GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: THE GOAL OF THE ANTARCTIC SEARCH FOR METEORITES (ANSMET) PROGRAM IS TO RECOVER A COMPLETE AND REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIALS FALLING TO EARTH AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH. ANTARCTIC METEORITE SEARCHES ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCES OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATERIAL FOR PLANETARY RESEARCH REPRESENTING RARE MACROSCOPIC "GROUND TRUTH" MATERIALS FROM ASTEROIDS AND OTHER PLANETARY BODIES THAT CAN BE ANALYSED IN THE MODERN ANALYTICAL LABORATORY. OVER 21 000 METEORITE RECOVERIES BY ANSMET SINCE 1976 HAVE PROVEN OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO THE STUDY OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM HELPING CHARACTERIZE DIVERSE BODIES ACROSS THE INNER SOLAR SYSTEM. THIS PROPOSAL REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR THE CONTINUATION OF METEORITE RECOVERY EFFORTS IMPLEMENTED BY FIELD PARTIES TO BE DEPLOYED YEARLY DURING THE AUSTRAL SUMMERS OF 2016-2017 THROUGH THE 2020-2021 FIELD SEASON. THE NEW WORK PROPOSED HERE WOULD EXTEND PRIOR EFFORTS AT KNOWN LOCALITIES SEARCH FOR NEW (PREVIOUSLY UNVISITED) SITES AND FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTARCTIC METEORITE CONCENTRATIONS.