The APOGEE-2 Survey of the Orion Star-forming Complex. I. Target Selection and Validation with Early Observations

NSF [AST-1449476, AST-11311835]; UNAM-DGAPA-PAPITT [IN116315, IN108117]; BASAL Centro de Astrofisica y Techologas Afines (CATA) [PFB-6/2007]; Ministry for the Economy, Development, and Tourism's Programa Inicativa Cientifica Milenio [IC120009]; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science; Center for High-Performance Computing at the University of Utah; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Robert Martin Ayers Sciences Fund