TYPES OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND OVERVIEW OF METHODOLOGY

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TYPES OF RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND OVERVIEW OF
METHODOLOGY

• ODEBODE TO

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Introduction

• This presentation will identify
• Types of research
• Attributes of each one
• Challenges in each type

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Types of Research

• Solo vis-à-vis Group
• Uni-disciplinary vis-à-vis Interdisciplinary
• Academic vis-à-vis Consultancy
• Pure vis-à-vis Applied
• Esoteric vis-à-vis Empirical

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Solo Vs Group

• Solo Research
• Group Research

• Research that is conceived, designed and
  implemented by an individual
• Research that is conceived, designed and
  implemented by two or more researchers working as
  a team

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Uni-disciplinary vis-à-vis
Interdisciplinary

• Uni-disciplinary
• Interdisciplinary

• Research that is undertaken strictly from the
  stance of a discipline(e.g. a study in sociology
  which can be solo or group)
• Research that pools experts from different
  disciplines who work to tackle a defined problem

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Academic Vs Consultancy

• Academic
• Consultancy

• Scholarly research usually anchored in
  theoretical framework
• Scholarly but not necessarily anchored on
  theoretical framework-often descriptive/applied

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Pure Vs Applied

• Pure
• Applied

• Ground breaking research
• Intervention and /or operational research

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Esoteric vis-à-vis Empirical

• Esoteric
• Empirical

• Research on obscure issues that are understood by
  only people with special knowledge or interest
• Research on issues of general interest, conducted
  in the best tradition in science

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Advantage (s) / Challenge (s)

• Solo Research
• Group Research

• The individual in the solo enjoys the full
  benefits of the research but is denied worthwhile
  possible input by significant others
• Group is rich but might not be problem free in
  course of implementation

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Advantage (s) / Challenge (s)

• Uni-disciplinary
• Interdisciplinary

• Narrow but focused but likely to overlook issues
  which are likely to be important in
  understanding the problem
• Broad, focused and could taxing in formulation
  and implementation

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Advantage (s) / Challenge (s)

• Academic
• Consultancy

• Outcomes are deep, profound and publishable,
  rigorous, time consuming
• Outcomes are usually descriptiveand not
  publishable in pear review journals/publications

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Advantage (s) / Challenge (s)

• Pure
• Applied

• Profound and can lead to marked change in
  received knowledge fundamental to the
  understanding of cluster of issues
• Useful for small changes in human societies

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Advantage (s) / Challenge (s)

• Esoteric
• Empirical

• Difficult to understand by the scientific
  community, difficult to replicate
• Open, replicable, testable, and could be
  confirmed or refuted

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Other types of research

• Collaborative Research (a form of group research
  involving more than one centrer) National Vs
  International ( a collaborator or the lead
  partner?) e.g. CRASH 1 2 UITH

• Lead PartnerLondon School of Hygiene
• Collaborators gt160 Countries round the world)
• Principal Investigator for UITH Speaker

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Research in Response to an advert e.g.

• Grand Challenges Explorations Proposals Due
  November 2 (2008)
• The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation is now
  accepting grant proposals for Round 2 of Grand
  Challenges Explorations, a US100 million
  initiative to help scientists pursue innovative
• ideas for solving major global health
  problems. Anyone can apply, regardless of
  education or experience level.
• Grant proposals are being accepted online at
  http//www.gcgh.org/explorations until November
  2, 2008, on the following topics

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Research in Response to an advert e.g.

• New! -- Create new vaccines for diarrhoea, HIV,
  malaria, pneumonia, and tuberculosis
• New! -- Create new tools to accelerate the
  eradication of malaria
• -- Create new ways to protect against infectious
  diseases
• -- Create drugs or delivery systems that limit
  the emergence of resistance
• -- Create new ways to prevent or cure HIV
  infection
• -- Explore the basis for latency in tuberculosis