Research Proposal (max 10,000 characters including spaces)
Your proposal should include (recommended in this order):
(1) Description of your research proposal - outline they key areas or issues covered by the project, the research problems or questions you intend to address and why, making sure the one key idea behind your proposal and its novelty is highlighted
(2) Research background and questions - review the most relevant literature, making clear the theoretical basis of your research, the wide theoretical or applied issues that your research addresses, and the specific deficits of research to date that will be addressed by your project, then provide an outline of how your research will address those deficits
(3) Research methods - outline your methods, including the first planned step in your research and how it will develop (a full outline of your first study is recommended)
(4) Proposed timeline - outline the timeframe, across the three years, in which your research will develop
(5) Proposed Impact - explain why your research is important, and the impact you believe it will have on the research field and, where appropriate, for non-academic beneficiaries. You should describe the contribution you intend your research to make to your field of study and, where appropriate, to other academic disciplines and non-academic beneficiaries. You should make references to theory and research throughout. Provide full references in a separate section, at the end of this form.