If you cancel a single research project, or just the first research project in any research queue, it won't actually cancel the research project; colonists will still attempt to research it, only stopping once completed. In the queue case though, no further projects will be done which would be normal behaviour.
This is probably somewhat due to vanilla mechanics where you can't cancel research projects, and the only way to effectively do so is to disable researching in the work tab.
This was with Research Tab 2.15.465 and RimWorld 0.19.1998
Ludeon-style steps to reproduce:
Start a research project (make sure somebody's assigned to research and a bench is present)
Cancel said research project; colonist will still research that project
If you cancel a single research project, or just the first research project in any research queue, it won't actually cancel the research project; colonists will still attempt to research it, only stopping once completed. In the queue case though, no further projects will be done which would be normal behaviour.
This is probably somewhat due to vanilla mechanics where you can't cancel research projects, and the only way to effectively do so is to disable researching in the work tab.
This was with Research Tab 2.15.465 and RimWorld 0.19.1998
Ludeon-style steps to reproduce: