What Is Research Proposal? Why Is It So Important?

Before I applied for scholarship, I didn't even know what did research proposal mean? Why every scholarship for graduate programs always need it?

What is research proposal (RP)?

RP is a propose topic of a research in a specific field.

It tells all the step-by-step process about the interest topic.

It describes the field of study within which your work lies, and refers to the current condition of litterateurs, or any recent studies or debates in the field.

It highlights the originality of your ideas and work.

Why is RP so important?

RP provides you high opportunity to show your potential for a graduate research work that will help you to convince the committees for the admission letter.

As such, it demonstrates that you have the abilities to combine your ideas effectively and critically.

RP is one of the most important documents of your scholarship application and it may differ depending on the field of your study.

The advantages of RP:

1. Examine if you’re a suitable candidate as a graduate researcher

2. Examine whether your proposed topic is suitable for your research field

3. The university will also help select the ideal supervisor for candidates according to the proposed topic

RP outline

An interesting and successful RP must include:

1. Research topic

2. Introduction of your research topic

3. Research objective and research questions

4. Literature reviews (must related to your research topic and the updated literature)

5. Research methodology

6. Conclusion

7. References

RP must not less than 800 words.

It should be up of 1000 to 5000 words at most.

You can learn how to write an effective and a successful research proposal from my shop here. You will get a complete sample which I guide you very detail from the introduction to references. I wrote this research proposal according to my experience of applying scholarship abroad for my Master and PhD.

While preparing a research proposal format, determine what is it that you actually want to learn more about. Whatever you want to research must be viable as a project, and must lead to the development of new information, or understanding.

What is the research proposal for?

1. Potential supervisors

2. Admission tutors

3. Financial lenders (since it helps them determine the standard and originality of your thoughts, your ideas, your skills, and the feasibility of your research work.)

4. Carefully determine the scope of your research work, and prepare yourself to explain how you’ll be able to accomplish the objectives of your research within the given time frame.

I hope this post will provide you some ideas about how to write a good research proposal for your scholarship.