So the research project is supposed to give me a 10% boost to research right? For some reason, on my manufacturing planets, it gives up to 470% if I set my sliders to 50/50/0 (manu/res/wealth). But if I set the sliders to 0/100/0, I get 10% which actually ends up being a lower overall amount of research.
I've also noticed that if I unlock the malevolent 'culling project,' no new project shows up, although I do get the boost to production.