The phrase "a shift of research" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes or transitions in research focus, methodology, or direction.
Example: "The recent findings indicate a shift of research towards more sustainable practices in agriculture."
Alternatives: "a change in research" or "a transition of research".
On a year-on-year basis, the decline in Location & Commerce non-IFRS gross margin in the first quarter 2012 was primarily due to a shift of research and development operating expenses to cost of sales as a result of the divestiture of the media advertising business.
Also in neuroimaging, there is a shift of research interest from a mere depiction of the inflammatory aspects of the disease such as T2- and contrast enhancing lesion load which only correlate modestly with the clinical disease course and neurological disability (the so-called clinico-radiological paradox[5]) to improved techniques to quantify and monitor neurodegeneration.
Whether through the protection of breeding innovations under plant variety rights protection laws or through the patenting of genes and gene fragments, the increasing involvement of IPRs in agriculture has effected a shift of agricultural research from public to private institutions.
8 With the therapeutic advancements, there is a shift of the research focus towards secondary prevention in VTE, as it will help to evaluate clinical diagnostics, clinical decision-making and treatment, as well as the set-up of specific preventive programmes for sequelae, advancing prognosis and quality of life.
A radical shift of research strategy is needed; one that runs under the heading of integration and collaboration.
Previous budgets had signaled a shift of priorities from basic research to various collaborations with industry.
These discoveries are important since they can prompt a shift of focus for current research in investigating the role of Candida-bacterial interactions in the pathogenesis of mucosal infections as well as the role of β-glucan mediated signaling in the host response.
A shift of strategy is looming, towards research that focuses on genes and brain circuitry rather than chemicals.
The shift of research funds to the National Science Foundation would immediately affect about 250 scientists working at three Smithsonian scientific institutes.
The accumulated literature on the relation between transportation and urban form in the USA, experience the shift of research topics from transportation network configuration, job accessibility to job housing spatial relationship in a larger scale.
This survey also indicates a dramatic shift of the research interest in the field from the simple parallel frequent itemset mining on traditional parallel and distributed platforms to parallel pattern mining of more complex data on emerging architectures, such as multi-core systems and the increasingly mature grid infrastructure.
