The phrase "abandon research" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the decision to stop or discontinue a research project or study.
Example: "Due to lack of funding, the team had no choice but to abandon research on the new drug."
Alternatives: "discontinue research" or "cease research."
Research residents who decide to abandon research and enter clinical practice must complete an additional year of residency prior to board certification.
Dr. Caspi and other psychiatric researchers said it would be equally premature to abandon research into gene-environment interaction, when brain imaging and other kinds of evidence have linked the serotonin gene to stress sensitivity.
It is not that Dr. Bargonetti was ready to abandon research.
Each student should respond to the question, "Should your state support or abandon research and programs to scientifically change trees?
And while those studies are under way, Dr. Thomson and others say, it would be premature to abandon research with stem cells taken from human embryos.
Pfizer disclosed that it would abandon research into heart disease (which had resulted in its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor), obesity, and bone health to focus on more profitable areas such as cancer research.
It has eliminated most of the sales force, and abandoned research and development.
He thinks that firms and scientists should be able to adjust without abandoning research completely.
Dr. Hauser's letter of resignation, dated July 7, implies that he is abandoning research as well as Harvard.
9 P.M. (ABC) THE RIVER The crew is terrorized by a cannibalistic entity while exploring an abandoned research center for clues about the fate of Emmet Cole.
Most worrying of all, despite the huge rewards on offer for a successful treatment, manufacturers are abandoning research into neuro-degenerative diseases because it is too difficult.
