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Have you been asked to submit a research proposal to a school, organization or a grant committee? If you've never written one before, you may be a little perplexed about where to start. But there's no need to feel lost. Although each research proposal will be unique because each research project is different, there is a definite structure to all research proposals.
They may contain specialized topic pages unique to scientific writing, but research proposals share the same goals as other types of business proposals. These goals are to convince your readers that you have a worthwhile project, to show that you have a plan to carry it out, and to explain why you are capable of completing the project. You need to answer these three questions: What do you plan to study? Why is a worthwhile project? How will you carry out your research?
A research proposal has three basic sections: Introduction, Methodology, and Results.
The very first page in a research proposal should be-you guessed it-a Title Page. Simply name your project in a way that makes sense to the people who will read your proposal: something like "An Investigation of the Components of Pathogens in Average Households" or "A Study of Contaminants Present in the Drinking Water of Our City."
The Introduction section should explain what you plan to study and why. First in that section is an Abstract page, which is a very brief description of your research project, including the questions you want to answer and the methodology you plan to use. A Problem Statement page should follow, which is basically a more detailed description of the question(s) you want to answer in your research. Then you'll want a Context page, which should explain why your study is important.
You may need a Hypothesis page or Theory page, unless you're proposing to simply explore a topic through interviews or collect random samples. You might also want a Limitations page to explain the boundaries of your study, and a Definitions or Terminology page to define important terms and concepts.
Every research proposal should include a Literature Review to show your readers what has already been published about your research topic. The Literature Review may be quite extensive, with headings to divide publications into different categories and an explanation of what each publication covered. You want to demonstrate that you will add to the body of knowledge or challenge the assumptions that have been made, not repeat a study that has already been done.
They may contain specialized topic pages unique to scientific writing, but research proposals share the same goals as other types of business proposals. These goals are to convince your readers that you have a worthwhile project, to show that you have a plan to carry it out, and to explain why you are capable of completing the project. You need to answer these three questions: What do you plan to study? Why is a worthwhile project? How will you carry out your research?
A research proposal has three basic sections: Introduction, Methodology, and Results.
The very first page in a research proposal should be-you guessed it-a Title Page. Simply name your project in a way that makes sense to the people who will read your proposal: something like "An Investigation of the Components of Pathogens in Average Households" or "A Study of Contaminants Present in the Drinking Water of Our City."
The Introduction section should explain what you plan to study and why. First in that section is an Abstract page, which is a very brief description of your research project, including the questions you want to answer and the methodology you plan to use. A Problem Statement page should follow, which is basically a more detailed description of the question(s) you want to answer in your research. Then you'll want a Context page, which should explain why your study is important.
You may need a Hypothesis page or Theory page, unless you're proposing to simply explore a topic through interviews or collect random samples. You might also want a Limitations page to explain the boundaries of your study, and a Definitions or Terminology page to define important terms and concepts.
Every research proposal should include a Literature Review to show your readers what has already been published about your research topic. The Literature Review may be quite extensive, with headings to divide publications into different categories and an explanation of what each publication covered. You want to demonstrate that you will add to the body of knowledge or challenge the assumptions that have been made, not repeat a study that has already been done.
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