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=== Three forms of research ===
The manual gives definitions for: [[basic research]], [[applied research]], [[Research and development]]; research personnel: [[researchers]], [[technicians]], auxiliary personnel. 

The Frascati Manual classifies research into three categories:<ref>[https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264239012-en Frascati Manual 2015: Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data on Research and Experimental Development p. 29]</ref>

* ''Basic research'' is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundations of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view.
* ''Applied research'' is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective.
* ''Experimental development'' is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

These involve novelty, creativity, uncertainty, systematic, and reproducibility and transferability.