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 graduate 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 maximize one's chances of writing a successful research proposal.
Pam Denicolo and Lucinda Becker recognize the importance of developing an effective research proposal for gaining either a place on a research degree program 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
The authors 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.
I will recommend this for my Masters Students as for some of them it has been a long time since they developed formal research proposals.
systematic and a good springboard for the novice who needs to learn fast
This book is very much a step-by-step approach to preparing and producing a successful proposal. The book is most engaging though its activities and any aspiring researcher, whether they are using a quantitative or qualitative paradigm, will find this book useful. It nicely complements Keith Punch's book: Developing Effective Research Proposals (Sage); I shall be using both in my guidance to research students.
A gook book for my 4th Year nursing students who have to write a research proposal
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!
Some parts of the book look more useful than others for my student group.
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.
Accessible & useful for part time Level 7 students writing proposals in an unfamiliar discipline
This is an excellent resource for those students currently engaged in developing research proposals.
An excellent book to support students in developing their research proposal, something which many can struggle with. Clearly laid out and explained and particularly useful Appendix of funding organisations to consider.
