Drug Discovery, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development

这一跨部门资金转移是一项协议的一部分， NIH，NSF和AID将共同资助三个项目，每个项目为期五年， 有三个相互交织的组成部分：药物发现，生物多样性 保护和经济发展。 每个资助项目将 寻求在发展中地区进行生物调查， 同时清点生物多样性，筛选合适的 天然药物产品的多样性要素， 将这一努力的成果转化为经济潜力， 东道地区的居民。 国家卫生研究院将管理这一 这三个机构的合作研究计划，因此， 所以这次跨部门调动是必要的

This interagency transfer of funds is part of an agreement between NIH, NSF and AID to jointly fund three projects for five years, each with three interwoven components: drug discovery, biodiversity conservation and economic development. Each funded project will seek to make biotic surveys in developing areas with the purpose of simultaneously inventorying biological diversity, screening suitable elements of that diversity for natural pharmaceutical products and translating the results of this effort into economic potential for the inhabitants of the host areas. NIH will administer this cooperative research program for the three agencies, thus necessitating this interagency transfer.