Your proposal should include the following elements:

1. A title for your research project
   • What key words best describe your proposal
2. Research context
   • Some background about the specific setting you will be working in
   • Rationale for this study
   • Significance of the study (how it may change the way people in this context do or think about…)
3. Brief overview of the most relevant literature
   • Key experts in the field and their key research findings
   • How your work will link to (support or challenge) the work of others
   • How your study may add new insights to the research literature
4. Research question(s)
   • A simple, focused question that can be answered with the evidence from your study
5. Methods/Approach
   • How you plan to collect data to answer your research question(s)
   • How you plan to analyse that data
6. Logistics
   • Is your research going to be manageable in the time allocated (e.g. 3 years full-time)?
   • Where will you find the data you need? How do you get access to that data?
   • Any anticipated problems?
   • Provide a rough timetable for your study