1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE SIMP SURVEY
2.1. Candidate Selection
3. SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS
3.1. SIMON at OMM
3.2. Gemini Near-Infrared Spectrograph (GNIRS) at Gemini South
3.3. NIRI at Gemini North
3.4. SpeX at InfraRed Telescope Facility (IRTF)
4. PHOTOMETRIC OBSERVATIONS
5. SPECTRAL CLASSIFICATION
5.1. Spectral Indices
5.2. Comparison with Standard Spectra
6. RESULTS
6.1. Young Candidates
6.2. Unusually Red Objects
6.3. Subdwarfs
6.4. Unusually Blue Objects
6.5. Unresolved Binary Candidates
6.6. Other Peculiar Objects
7. SUMMARY