The phrase "a research need" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the necessity for further investigation or study in a particular area or topic.
Example: "The findings of this study highlight a research need in the field of renewable energy technologies."
Alternatives: "a need for research" or "a requirement for research".
In response to a research need for a book I am working on, he drew my attention to "The Masses," an early-20th-century radical monthly.
There is a research need to investigate the effects of liquid distributor design for a comprehensive understanding of liquid flow in packed columns.
There is a research need to integrate public perceptions and attitudes with the type of information typically found in a landscape assessment.
This study addresses a research need, and is one of the first to empirically examine the relationship between psychopathic traits and the Full Range Leadership Model.
Therefore, there is a research need to develop simple mathematical relationships to determine the potential aquatic risks of pesticides based on a minimum set of input parameters.
A "research: need" ratio for all mental health related causes will be calculated.
Because of the tunable properties, biologists and clinicians could custom-design a material for a specific research need.
Like all Harvard's valuable books, works in the Widener Collection may be consulted by researchers demonstrating a genuine research need.
The development of methods for selecting a candidate gene panel was identified as a pressing research need for the bioinformatics and biostatistics communities.
Unravelling the underlying reasons is an urgent research need: only an understanding of the causes will allow correction of the problem.
Second, there is a huge research need and opportunity to determine optimal organizational design on specific design variables viz., size, technology, management and ownership with reference to scope.
