Systematics Agenda 2000: A Research Trends and Priorities Initiative

系统学是研究生物多样性及其历史模式和过程的科学。一个由系统生物学家组成的广泛联盟已经组织起来，开始着手记录本学科内的研究趋势和优先事项。这项名为“2000年系统学议程：整合生物多样性和社会需求”的倡议，其统一主题是：(1)系统学在生物多样性研究和保护中的作用，(2)系统学在比较生物学中的综合作用，以及(3)系统学在人类事务中的作用和重要性。《系统生物学议程2000》由指导委员会和咨询委员会指导，由27个常设委员会组成，涵盖系统生物学的广度，包括基础研究和应用研究。这项拨款用于支持常务委员会的工作，召开常务委员会联席主席的全体会议，以综合他们的研究结果，支持指导委员会/咨询委员会的工作，以及支持编辑和出版费用。《系统学议程2000》将发表两份文件，综合重要的研究趋势和优先事项，确定支持系统研究的基础设施需求，并记录系统学在人类事务中的作用和重要性。

Systematics is the scientific study of biodiversity and its historical patterns and processes. A broad coalition of systematic biologists has organized to undertake an initiative to document research trends and priorities within their discipline. This initiative called Systematics Agenda 2000: Integrating Biological Diversity and Societal Needs, takes as its unifying themes: (1) the role of systematics in the study and preservation of biodiversity, (2) the integrative role of systematics in comparative biology, and (3) the role and importance of systematics in human affairs. Systematics Agenda 2000 is directed by a Steering Committee and Advisory Board and consists of 27 Standing Committees encompassing the breadth of systematic biology, including both basic and applied research. This grant is to support the work of the Standing Committees, to have a general meeting of Standing Committee co- chairs to synthesize their findings, to support the work of the Steering Committee/Advisory Board, and to support editorial and publication expenses. Systematics Agenda 2000 will publish two documents that will synthesize important research trends and priorities, identify infrastructural needs for supporting systematic research, and document the role and importance of systematics in human affairs.