WAS THE CURRENT INSTITUTION GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE THE PI IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE RESEARCH EFFORT? PLEASE PROVIDE BACK P/SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION ( E-MAIL LETTERS MEMOS ETC.) TO VALIDATE THE CURRENT INSTITUTION'S INABILITY TO FIND AN ACCEPTABLE REPLACEMENT PI AND A RECOMMENDATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY SHOULD FOLLOW THE PI TO THE NEW INSTITUTION. THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED BY PI JEFFREY ANDREWS-HANNA TO THE ROSES NRA SOLAR SYSTEM WORKINGS PROGRAM ENTITLED "THE HYDROLOGY CLIMATE AND SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS OF MERIDIANI PLANUM AND GALE CRATER" WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE) AND WAS SELECTED AND FUNDED AS NASA GRANT NNX16AL95G. DR. ANDREWS-HANNA HAS SINCE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (U OF A). THE RELINQUISHMENT LETTER DATED MARCH 19 2018 FROM R. B. KALMBACH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONTRACTS STATES THAT SWRI DOES NOT WISH TO NOMINATE A SUBSTITUTE PI AND WISHES TO RELINQUISH THE GRANT AND RELATED FUNDS. IT FURTHER STATES THAT THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. THUS THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY OF DR. ANDREWSHANNA SHOULD FOLLOW THE PI TO THE NEW INSTITUTION. 2. PROVIDE VERIFICATION THAT THE PL CHANGING INSTITUTIONS STILL HAS THE PREREQUISITE SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY (AS SUPPORTED BY THE BASIS FOR THE ORIGINAL AWARD TO THE PL'S OLD INSTITUTION). THE PL CHANGING INSTITUTIONS CONTINUES TO HAVE THE PREREQUISITE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY AS FOR THE ORIGINAL AWARD TO THE PL'S OLD INSTITUTION. THE PL HAS BECOME AN EXPERIENCED CONTRIBUTOR TO RESEARCH TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLIMATE EVOLUTION OF MARS. THUS THE PL STILL HAS THE SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT RESEARCH ACTIVITY .. 3. PROVIDE VERIFICATION THAT THE NEW INSTITUTION HAS THE NECESSARY FACILITIES AND SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH