scope:

This document can be used in the development of a quality system for basic and applied research. That is where the output is knowledge, information, data, or proof-of-concept, but not product or service design or development. This includes fields like the biological, physical, and applied sciences, which use methods such as field investigation, laboratory experimentation, computer modeling, and theory formulation.

While this document presents an overall quality system for all aspects of research institution activities, it attempts to focus the application of quality systems on the main output of research institutions-the research results.