The phrase "attempts at research" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts or endeavors made to conduct research on a particular topic or issue.
Example: "The team's attempts at research yielded some interesting findings, although more work is needed to draw definitive conclusions."
Alternatives: "efforts in research" or "endeavors in research".
In addition, it is not at all trivial to find one's way through the ever-burgeoning literature of mathematics, and one can go through the stages outlined above with much less lost motion if one has some access to a group of older and more experienced mathematicians who can guide one's reading, supplement it with seminars and courses, and evaluate one's first attempts at research.
His attempts at research was resisted by the British and American governments; he was denied access to British war records and had to undertake considerable work to obtain US records via Freedom of Information requests.
Upon finishing this work the scholar is left curious as to what the future holds for Pennsylvania Dutch and its legacy". "This book is the first attempt at researching and synthesizing the historical, cultural, and linguistic development of Pennsylvania Dutch across all the communities that speak it.
And yet even a cursory attempt at researching their statements brings up condemnations and attempts to start anti-terrorism campaigns from hundreds of scholars here, here, and here.
Viva loves a good story (and pathetic attempts at free research), but don't expect them to write one.
This imbalance is fostering major attempts at redirecting research to the health problems of low and middle income countries.
Because of this imbalance, there have been major attempts at redirecting research efforts and funds to the health problems of low and middle income countries.
Although chemical exposure may be one of the most preventable causes of developmental disorders, the scope of this problem has not been well defined, and there have been only limited attempts at concerted research efforts to use biomarkers to assess cumulative exposures for all substances linked to developmental disorders.
This "observer effect" is the inevitable undoing of Prof. Hester Rosenfeld, whose crackpot attempt at scholarly research into the life and times of her own lover takes her to Munich for a prolonged session of participant observation.
This is the first systematic attempt at identifying research priorities from an implementation perspective for zoonoses control in India.
Employing a situated, learning-based, pedagogical model, the program was more successful than previous attempts at library-wide research data management training at Berkeley.
