The phrase "as initial foundation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that serves as a starting point or basis for further development or discussion.
Example: "We will use this research as initial foundation for our project proposal."
Alternatives: "as a preliminary basis" or "as a starting point".
The first generation information repositories which include TRANSFAC, PLACE, PlantCARE and AGRIS served as initial foundation for large-scale computational prediction of the unifying regulatory features among co-expressed genes revealed by genome-wide transcriptome studies (Wingender et al., 1996; Higo et al., 1999; Lescot et al., 2002; Davuluri et al., 2003; Matys et al., 2003).
"We used Mickalene's work as the initial foundation, and built upon our looks based off of her wonderful use of colors, prints and textures.
Conclusions based on analysis of microarray often serve only as the initial foundation for subsequent confirmation and more traditional avenues of research.
Our findings provide an initial foundation for elucidating the neuroanatomic basis of homeostasis in the normal human brain, as well as for mapping CHN disconnections in patients with disorders of homeostasis, including sudden and unexpected death, and epilepsy.
The present chemical studies help to set the initial foundation to further evaluate M. tuberculosis ThyA and ThyX as chemotherapeutic targets against tuberculosis.
Some people skip the initial foundation steps and end up doing more harm than good".
Without this initial foundation and continued support at home, a teacher's hands are tied at school.
Participatory democracy finds its initial foundation in the French Revolution [9].
The initial foundation of nonstandard finite difference methods came from exact finite difference schemes [38].
This work, however, provides an initial foundation for trust diffusion modeling based on real world interactions.
It is becoming increasingly evident that it needs to expand beyond its initial foundations.
