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RESEARCH
PROPOSAL BY:
Nor Aida Abdul Rahman (DR.NAAR)
3rd October 2015
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Postgraduate is a Road to growth
• Top Academician • Professional Researcher • Self-satisfaction
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
1 What is research proposal?
2 Elements in
research proposal
3 Set your timeline/ Research Planning
4 Defense your proposal
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Identify your purpose
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Research Proposal
PhD application (to the
university/ future SV)
Master Application
Research Funding / Grants
For PhD upgrading
HOW IT VARIES?
What is Research Proposal
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A PhD research proposal is an outline of your proposed
project that is designed to:
Define a clear question
and your approach to
answer it
Highlight its
originality (novel)
Persuade potential
supervisors and/or
funders of the importance
of the work
(to emphasize why you
are the right person to
undertake it)
Explain how it adds to,
develops existing
literature and theory in
the field
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HOW
MANY
WORDS?
Elements in research proposal
Title
Research background & problem statement
Research question
and objective
Research methodology & research
context
Expected contribution
PhD timeline
List of references
No of
pages
?
+
Ref
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PhD Timeline
• Research Plan
• Examples
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How much time to spend on writing
research proposal?
Depends – 3 days? 1 week? 1 month?
4months?6months?
Very challenging – if you haven’t done it
before
Early – you have more time to think critically
about the problem, to amend
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Proposal Tips:
Remember who are you writing for
Do not irritate the reviewer:
Do not try to pack in as much information as
you can
Avoid excessive abbreviation
Figure & Table
Technical validity
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Proposal Defence
Small Viva
“So what”
To battle back!
Never say sorry. Your research, show your confident! But all reader concern are valid if they are completely wrong
Contribution
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