"acknowledge research" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to show that you are aware of the research that exists, or to signal that you will be citing a specific research paper or study. For example, you might say "We acknowledge research that suggests the changes to this program may be beneficial."
We gratefully acknowledge research funding from Bournemouth University for this paper.
The authors acknowledge research facilities provided by National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering NIBGEE) Faisalabad.
We acknowledge research support from ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Although the 2016 study said the link between Agent Orange exposure and esophageal cancer was "inadequate or insufficient," the report did still acknowledge research that suggested a connection between the two.
DL and MV acknowledge research fellowship provided by CSIR.
We acknowledge research funding from Seikagaku Corporation and the NIH (R01AR057066).
Of course, everyone acknowledges research still has a bit further to go before a practical flexible display comes out.
As the report itself acknowledged, research is needed to evaluate the success of such reformed curricula.
Our findings started to fill the gap in this hardly acknowledged research area using the SWB approach.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/354/prepub SYZ acknowledges research support from the Duke Mentored Clinical Research Scholarship Program (grant number 5KL2RR024127-03), the CALGB Foundation, and the HealthWell Foundation.
D. B. Davis acknowledges research support from the NIDDK (K08-DK-083442), the William and Judith Busse Women in Research Foundation, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and the Central Society for Clinical Research.
