RESEARCH PROJECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does research project mean? 

• RESEARCH PROJECT (noun)
  The noun RESEARCH PROJECT has 1 sense:

1. research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses

  Familiarity information: RESEARCH PROJECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESEARCH PROJECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

research project; scientific research

Hypernyms ("research project" is a kind of...):

research (systematic investigation to establish facts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "research project"):

big science (scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results)

biological research (scientific research conducted by biologists)

experiment; experimentation (the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation)

Instance hyponyms:

Human Genome Project (an international study of the entire human genetic material)

 Context examples 

A document that protects researchers from involuntary disclosure of personal identifying information acquired in the course of a research project.

(Certificate of Confidentiality, NCI Thesaurus)

One of two or more scientists working together on a research project.

(Co-Investigator, NCI Thesaurus)

A research project that is in an active grant funding cycle.

(Active Funded Research Project, NCI Thesaurus)

The final breakage was first reported by Project Midas, an Antarctic research project based in the United Kingdom.

(Massive Iceberg Breaks Off from Antarctica, NASA)

A nine-year joint research project has led to a crucial breakthrough in cancer research.

(Scientists Reveal The Relationship Between Sugar, Cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The partnership is part of the second stage of a research project in Russia, where an existing telescope is already dedicated to space debris monitoring.

(High tech Russian telescope to start operating in Brazil, Agência Brasil)

Research project involving detection of breast tumors (screening, diagnosis clinical trials), development or refinement of diagnostic techniques or devices, education or promotion of breast cancer detection.

(Breast Cancer Detection Research, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers from the University of Tübingen (Germany) and the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), among others, are also participating in this pioneering research project.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

This would render the investigators competitive for funding through the research project grant (R01) and/or First Independent Research Support and Transition (FIRST) (R29) award mechanisms, thus potentially leading to the establishment of new research programs in areas that might have previously remained unexplored.

(Exploratory/Developmental Grant for Diagnostic Cancer Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

A research project conducted by the Agroenergy division of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) has identified species of microalgae that can be grown in liquid waste from agroindustrial processes to provide renewable raw materials.

(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)