Developing Research Proposals
- Pam Denicolo - Consultant on Doctoral Education and Training
- Lucinda Becker - Reading University, UK
Success in Research
Writing a research proposal is one of the most important tasks facing academics, researchers and postgraduate students. Yet there is a good deal of misinformation and a great lack of guidance about what constitutes a good research proposal and what can be done to maximise one's chances of writing a successful research proposal.
Denicolo and Becker recognise the importance of developing an effective research proposal for gaining either a place on a research degree programme or funding to support research projects and set out to explore the main factors that that proposal writers need to attend to in developing successful proposals of their own.
Developing Research Proposals will help readers to understand the context within which their proposal will be read, what the reviewers are looking for and will be influenced by, while also supporting the development of relevant skills through advice and practical activities.
This book:
- Explores the nature and purpose of different kinds of proposals
- Focuses on the actual research proposed
- Discusses how best to carry out and structure the literature review
- Examines the posing and phrasing of research questions and hypotheses
- Looks at how methods and methodology should be handled in a proposal
- Discusses the crucial issues of planning, strategy and timing in developing targeted proposals
Denicolo and Becker draw together the key elements in the process of preparing and submitting a proposal and concludes with advice on responding to the results, successful or not, and their relevance to future proposals.
The Success in Research series, from Cindy Becker and Pam Denicolo, provides short, authoritative and accessible guides on key areas of professional and research development.
Avoiding jargon and cutting to the chase of what you really need to know, these practical and supportive books cover a range of areas from presenting research to achieving impact, and from publishing journal articles to developing proposals. They are essential reading for any student or researcher interested in developing their skills and broadening their professional and methodological knowledge in an academic context.
Supplements
A collection of free tips, exercises and resources from all books in the Success in Research series
This is an excellent resource for those students currently engaged in developing research proposals.
Proposals are so strange to students new to research. They cannot understand the need of justification but jump straight in to wanting to do things. This text will help understand the need to plan
This is avery interesting and informative book, which is an essential read for those starting out on their dissertation.
This text-book has been recommended to students and colleagues, because it is well explained, giving simple guidance to novice and expert researcher, ways of developing a good research proposal.
An straightforward uncomplicated book. Helps unravel how research proposals are constructed
This will be recommended as an essential text for undergraduate as well as postgraduate groups. It has been introduced to current students during Research Design classes for Masters and MBA's in the School of Business. It will become a very important text for scaffolding learners in their move from taught modules to the independent research study module. The research proposal is an important 'road map' for students as they work independently. This is a good text, clearly written, and set out. Students have commented on the ease of accessibility. The text will appear in next years Module reference sheets, and has been included in current Module Handbook's, and on the Module webpage.
a useful addition to research methods module reading list
Important book for classes with applied research projects for students and advanced Master's.
This book has been added to my list of essential reading for my dissertation students during the summer, to enable them to put together a valid and appropriate research proposal - excellent stuff!
This will be a useful book for undergrad and post grad students or early career researchers who are taking their first steps into research. It is clearly laid out in a step by step approach
