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Unfortunatly you lose the first turn research bonus doing this, but you might be able to use the cheats to counter this. Not sure.
Just have every race colonize a few extra worlds and build research centers. Build enough RS to get your 100k research points, then abandon all the colonies and save the game.
You'll still have the 100k research to spend on the first turn, and you'll be down to normal after that.