'''[[Reduced Research Time|Reduced research time]]''' (RRT) is a bonus that can be obtained from [[Evolved Bacteria]] or [[Dark Matter Institute]]. It decreases the time that it takes to complete activities in the [[Research|'''Research Labs''']]. Sending and recalling [[Resources#Scientists|Scientists]] in the [[Planetary Research]] is not affected by this stat.
If you have already started a research, then changes to your RRT will no longer affect it.
The RRT bonuses from different Evolved Bacteria are not additive. Instead, each Evolved Bacteria with the bonus reduces the research time remaining instead of the original research time.
<sup>[https://www.reddit.com/r/BacterialTakeover/comments/7lqtbm/research_bonus_stats_arent_adding_up/]</sup>
For example, if the player has three Evolved Bacteria equipped with RRT of 13.3%, 12.1%, 13.8%, then the total RRT would be 34.3% not 39.2%. <sup>[https://www.reddit.com/r/BacterialTakeover/comments/7lqtbm/research_bonus_stats_arent_adding_up/ [1<nowiki>]</nowiki>]</sup>
This means that it's practically '''impossible to reach 100% RRT'''. Each Evolved Bacteria has a hard cap of 70% RRT and the total bonus from equipped bacteria is capped to 70% as well.
The RRT displayed in the Bacteria Evolution menu does not include reductions to research time from [[Dark Matter Institute]].
