THIS PROPOSAL TO THE NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER (ARC) IS IN RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL REQUEST FROM CHARLES SOBECK REQUESTING THAT THE SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (SAO) SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO CARRY OUT FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS DURING THE KEPLER OBJECTS OF INTEREST (KOIS) USING THE TILLINGHAST REFLECTOR ECHELLE SPECTROGRAPH (TRES) ON THE 1.5-M TELESCOPE AT THE FRED LAWRENCE WHIPPLE OBSERVATORY ON MOUNT HOPKINS ARIZONA AND THE HARPS-N INSTRUMENTS ON THE 3.6-M TELESCOPIO NAZIONALE GALILEO (TNG) AT OBSERVATORIO DEL ROQUE DE LOS MUCHASCHOS ON LA PALMA SPAIN AND TO DERIVE STELLAE PARAMETERS FROM THESE SPECTRA USING THE STELLAR PARAMENTER CLASSIFICATION (SPC) TOOL. SAO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO APPLY SPC TO HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRA OF KOIS PROVIDED BY OTHERS. ANOTHER MAJOR EFFORT WILL BE THE APPLICATION OF BLENDER TO AN ANALYSIS OF KOIS WITH THE GOAL OF VALIDATING PLANETS BY PROVIDING A QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE PROBABLILITY THAT THE OBSERVED TRANSITS ARE DUE TO PLANETS AND NOT TO CONTAMINATION BY AN ECLISING BINARY. FINALLY SAO SCIENTISTS WILL CONTINUE TO PARTIPATE IN THE PREPARATION OF PAPERS FOR PRESENTATION AND PUBLICATION.