First off, awesome work with the trainer guys. Been loving it, but suddenly the Fast Research and Fast Civics options have stopped working for me as well. I've reported the issue using the update notification system, but thought you might like a save game to look at.
Here's hoping for an update soon! Keep up the good work, guys!
(I'm playing the Steam version, by the way.)
Still same for me - you have to play for some hours to get this broken effect. Just playing around some rounds does not show it.