{"id":96,"date":"2020-05-04T12:25:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:14:38","slug":"proposals-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/proposals-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/scientific-writing-resources\/\">Scientific Writing Resources<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/thesis-dissertation-writing\/\"><span>Preparing <\/span>Scholarly Work<\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/proposals-2\/\">Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.4&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;518px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; 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The structure of a proposal can vary between different funding programs and agencies. The following presents a typical structure of a proposal:<\/span><span><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>Project Summary or Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0A concise, half-page summary of the proposed work, which includes an introductory statement, hypotheses\/goals, a description of the objectives and methods, and the implications of the work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>Background or Review of Relevant Literature<\/strong><i>:<\/i>\u00a0Include introductory information relevant to your topic. This section should set the stage of the context of your proposal. Review the status of research in the proposed topic and gap areas, if any, which you would like to address. Emphasize the need for further research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>Origin of the Proposal<\/strong>: Highlight the scientific rationale and significance of the proposed work. Include the hypotheses you aim to test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>Objectives or Specific Aims<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Outline the objectives of your proposed work and the purpose for each objective. These objectives must be brief, focused, and conceptual.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Research plan<\/strong><span>: Describe the overall strategy to be used to accomplish the proposed work, including the methods and activities to be undertaken.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><strong>Expected outcomes<\/strong>: Discuss possible results of your proposed studies. Discuss the significance of the work and the relevance of the results.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><strong>References:<\/strong> Include a list of references that are cited in the main body of the text.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Before submitting a proposal, carefully review the requirements and structure of the proposal, as announced in the funding call.\u00a0<\/span><span><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>The following resources provide more information on preparing a research proposal:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><i>Articles<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/lirgjournal.org.uk\/index.php\/lir\/article\/view\/92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eve, J. (2008). Writing a research proposal: planning and communicating your research ideas effectively.<i> Library and Information Research, <\/i>32, 102, pp. 18-28<i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/a><i><\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/proposals-2\/%C2%A0http:\/\/www.ijaweb.org\/text.asp?2016\/60\/9\/631\/190617\"><i><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ijaweb.org\/article.asp?issn=0019-5049%3Byear%3D2016%3Bvolume%3D60%3Bissue%3D9%3Bspage%3D631%3Bepage%3D634%3Baulast%3DSudheesh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sudheesh, K., Duggappa, D.R., and Nethra. S.S. (2016)<i>. <\/i>How to write a research proposal<i>.\u00a0Indian Journal of Anaesthesia,<\/i> 60, 9, pp. 631-634.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><i>Books<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span>Punch, K.F. (2016). <i>Developing effective research proposals<\/i>. 3rd\u00a0edition, SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN: 9781473916388. IIT\u00a0Gandhinagar Library Call number:\u00a0300.72 PUN (<a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.iitgn.ac.in\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=31336&amp;shelfbrowse_itemnumber=13249#holdings\">Browse shelf<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Locke, L.F., Spirduso, W.W., and Silverman, S.J. (2013). <i>Proposals that work:<\/i>\u00a0<i>A<\/i>\u00a0<i>guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals.\u00a0<\/i>6th\u00a0edition, SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN: 9781452216850<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Terrell, S.R. (2015). <i>Writing a proposal for your dissertation: Guidelines and examples.<\/i>\u00a0The Guilford Press. ISBN: 9781462523023<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;\"><strong><i>Videos<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TJCfiKMFQh4\">Boxman, R. (2017).\u00a0<i>Writing a winning research proposal.<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6GRuyjhat88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>University of Reading (2019). <em>How to write a PhD research proposal.<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><i>Websites<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/rlo\/graduate-research-writing\/write-the-thesis\/writing-a-research-proposal\">Monash University (2020).\u00a0<\/a><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monash.edu\/rlo\/graduate-research-writing\/write-the-thesis\/writing-a-research-proposal\">Writing a Research Proposal.<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/studying\/postgraduate\/applying\/your-application\/research-proposals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>The University of Edinburgh (2020).\u00a0<i>Research proposals<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.usc.edu\/writingguide\/researchproposal\">The University of Southern California (2020).\u00a0<i>Writing a Research Proposal<\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.usc.edu\/writingguide\/researchproposal\">.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydney.edu.au\/study\/how-to-apply\/postgraduate-research\/how-to-write-a-research-proposal-for-a-strong-phd-application.html\">The University of Sydney.\u00a0<i>How to write a research proposal<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Writing Resources \/ Preparing Scholarly Work\u00a0\/ Proposal Academic Integrity Building an Argument Critical Reading Critical Writing\u00a0\u00a0 Figures and Tables\u00a0\u00a0 Paragraphs\u00a0\u00a0 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Peer-review\u00a0 Response to Reviewers\u2019 Critiques Plagiarism\u00a0\u00a0 Writing Tips and Tools Types or Styles of Writing How to evaluate online information resources Miscellaneous Dissertation\/ Thesis\u00a0 Journal Article Original (Research) Article\u00a0 Review [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:divi\/placeholder \/-->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2015,"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/initiatives.iitgn.ac.in\/scientificwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}