This window allows you to select research projects for your empire to undertake. Research projects are activities that your empire engages in discover new components, facilities, ship sizes, intelligence projects, and more.

See Research for more details.

This is a listing of the available technology areas that your empire knows of. New technology areas can be discovered by research in the existing areas.

The technology areas are listed in groups based on their general purpose. Each technology area is also listed with its total cost in research points. By left-clicking on a technology area, you will add it to the "Current Projects" list below. You can also right-click a technology area to see a description of it.

This is a listing of the research projects that your empire is currently executing. You may have up to 12 total projects going at once, with 4 displayed at a time in this list. You can view the other projects being executed by pressing the tab buttons listed below.

Each executing project is listed with its name, the specific level that you are trying to attain, the estimated number of years until its completed, and the actual cost per turn in research points. At the bottom of the project is a bar which fills in as the project is completed. When the bar reaches all the way to the right of the box, the project will be completed.

If you left-click a current project, it will be removed from the current projects list. Be careful not to remove projects that are nearing completion. You can also right-click on a current project to get a brief description about it.