This document outlines the standard format for research proposals at Mekelle University. It provides guidelines for 10 sections that should be included: 1) Cover page, 2) Research project title, 3) Signatures, 4) Short summary, 5) Research work to date, 6) Proposed research project, 7) References, 8) Collaborating researchers/institutions, 9) Facilities and funding, and 10) Budget. The sections provide details on background, objectives, methodology, analysis, expected outputs, timeline, and budget for the proposed research project. Proposals should not exceed 15 pages including the cover page.
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This document outlines the standard format for research proposals at Mekelle University. It provides guidelines for 10 sections that should be included: 1) Cover page, 2) Research project title, 3) Signatures, 4) Short summary, 5) Research work to date, 6) Proposed research project, 7) References, 8) Collaborating researchers/institutions, 9) Facilities and funding, and 10) Budget. The sections provide details on background, objectives, methodology, analysis, expected outputs, timeline, and budget for the proposed research project. Proposals should not exceed 15 pages including the cover page.
This document outlines the standard format for research proposals at Mekelle University. It provides guidelines for 10 sections that should be included: 1) Cover page, 2) Research project title, 3) Signatures, 4) Short summary, 5) Research work to date, 6) Proposed research project, 7) References, 8) Collaborating researchers/institutions, 9) Facilities and funding, and 10) Budget. The sections provide details on background, objectives, methodology, analysis, expected outputs, timeline, and budget for the proposed research project. Proposals should not exceed 15 pages including the cover page.
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This document outlines the standard format for research proposals at Mekelle University. It provides guidelines for 10 sections that should be included: 1) Cover page, 2) Research project title, 3) Signatures, 4) Short summary, 5) Research work to date, 6) Proposed research project, 7) References, 8) Collaborating researchers/institutions, 9) Facilities and funding, and 10) Budget. The sections provide details on background, objectives, methodology, analysis, expected outputs, timeline, and budget for the proposed research project. Proposals should not exceed 15 pages including the cover page.
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Mekelle University
Research and Publications Office
Standard Format for Research Proposals1
1. Cover page: This should include the title, Investigators name, title and address, Department, Faculty, Month and year
2. Research Project: (Keep the title of the project short and simple. The title should clearly describe the basic objectives of the proposed project and be understandable by a scientist who is not an expert in your field)
Principal investigator Head, Department Dean, Faculty
4. Short summary of the project:
(Give a short summary, maximum 400 words, of the proposed project, sufficiently informative for other scientists who are not necessarily in your field of expertise. This summary should contain a problem statement of the project, followed by the objectives and a brief description of how these will be accomplished, with expected results)
5. Research Work To date
i) Publications: (List all your major publications, especially those related to your proposed research project. Also give all information available about articles in press, in particular to which journal they have been submitted) ii) Describe ongoing work at your institution related to research and development: (Provide information about the scientific work at your institution in the area of the proposed research project; also mention any present or planned cooperation research with other institutions)
1 It is advisable that proposals should not be longer than 15 pages, single spaced and 12 cpi, including cover page. iii) Participation in workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. 6. Proposed Research Project:
a) Background and Justification: (Discuss the historical development of events
regarding the specific topic you are interested to study. Describe basic assumptions/concerns that led you to study this topic. Also include information on the likely contribution to knowledge or practice that the research will make and its place in current debate/theory. Describe the gaps that the proposed research is intended to fill.) b) Objectives of the project: (State the specific (short-term) objectives of the project and how they relate to the general (long-term) objectives and the questions that the project will attempt to answer) c) Hypothesis (Optional): (State the scientific hypothesis to be tested. This is a statement of research objectives in a way which can be tested by experimentation) d) Review of literature (optional): (refers to an account of what has been published on a related topic by accredited scholars and researchers) e) Description of study area: (describe the location, physiography, climate, geology and soils, population, production systems, etc. Contents may depend on the discipline of concern) f) Methodology: (describe methods that persuade the reader that the author is an expert on the subject matter. It should provide sampling methods, research design, data collection and analysis of data) i) Research design: (Provide details on your experimental design or plans for trials and observations, indicating plot layout and sizes (or equivalent information), treatments, replications and statistical methods to be used to analyse data) ii) Research plan: (Describe here what will be done (observation work, laboratory experiments, participant observation, surveys etc) and how it will be done including the following points: (1) Methods and activities to be carried out to solve the problems and answer questions stated above. Which parameters will be studied and which measurements will be take; which data will be collected and how.
2 (2) Criteria for choosing sites and samples, sampling methods and sample sizes. Provide source of germplasm for life science experiments. (3) Describe your field trial design (if appropriate). In some cases you may find it necessary to include diagram and if you do please refer to that diagram in this space. iii) Analysis of data: (Describe the statistical methods that you will use to analyse the data) iv) Materials: (List materials that will be required for laboratory experiments, field work and computing facilities) g) Expected output: (Indicate expected outputs from the project) h) Time schedule: ((In the column on the left note the major phases/activities of your research. To the right, indicate during which months you will be engaged in the activity) i) Duration: (Number of years of project funding)
7. References: (Provide the references which support the information provided 5a
and 5d)
8. Collaborating researchers & institutions: (Researchers from other institutions
collaborating in the execution of the research project)
9. Facilities and funding
a) Equipment and facilities: (List here equipment and facilities, etc, necessary for your project which will be provided by the Institution where the work will be carried out. This is important for a proper evaluation of the application) b) Any other funds: (List any other funds that you or your department of faculty have obtained or applied for in the area of the proposed research project. State funding organisation, amounts, date of approval, and length of funding period)
10. Budget: (The budget items must be relevant to the proposed research plan and should be justified)
3 a) Equipment: (Specify and describe each item, and give to the best of your knowledge: manufacturer, model/type, accessories if needed. Give a realistic estimate of the cost for each item) b) Expendable supplies: (List categories and significant items of expendable supplies (glassware, solvents, feed, reagents, etc) and give a cost estimate for each category and significant items) c) Literature: (List categories of literature (e.g. books, reprints, and photocopies) or documentation, and give a cost estimate for each category. Also recommended are subscriptions to journals or membership in a scientific society publishing a journal) d) Local travel costs: (Local travel costs for sample collection, field visits, participant observation, surveys etc are included in this category. Travel costs can also include costs associated with conferences and scientific meetings) e) Manpower costs: (They include manual and skilled labour costs which are necessary for the execution of the project)
