Introduction should also contain the hypothesis behind the research design. Some questions that can be used to assess the significance of the study are: (i) Who has an interest in the domain of inquiry? (ii) What do we already know about the topic? (iii) What has not been answered adequately in previous research and practice? (iv) How will this research add to knowledge, practice and policy in this area? Some of the evaluation committees, expect the last two questions, elaborated under a separate heading of ‘background and significance’. It should convey to the reader, what you want to do, what necessitates the study and your passion for the topic. The introduction should be designed to create interest in the reader about the topic and proposal. Introduction is an initial pitch of an idea it sets the scene and puts the research in context.
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It is also sometimes termed as ‘need for study’ or ‘abstract’. The proposal must not only demonstrate that it is based on an intelligent understanding of the existing literature but also show that the writer has thought about the time needed to conduct each stage of the research. The aim of the researcher should be clearly stated in simple language that describes the research in a way that non-specialists can comprehend, without use of jargons.
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Being persuasive implies that researcher must be able to convince other researchers, research funding agencies, educational institutions and supervisors that the research is worth getting approval. A researcher must be balanced, with a realistic understanding of what can be achieved. Tips for preparation of a good research proposal include ‘be practical, be persuasive, make broader links, aim for crystal clarity and plan before you write’. Four categories of audience with different expectations may be present in the evaluation committees, namely academic colleagues, policy-makers, practitioners and lay audiences who evaluate the research proposal.
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The proposal must be capable of convincing the evaluation committee about the credibility, achievability, practicality and reproducibility (repeatability) of the research design. BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF A RESEARCH PROPOSALĪ proposal needs to show how your work fits into what is already known about the topic and what new paradigm will it add to the literature, while specifying the question that the research will answer, establishing its significance, and the implications of the answer.