Choose a topic or subject of interest. You may spend 2 DT to attempt to gain Lore on the given topic. Reach out to staff regarding the topic of interest and they will inform you how much lore you need to acquire and how to go about gathering lore for that topic (skill checks, solo missions, rp, etc.). Once you have reached the required goal you are given more details furthering your insight on the subject. Unless specified, the role for Research is history
For implants, research goal is 50 x tier of the implant
For devil fruits, the research goal is 250, and you must have a devil fruit encyclopedia.