Carnegie -Mellon University Department of Engineering and Public Policy 
Schenley Park 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 
[412] 578-2672 
June 28, 1978 
Dr. Donald S. Fredrickson 
Director 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 20014 
Dear Dr. Fredrickson: 
In my letter of May 16th to you, I briefly described a set of 
analytical tools which would be useful for a systematic analysis of 
recombinant DNA activities. It was unclear to me in your response 
of May 30th whether or not you were presently funding such studies. 
Is NIH presently supporting any intra- or extra-mural policy analysis 
of issues involving recombinant DNA activities? By this I do not 
mean actual laboratory studies, which I know NIH is supporting, 
but rather systems modeling and data synthesizing activities which 
would analyze the alternatives for public policy decision-making. 
The activities could include those I mentioned in my letter of 
May 16th. Alternatively, if you are receptive to proposals for 
policy analysis on this issue, I would be interested in developing 
a proposal to examine and synthesize the information using some 
of the tools briefly described in my earlier letter. If you 
do not have a funding program available for such studies, I 
would appreciate it if you could suggest a federal office or 
agency who would be receptive to such a proposal. 
Thank you for your attention. 
Sincerely, 
David Lincoln 
Visiting Assistant Professor 
Engineering and Public Policy 
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