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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Email: noraida@unikl.edu.my

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