The phrase "copious amounts of research" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to emphasize the breadth of research that has been conducted on a particular topic. For example, "The professor has conducted copious amounts of research on Middle Eastern history."
And write about it not as an author regurgitating copious amounts of research, but with a real, lived-in sense of empathy and passion.
I've survived with copious amounts of research and some pretty awesome apps.
It's not like there isn't copious amounts of research out there: I'd just never taken the time to look it up.
Maxwell conducted copious amounts of research for Jane -- from the role of women at the beginning of 20th century to the study of Darwin's theories and influence.
It wasn't until I was 14 years old, after I had read Harry Potter and done copious amounts of research, that I decided that I wanted to go to boarding school.
Certain that I would have to execute copious amounts of research on the internet to see how to correctly use a bidet and quite certain I wouldn't have the moxie to even if I knew, I considered (as we would say in marketing) "alternate usages".
While Mr. Wolff may have had a free hand, he was guided by copious amounts of consumer research.
I spent copious amounts of time researching and applying for placements; every day for around five weeks researching leads, contacts and opportunities.
But wait, the Guerrilla Girls are not just a name in every modern art-history book, they're real, and they're in the UK to point out – with copious amounts of freshly researched data – that women artists are even more marginalised in Europe than in the US. 1 October to 5 March, Whitechapel Gallery, London.
Every Smartphone, tablet PC and console is the end result of copious amounts of cutting-edge research and development.
The goal of recent research efforts is to produce more effective vaccines, those that produce copious amounts of potent virus-inactivating antibodies and a persistent long-term broad-spectrum immunity to the current strain of species Zaire ebolavirus.
