Planning your work and writing project proposals

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Planning your work and writing project proposals

• Dr Katherine Selby

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Proposals

• Research proposals
• Proposals for funding (often have detailed
  guidelines and complex application forms)
• Need to be of excellent quality
• Vital to receive funds

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Steps to successful research proposals

• Find target funding body
• Research your funding body need to tailor
  application to interests and requirements of
  agency
• Check eligibility
• Follow the guidelines to the letter
• Write the proposal
• Get the proposal signed off

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Criteria

• Well-argued, strong case
• Concise and to the point
• Exciting

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Elements of proposal

• Title
• Abstract
• Background
• Aims
• Methods
• Literature cited
• Budget and justification
• Timetable for work
• Expected outcomes
• Beneficiaries
• Dissemination of results