This has been discussed zillions of times in the WD2 thread and board. Research points is a calculation of many different factors that you will never be able to hack via CoSMOS and no trainer that we have seen that claims to have this option actually works, only changes the value on the screen. Check the WD2 game page for other ways to achieve research points.
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Ahh ok, thanks for the heads up PWizard