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- 7 February 1974-16 September 1974 (Creation)
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1 file
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Scope and content
Comprises correspondence and other material (including outlines of research to be conducted) relating to a research proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation requesting partial funding of a project to be carried out by the Council for Biology in Human Affairs. The project on 'The Structure of Values in Science and the Arts' was to include work by Key Dismukes and Bruce Goldberg.
The file includes a copy of a letter to the National Science Foundation from H. Philip Mettger (Grants Officer, Salk Institute) formally withdrawing Bronowski's proposal (16 Sep 1974).
Also includes a press release about the National Endowment for the Humanities which includes information about a grant being given to the Salk Institute to support appointments in the humanities.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
A copy of a research proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation (28 Jun 1974) has been removed from this files as it was a duplicate of the proposal in Bronowski 10/7/5/19.