A research team or research group was a group of scientists on a mission of exploration and accumulation of data.
The A-6 excavation team of the Earth Sciences Institute was a research team. (ENT: "Regeneration")
A Vulcan research team detected traces of pyretic radiation in the debris of the Xindi probe, according to Doctor Fer'at. (ENT: "The Expanse")
In 2401, research group was listed as one of the results in Raffaela Musiker's search for the "red lady". (PIC: "The Next Generation")
In approximately 3074, an artifact buried nine meters beneath the ruins at Kesef was uncovered by a Kyrian research team. The artifact was a data storage device which came from the USS Voyager. It was later discovered that artifact 271 was the EMH backup module, a backup copy of The Doctor. (VOY: "Living Witness")