Applied Research Examples 2006
Research Definitions (notes from JLC workshop March 9, 2006)

Research which studies the relationship and/or applicability of theories or principles to the solution of a problem for the purpose of producing results that may be applied to real world situations.
Research used to answer a specific question, determine why something failed or succeeded, and solve a specific, pragmatic problem.
1. Computer science examples
  - Genetic Algorithms Archive from Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
  - Applied Research Laboratory, Washington University, St. Louis
  - Applied Computer Science, Bielefeld University, Germany
  - Scientific Computing and Applied Math, Yale Univ.
  - Computational and Applied Mathematics, Univ. Texas Austin
2. Physics
  - Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins Univ.
  - Electronics and Applied Physics, Univ. Maryland
  - Applied Physics, Cal Tech
  - Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell
3. Biology
  - Applied Molecular Biology, UMBC
4. Industrial Technology
  - Applied research, Purdue, Industrial Technology, College of Technology
5. Mathematics
  - Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, FORTH
6. Oceanography
  - NOAA
7. General lists
  - Applied Research areas, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  - Homeland Security research grants
  - Applied Research Lab, Penn State