The phrase "a solid contribution to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's meaningful input or effort towards a project, idea, or cause.
Example: "Her research provided a solid contribution to the understanding of climate change."
Alternatives: "a valuable addition to" or "a significant input to".
Robert Cowley, a founder and former editor of MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History, said last week that the book was "a solid contribution to military history".
Looking at all the comments by the reviewer they suggested how the paper might be rewritten in the future to make it a solid contribution to science.
He published more than 700 titles, mostly small volumes for the ordinary citizen, and continued Caxton's standardizing of the language, a solid contribution to the native book trade.
Our innovation makes a solid contribution to the revolution of intelligence mining technology.
Disruption isn't the end-all-be-all of management thinking, but it's a solid contribution to the field.
A critical analysis on the available literature in this respect provides a solid contribution to the state of art.
After a few months, it went from a nice dinner to a solid contributions to a savings account, and then enough to pay for a real salary.
"I don't know anyone who came over on the Kindertransport who didn't make a very solid contribution to life in this country, many of them with great distinction," he said, citing the example of celebrated painter Frank Auerbach.
"Equipment and software investment is expected to make another solid contribution to real G.D.P. growth in the second quarter of 2010," he said.
This is solid contribution to the literature on creatine and its possible beneficial role in acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions.
In this article, we present the results of the first comprehensive assessment of household solid-fuel use on a country-by-country basis, and we argue that curbing indoor air pollution from solid fuels can make a substantial contribution to reducing child mortality (MDG 4) and improving maternal health (MDG 5).
