THIS PROJECT CONSISTS OF THREE COMPONENTS. THE FIRST IS MEASUREMENTS OF 9BE(N, 2N) AND 56FE(N,N’) AT OHIO UNIVERSITY’S EDWARDS ACCELERATOR LABORATORY. THE SECOND IS A MEASUREMENT OF THE 35CL(N,P) CROSS SECTION AT OHIO UNIVERSITY. THE THIRD IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HYBRID R-MATRIX MODEL FOR FITTING EXPERIMENTAL DATA. THE MAJOR OHIO UNIVERSITY PARTICIPANTS ARE CARL BRUNE (PI) AND THOMAS MASSEY. MUCH OF THE WORK WILL BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER SCIENTISTS: THE (N,2N) AND (N,N’) MEASUREMENTS WILL BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH RICHARD HUGHES (LLNL) AND THE HYBRID R-MATRIX MODEL WILL BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH GERRY HALE (LANL), MARK PARIS (LANL), AND JAMES DEBOER (NOTRE DAME). THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE MORE ACCURATE EVALUATIONS OF NUCLEAR CROSS SECTIONS AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEMATIC ERRORS IN THESE CROSS SECTIONS. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE PH.D. PROJECTS FOR THREE GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE TRAINING AND MENTORING OF STUDENTS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE PROPOSED WORK.