The phrase "commission research" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you need to refer to research that has been conducted on behalf of someone or something else, such as a company or government agency. For example, "The company commissioned research to evaluate the effectiveness of its new advertising campaign."
Whilst funding bodies with a responsive mode rely heavily on researchers themselves to identify the questions to be addressed, those who commission research on specific themes or topics tend to rely on a broader range of sources.
This work was developed in the framework of ARTEMIS, a European Commission research project.
Scotland has long deployed its own funding to commission research in support of policy-making.
Issy Flamel rightly pointed out that the Government did commission research into food banks in 2013.
Why was he allowed to commission research from Monitor, a consultancy, to pad out the thesis?
Composite energy-absorbing aircraft structures are being studied within a European Commission research programme (CRASURV – Design for Crash Survivability).
One editor stated "It's not the journal's problem to deal with this, it is the problem of the people who commission research the universities, medical research councils, or the pharmaceutical industry.
EGIR-RISC study had undergone appropriate review by the European Commission research program and its ethics committee.
Electoral Commission research from 2014 found that 7.5 million people who are eligible to vote were not on the electoral register before the new online system was introduced.
Charity Commission research shows that only 0.5% of charity trustees are 18-24 years old, despite this age group making up 12% of the UK population.
Excluding the National Lottery, the number of people who gamble has jumped by almost a million, according to the Gambling Commission research.
