Abel might like to submit his research proposals to this competition:

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/643549-origin-of-life-challenge-how-did-life-begin

$50,000 award for research proposal into abiogenesis.

"Submissions that rely on extraterrestrial sources of key materials must describe in detail how those materials would have been generated. Submissions involving the supernatural or that violate physical laws will not be considered."