"a contribution to knowledge" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to work that has been done or is being done to advance understanding of a topic or field. For example, "His research papers have been a valuable contribution to knowledge in the field of neurology."
Publication should make a contribution to knowledge and to my career development strategy.
But I know that no matter what else happens, I will have done something to make a contribution to knowledge".
Yet the same audiences may deem a contribution to knowledge valuable because it is highly novel.
Completion of a Ph.D. dissertation, resulting from independent investigation and constituting a contribution to knowledge in the area of Immunology.
Under the supervision of the research advisory committee, the candidate must prepare a doctoral dissertation that is a contribution to knowledge and is the result of independent research.
The student must complete and submit a dissertation which is the result of independent work and is a contribution to knowledge.
Other fields, such as sociology in the United States, follow a norm of rejecting an article unless it represents a significant contribution to knowledge.
The court, on behalf of a rights holder, asks a user "why did you do this?" When the answer to that question is "because I wanted to make a new contribution to knowledge," that is a transformative purpose.
There is no question that the Gospel of Judas, a third-century Coptic copy of a second-century Greek Gnostic text, is a major contribution to knowledge about Gnosticism and early Christianity.
We continue to commit to supporting research in this area through a number of collaborations that aim to make a genuine contribution to knowledge in this field.
A Dissertation that makes an original contribution to knowledge.
