IN RETAINING MY ROLE AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR I REQUEST THE TRANSFER OF UNSPENT FUNDS OF MY GRANT CHEMICALLY STRIKING REGIONS ON MARS NUMBERED NNX12AG89G TO LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. I INCLUDE RIDER UNIVERSITYS STATEMENT RELINQUISHING THE GRANT FINAL REPORT LSUPROJECT OUTLOOK REVISED WORK SCHEDULE UPDATED PERSONNEL REVISED BUDGET JUSTIFICATION UPDATED WORK EFFORT NEW BUDGET OUTLINE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS WITH THIS PACKAGE. MY STATEMENT OF WORK FOLLOWS. 1. THE GRANT SUPPORTED MY SUMMER RESEARCH AT RIDER UNIVERSITY EXTENDING TO THE FALL 2012SEMESTER BY TRANSFERRING EFFORT FROM TEACHING TO RESEARCH. MY NEW POSITION AS AN LSU FACULTY MEMBER EMPOWERS ME TO FURTHER THE PROJECT S POTENTIAL. WITH THE INTENT OFSTRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING MY RESEARCH AT LSU MY CO-I AT RIDER UNIVERSITY DR. HUSCH WILL NOW PARTICIPATE AS AN UNPAID COLLABORATOR AS CLARIFIED IN THE PROJECT OUTLOOK.2. MY POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE DR. J. R. SKOK WILL CONTRIBUTE EXPERTISE IN VISIBLE AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS [E.G. SKOK ET AL. 2010 AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH].3. I NEED SALARIED SUPPORT FOR 3 SUMMER MONTHS ANNUALLY WHEN I WORK EXCLUSIVELY ON THE CHEMICALLY STRIKING MARS PROJECT AS ENVISIONED ORIGINALLY AND AUGMENTED SUBSEQUENTLYIN THE ATTACHED FINAL REPORT AND PROJECT OUTLOOK. DURING THE REMAINING NINE MONTHS I SHALL OVERSEE THE PROJECT REINFORCED INITIALLY BY MY GRADUATE-LEVEL PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES SEMINAR AT LSU IN SPRING 2013. 4. AS A SPACE GRANT INSTITUTION LSU COMMITS TO PROVIDE LIBRARY FACILITIES COMPUTING FACILITIES FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH FACILITIES AND RELATED EXPERTISE SUPERIOR TO THOSE THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO ME AT RIDER. MY APPOINTMENT AT LSU S GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDES ACCESS TO TERRESTRIAL GEOLOGY EXPERTISE BY THE FACULTY PLANETARY EXPERTISE BY DR. MARTHA SCHAEFER [E.G. SCHAEFER 1990; DYAR AND SCHAEFER 2004] AND MARS ANALOG EXPERTISE BY DR. HUIMING BAO [E.G. BAO ET AL. 2004; 2008]. 5. WE REQUESTED THE GRANT S INITIAL TRANSFER FROM STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY WHERE I HAD BEEN A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER TO RIDER WHERE I WAS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TO OCCUR BY 01SEPTEMBER 2011. THE TRANSFER OCCURRED ON 22 AUGUST 2012 AS STATED IN THE INCLUDED NASA GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. THE FINAL REPORT OUTLINES MAJOR PROGRESS INCLUDING 7 ABSTRACTS ONE ANALYTICAL PAPER AND ONEIN THIS CONTEXT I REQUEST THAT THE UNSPENT FUNDS BE DISBURSED AT LSU AS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGETARY OUTLINE OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD 01 JANUARY 2013 (NEEDED TO ATTEND CONFERENCES IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND MARCH) 31 DECEMBER 2015. THE CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL REVEALED BY OUR WORK TODATE WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE AS-NEEDED PARTICIPATION OF DR. J. R. SKOK. THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THE GRANT TO LSU WILL ENABLE ME TO FOUND A VIBRANT MARTIAN PLANETARY GROUP INCORPORATING THE STRENGTHS OF LSU S GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS DEPARTMENT.