Effective Strategies for Writing Compelling Research Proposals
Develop persuasive research proposals demonstrating relevance, originality, clear research plans, and adherence to guidelines for successful funding. Emphasize articulating significance, showcasing your expertise, and justifying the need for your project.
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How to write good proposals (re HSSPFS) CHU Hung-lam The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Write to convince and instill confidence serious and substantive and coherent Clear and lucid informed and logical, clearly thought through to the understanding even of non-experts
Show relevance of the project to a line of inquiry, its relationship to major issues in a field Identify the research issues at stake, articulate their significance, explain the need to research them Focus on a theme and delineate the boundary keep the research under control
Show the projects originality promise something new but not totally new, relate it to your past or evolving research Show your ability to conduct and research and deliver the results
Explain and justify your research and work plans, including the research and the write-up What part(s) will be done by you and when What part(s) will be done by others (RA or collaborator) and when Show the connection, interconnectedness and integrity of teamwork (HSSPFS) Present justification for the need of your project to be done here and now
Follow the guidelines of the applications e.g., observe the word counts, use bullet-points for presentation of aims and proposed output Be honest to yourself don t let the editor dominate your language and idea in the proposal; let your track record reflect, inform and count for it.
For historical studies (and for literature and social sciences studies?): don t think that basic research (data and textual research) are too basic to be fundable; rather, show your way and ability to gather and exploit the source materials for a solution to the research issues involved For philosophical studies: questions better be big (especially when no empirical data need to be gathered and exploited) to justify the time you need for the argument
aim and need of the research must be clear issues to tackle must be specific work plan must be realistic output proposed must be quantifiable language must be unpretentious
