The description says that a quest should trigger. I've added this after I started the colony and I've yet to see the quest pop myself after a couple years in. Wondering if there's a dev command to force it.

Edit: Booted up the game and finally went to look. It appears you can force it to trigger the quest like any other quest in the game. --
Toggle Development Mode on in settings.
Debug Actions Menu. (Third one in for me, starburst with an arrow.)
Upper left, search "Quest" for ease, or just look for "Generate Quest"
Choose "AC_Intro_Researcher" for... I don't think the points matter since that's for threats/level/etc.