Research proposal

Research proposal

A good proposal should at least answer the following questions:

• what problem are you trying to solve?
• what is the urgency of the problem?
• why is the way in which you want to solve the problem the best way, are there alternative ways to solve the problem?
• have others already studied your problem?
• what is your planning? 

Components

1. Title: acronym and full title, a very short summary
2. Introduction: full summary, including research question, method, why innovative, and relevance.
3. Research question: state of the art in literature, research question, identifies niche
4. Research method: why this method (advantages and disadvantages), how will you carry out the research (planning)
5. Innovation and creativity: what is new in your research proposal
6. Relevance for science, technology and society
7. References 

More information

• Short internet courses (US)

• Short overview (UK)