The phrase "a level of basic research" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the extent or degree of fundamental research being conducted in a particular field or study.
Example: "The study aims to achieve a level of basic research that will provide a foundation for future applied studies."
Alternatives: "a degree of fundamental research" or "an extent of primary research".
These are all still at the level of basic research, but they will be the foundations of technology long before I am ready to retire.
Also, and perhaps even more importantly, protocell technology needs support at the level of basic research and development, and national support and funding is vital for this field of research to reach the technological maturity that they can start to fulfill some of our dreams and desires.
Furthermore, the cross-species capability of CRISPR/Cas9 has lead to profound insight in mammalian systems that were previously inaccessible at the level of basic research, particularly in monkeys [ 49] and humans.
"Its high levels of basic research and superior technology are hampered by too-strict regulations, and vertically integrated administration.
Others may favor just a little bit of basic research.
Using a citation based measure of basic research publications we relate basic research effort to invention disclosures.
Without sustained, adequate levels of funding, the amount and quality of basic research will suffer, perhaps for a generation, perhaps irreparably.
The relationship between dioxin exposure and the health of the Chinese population is far from clear, in part because of the historical focus of basic research on environmental pollutant levels rather than on environmental health.
Basic scientists have a responsibility to translate, because the focus of basic research should ultimately be on the patient.
In line with the empirical evidence, our model accounts for (i) the negative effect of population growth on economic growth, (ii) the positive effect of education on economic growth, (iii) the positive association between the level of per capita GDP and expenditures for basic research, and (iv) the gestation lag of basic research investments.
