how to write a research proposal

How to Writea ResearchProposal

MuhammadAdil Raja

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Componentsof aResearchProposal

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HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCHPROPOSAL

Muhammad Adil Raja


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OUTLINE

1 INTRODUCTION

2 COMPONENTS OF ARESEARCH PROPOSAL

3 CONCLUSIONS


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RESEARCHPROPOSAL– WHAT IS IT?

An intent or a plan for addressing a valuable problem.

The problem might be scientific, engineering orotherwise having academic and intellectual value.

Brevity and comprehension are two orthogonalrequirements.

A document that is supposed to keep evolving overtime.


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COMPONENTS OF ARESEARCHPROPOSAL

1 Title.

2 Statement of purpose – motivation.

3 Background – Previous Work.

4 Significance.

5 Description of the Research Method.

6 Methodology.

7 Other Concerns.

8 Bibliography.


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TITLE

Try to choose something nice.

Eye-catching but relevant.

Brevity – SImple, short and elegant.

Avoid obscurity.


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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE(MOTIVATION )

What do you really want to do?

Your findings, your contributions?

Explain the important aspects of what you really intendto do.

Explain why the problem is so important.

Introduce the problem domain to the reader in a lucidmanner.

Why are you so motivated about working on thisproblem?

Assume a general audience with little or no expertise inthe field.


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BACKGROUND (PREVIOUS WORK)

Your personal background.

Write about your academic and/or professionalbackground.

Why do you think that you are so suitable for this work?

Write about your previous academic qualifications.

Mention student projects and previous research that isrelevant or commendable.

This section is all about yourself.

So toot your horn.


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SIGNIFICANCE

Explain the project here.

Explain all the benefits and fruit that the project wouldshed.

What will this research add to the existing body ofknowledge.

How will that be uniquely useful.

How will you add/contribute to the discipline or theproblem domain.


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DESCRIPTION OF THERESEARCHMETHOD

Explain your method(s).

This is the roadmap to conducting your research.

Different methodology for different problems – researchin number theory is different than research inbiochemistry.

Time division.

How do you plan to conduct your literature review?

How do you plan to design your experiments?

How do you plan to spare time for reading or writing?

What type of tools do you require to do your work?

Is a budget for library borrowing required?

Employ scheduling tools – Gantt Charts.


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OTHER CONCERNS

Don’t forget things that you consider trivial.

Do you need inter-library loans?


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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Do not forget to cite your references properly.

Employ a nice bibliography management tool.

It reflects on how well you have done your homework.


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CONCLUSIONS

Start writing your research proposal as soon aspossible.

Make small improvements gradually.

Taking baby steps is not a bad idea.

Keep on evolving gradually.

By the passage of time it would become big and nice.

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