THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE (1) TO INVESTIGATE THE BEHAVIOR OF MATTER UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS OF PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, AND MAGNETIC FIELD, (2) TO OBTAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICS OF D- AND, PARTICULARLY, F-ELECTRON MATERIALS, AND (3) TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF TECHNICALLY DEMANDING STATIC HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF STUDYING MATTER UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS. THE STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF HIGH-PRESSURE ON THE PROPERTIES OF D- AND F-ELECTRON MATERIALS CONSTITUTES THE CORE OF THE RESEARCH OUTLINED IN THIS PROPOSAL AND THE TRAINING UNDER THIS PROGRAM IS IN SUPPORT OF STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP.