"research independence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a situation in which a researcher has the freedom to pursue their own research agenda without external interference. For example, "The university is committed to providing students with the resources to ensure research independence."
This commonsense proposal, which cleared Senate committee consideration this month, would create the "Next Generation Researchers Initiative" within the NIH Office of the Director to coordinate all current and new NIH policies aimed at promoting opportunities for new researchers and earlier research independence.
On the other hand, spuriously adding professors to all your papers is hugely to the detriment to junior researchers, who desperately need to demonstrate research independence.
Peter Walentek, a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Harland's lab, has received a K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award designed to foster the transiton of new investigators to research independence.
One participant, for example, wondered aloud why any researcher would want a staff scientist position, which does not permit full research independence.
The Principal Investigator (PI), Hugh Taylor, MD, the Research Director (RD), Gil Mor, MD, PhD, MSc and the Scholar's WRHR Advisory Board monitor the scholar's academic progress toward research independence.
Our doctoral program seeks to develop students' research independence and creativity while strengthening their technical background.
The U.K. Academic Fellowships are a new approach, but the basic idea--giving young researchers some cash of their own and a boost toward research independence--isn't new.
The professional researcher ranks reflect increasing attainment and distinction in research scholarship, independence of research activities, and ability to guide and direct others in programs of research.
He emphasized that the money was "unrestricted" and would "allow us to accelerate our research with independence and scientific integrity".
Regulators, including Arthur Levitt, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, have spoken out against ties between investment bankers and analysts, saying they erode research analysts' independence.
Mutual fund investors have come to trust the research and independence of Morningstar, but a recent deal with Fidelity Investments is raising some eyebrows.
