BIOL5148M Grant Proposal Pro-forma For A Two Year Research Programme Assignment 2

BIOL5148M Grant Proposal Pro-forma For A Two Year Research Programme Assignment 2

You are expected to write a research proposal for a two year project based around a topic assigned by your tutor based on a scientific paper (available on the module Minerva site). Your proposal should loosely build upon and extend the work described in that paper. Your proposal should address the following areas:

1) What is your research question and hypothesis?
2) Relevant background information on the project area
3) Why is your research important scientifically? What is its value to society? Identify the key beneficiaries and the ways in which they should benefit.
4) Programme of your research, including milestones and tentative timeline, will constitute main basis for assessment. 

One approach is to define a set of 3-4 Objectives that you wish to complete, but make sure that the Objectives are not so interdependent that if Objective 1 fails then you would not be able to undertake any further research……such a proposal would not be funded!! Structure your Programme of Work around these 3-4 Objectives, ideally using them as headings and explaining how you will achieve the experimental programme, what contingency factors you have considered in case of difficulties and what outcomes you expect.

5) A brief statement on ethical considerations
6) Relevant references (usually not more than 20).

Carefully proofread your proposal and pay attention to presentation and labelling of figures and tables. A proforma and the marking scheme are available on the BIOL5148M module Minerva site which will provide you with further information regarding each criteria listed above.