research initiative

collocation in English

meaningsofresearchandinitiative

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research
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/us
/ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a ...
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initiative
noun
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.t̬ɪv/
a new plan or process to achieve something or solve ...
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(Definition ofresearchandinitiativefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Stakeholders were approached by introductory e-mail, which detailed this as aresearchinitiative, stating that their involvement would be anonymous and that results would be published.
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In addition, we have made £2.4 million available over the next five years within the policy research programme's mental healthresearchinitiative.
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The continuation of the jointresearchinitiativewas secured.
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There certainly needs to be a nationalresearchinitiativewith support rather than obstruction at central and local level.
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We have initiated a majorresearchinitiativeusing information technology to create the "virtual institute", bringing together 11 academic units, and comprising a number of disciplines and professional groups.
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The goal of this grower-fundedresearchinitiativeis to seek out new and improved zoysiagrass varieties, especially disease resistant ones.
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Natural science departments were particularly large beneficiaries of thisresearchinitiative.
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This three yearresearchinitiativeaims to work collaboratively with established research institutions to produce pertinent and robust research.
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To ensure this service will continue to improve, a number of research initiatives are currently under way.
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This simplified model implies that attachment to earlier research initiatives generally decreases as the earlier waves lose active researchers to retirement.
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We have documented instances in which social policy and social climate have informed research initiatives.
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Inspired by the way ecosystems work, theresearchinitiativeproposed to cascade nutrients, materials and energy so that our production and consumption system uses all that is available.
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The purpose of theresearchinitiativeis to in the sector and create the initial foundations for an investment infrastructure into this long established area of passion investment.
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Youth of color in urban environments are often unable to complete their participation in longitudinal academic research initiatives.
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Board members may undervalue manager participation in research initiatives because they do not recognize benefits of academic-community partnerships.
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Nanotechnologists now have the task of convincing the public that there is more to their research initiatives than producing atomic-scale robots that will turn our world into 'grey-goo'.
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Such research initiatives will be of great interest to those who are working to link, for example, automation devices, computing machines, robots etc., to the human brain.
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By making concrete in a high-visibility forum those areas in which evidence is still lacking, consensus conferences serve as fertile ground for the stimulation of new research initiatives.
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As they are directly concerned with prevention and the evaluation of interventions for improving health on the larger scale, they are natural partners for many primary care research initiatives.
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