description. On your application form you may select up to five research projects you wish to be considered for as a Repperger Intern.

If you have questions about the Repperger Internship Program, please contact ORISE. For technical assistance with navigating Zintellect, contact Zintellect Support at Zintellect@orau.org.

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2026 Project Catalog

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AFRL-RHB-26-01: Neurotechnologies for Cognitive Enhancement

AFRL-RHB-26-02: Molecular Tools for Biosensing Laboratory

AFRL-RHB-26-03: Electronic/Electrochemical/Optical Sensor for Molecular Biomarkers

AFRL-RHB-26-04: Assessing the Role of the Microbiome in Warfighter Performance

AFRL-RHB-26-05: The Brain and the Body: Multimodal Psychophysiological Imaging to Understand Cognition

AFRL-RHB-26-06: Synthetic biology-powered closed-loop systems for sensing and delivery of interventions

AFRL-RHB-26-07: Establishing Data Standardization Guidelines for AI-Ready Physiologic Datasets

AFRL-RHB-26-08: Personalized Physical Training Prescriptions to Optimize Warfighter Performance

AFRL-RHB-26-09: Biosensor development for rapid and non-invasive health and performance assessment

AFRL-RHB-26-10: Evaluation of the Impact of the Oral Microbiome on Exhaled Breath Data

AFRL-RHD-26-01: Nanoscale control and detection of biomolecular processes via light-matter interaction

AFRL-RHD-26-02: Development of an electronic speckle pattern interferometer (ESPI) for standoff measurement of displacement of materials within high-power radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic environments

AFRL-RHD-26-03: Anatomical Finite Element Modeling of Laser Tissue Interactions

AFRL-RHD-26-04: PetaWatt Directed Energy Bioeffects Pathfinder

AFRL-RHD-26-05: Physics-Based Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) Modeling for High-Fidelity Simulation of Degraded Visual Environments (DVEs)

AFRL-RHD-26-06: Quantifying Secondary Aberrations Induced by Defective Lenses

AFRL-RHD-26-07: Modeling Neural Action Potential Response to Infrared Stimulation

AFRL-RHD-26-08: Machine Learning Surrogate Models for Laser-Tissue Interactions

AFRL-RHW-26-01: Understanding and Modeling Human Cognition

AFRL-RHW-26-02: Advanced Research Concepts to Support Battlespace Visualization

AFRL-RHW-26-03: Structured Analyses of Cognition, Information, and Influence

AFRL-RHW-26-04: Human Perception and Decision-making in Augmented Visual Environments

AFRL-RHW-26-05: High-Accuracy Speech Interpretation for Command and Control via Multi-Stage AI Pipelines

AFRL-RHW-26-06: Analysis of human perception of sound in different data collection paradigms

AFRL-RHW-26-07: Network Characterization and Monitoring via Mixed Modeling of Network Properties

USAFSAM-26-01: Beyond the Classroom: Public Health Internship Impacting Warfighter Health