Why Research Should be Applied

Research is a kind of activities which cannot be separated from human life. It has affected people in many ways so we can live better. Nowadays, scientist do research in many fields. Some of their results can be applied directly, but the others need further study in order to be integrated with the older one. However, there are also fields that the output doesn’t concern with the application. This research is usually related to some basic and fundamental science. It is not something wrong to do theoretical research, but I believe that theoretical scientific research, at the end, should have useful application for society in order to make it worthwhile.

Application of what theoretical scientist has done is very important because of some reasons. First, Useful research output is a good form of responsibility to the people who have funded the research. As an example, the industry which fund a research usually will want to have benefits from the research they fund. In that case, the research output should be able to be applied in the industry. There are also some scientist who are funded by the government in doing research. However, they are also responsible to have their research delivered some advantages to society. This is because the money come from the government basically come from people in the country.

The application of research output becomes more important in case of developing country like Indonesia. In this kind of country, every research activities, is it applied or theoretical, should be directed to have application in daily life. It is expected that research which can be applied in life will stimulate the commercialisation of research output. At the end, this can lead to national economy and industry improvement as happened in developed country.

Other important reason is concerning to our belief about good deeds from God Allah SWT. In this case, when scientist has made an invention from his research which is useful for many people, he will be rewarded from God Allah SWT with no limit of good deeds as long as people get advantages from his work. That is why scientist, especially theoretical scientist, should strive to make their research become useful to people.

Besides of many reasons , however, there are still some scientist who do not care at all with the application of their research. This people usually do research just because they are curious with that.

In conclusion, although the default of theoretical research is basic and fundamental science but they should do their best to make the research output to have application in life.