applied research
Problem-solving investigation
Applied research is investigation aimed at solving practical problems rather than advancing theoretical knowledge.
It takes existing scientific understanding and directs it toward specific real-world applications: developing new products, improving processes, or addressing immediate challenges.
The company funded applied research into battery efficiency.
Contrast with basic or pure research, which pursues knowledge for its own sake.
- real-world applicationsTheory put into practice
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- proof-of-conceptFeasibility demonstration
- feasibility studiesAssessments of project viability
- pilot programTest phase before expansion
engineering · problem-solving · practicality · translational · innovation · experimental design · goal-oriented · prototyping · user testing · policy development · energy systems · business management · public health · test · data analysis · cost reduction · field studies · social change
- applied fieldsapplied physics, applied science, applied ethics
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- R&DR&D, r and d, lab work, researchers, scientists
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- researchstudy, researching, archive, peer review, investigating
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
applied researchbasic research
Study seeking knowledge, not products
pure research · blue-sky research · pure science · basic science · academic research