Is this directed at US college admissions? I don’t recall any of my students having had to complete any academic research to apply for admission at a US college or university.
When our eldest was in high school, she was required to seek out a work experience for her biotech course setting, whereby the facility would involve biotech lab equipment. So, she ended up at our local UC, running tests. It was a tiny mention in her activities.
I am assuming that your “research” is for your regional university? Research takes a lot of time and requires intense scrutiny of approval forms for the research and its test subject.