The phrase "research thrusts" refers to the main focuses or areas of interest in scientific or academic research. It represents the key directions or goals that researchers are working towards in their investigations. Full definition
Several models of engagement discussed within the Gray Matters report will be examined and then efforts at ethics engagement conducted by the Neuroethics Research Thrust at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) will be presented and critically assessed. (csne-erc.org)
She is directing the center's work on infrastructure construction, one of four research thrusts of the program. (sciencedaily.com)
The Neuroethics research thrust at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) studies ethical issues arising from emerging neural engineering technologies. (csne-erc.org)