GOALS: WE PROPOSE STUDY THE SOLAR INNER CORONA DURING THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF 2017 WITH POLARIMETRIC IMAGING. OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO LEVERAGE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITIZEN CATE AND NCIL NASA MY_LIBRARY TO OBSERVE AND CHARACTERIZE THE POLARIMETRIC NATURE OF THE INNER SOLAR CORONA DURING THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE IN AUGUST 2017 AND UTILIZE THE APPROACH OF CITIZEN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA FOR IMAGE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE OBSERVED POLARIZATION OF THE CORONA.METHODOLOGY: RESEARCH SCIENCE: WE PROPOSE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO INDEPENDENT LOCATIONS WITH TELESCOPES SIMILAR TO THE TELESCOPES USED IN CITIZEN CATE PROJECT AMENDED WITH POLARIMETERS AND APPROPRIATE FILTERS TO MAP THE POLARIZATION OF THE INNER SOLAR CORONA. ONE LOCATION WILL BE TETONIA IDAHO; THE SECOND LOCATION WILL BE SELECTED BASED ON CO LOCATION WITH ONE OF CITIZEN CATE SITES. THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE INNER CORONA IS HEATED IS STILL NOT CONFIRMED. MAPPING OF THE POLARIMETRIC SIGNATURE OF CORONAL FEATURES PROVIDES A MEASURE OF ELECTRON DENSITY CRITICAL TO MODELLING CORONAL WAVES WHICH ARE POSSIBLE SOURCE OF CORONAL HEATING. THE TWO INDEPENDENT OBSERVATIONAL LOCATIONS WILL ALLOW FOR CROSS CALIBRATION INSURE AGAINST WEATHER AND POTENTIAL TIME DEPENDENT VARIATIONS IN THE POLARIZATION OF THE CORONA. IF FUNDED WE WILL ALSO PARTNER WITH OTHER TEAMS INVOLVED IN THE STUDY OF CORONAL POLARIZATION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT SITES AND MEASUREMENTS. THESE APPROACHES WILL ALLOW FOR COMPARISON OF POLARIZATION WITH IMAGES OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND TEMPORAL CHANGES IF ANY IN THE CORONA.CITIZEN SCIENCE WE WILL INCLUDE STUDENTS WITH EDUCATORS AND AMATEUR SOLAR ASTRONOMERS TO TRANSFORM THE PROJECT FROM MERE OBSERVATIONS TO A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT TO TRACK THE CHANGES IN SOLAR CORONAL POLARIZATION AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. INCLUDING EXPEDITIONS TO THE LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED. WE WILL DOVETAIL OUR CITIZEN SCIENCE APPROACH TO PROMOTE MULTIDIMENSIONAL CROWDSOURCING OF THE OBSERVATIONS AND ENCOURAGE THE ACTIVE LEARNING PROCESS VIA THE NCIL NASA MY LIBRARY PROJECT WHICH WILL BE PARTICIPATING AT THREE LOCATIONS: OREGON WYOMING AND KANSAS ALONG THE PATH OF TOTALITY. WE PROPOSE TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE WITH UTILIZATION OF THE RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THROUGH THE EYES OF NASA. FINALLY WE WILL INTEGRATE VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENHANCE THE PARTICIPATION OF CITIZEN SCIENTISTS SUCH AS FACEBOOK VIMEO PINTEREST FLCKR) BASED ON OUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE WITH PREVIOUS COMET OBSERVING CAMPAIGNS CONSULTANT T. GREINER. SPECIFICALLY WE WILL PARTNER WITH GLOBE AT NIGHT TO MEASURE THE DARKNESS OF THE ECLIPSE SKY AND COMPARE WITH THE NIGHT SKY OBSERVATIONS IN ITS DATABASE. WE WILL PROVIDE THE PRODUCTS TO NASA SMD TO SHARE WITH EDUCATORS STUDENTS AND OTHER INFORMAL AUDIENCES.