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How to Write a Research Proposal

Course
2019-2020

Admission requirements

Bachelor. Admission to the Master BW

Description

Period: 3 September 2019 - 13 September 2019 and 6 April 2020 - 17 April 2020

To write a research proposal the student must be able to formulate the hypothesis and research questions, which are central to the proposal. Furthermore, the student must be able to write a research design.

To start the student will read the course documents and will try to formulate a research question and a hypothesis. The groups will then focus on writing the introduction of the proposal.

Next the groups will write the scientific background of their proposal, and a research design. The experiments, the data analysis, and the writing of the papers will be planned. Expected outcomes and significance of the results should be indicated. A list of evaluation criteria is delivered separately on blackboard, to guide the process of writing. This list is also of importance in evaluating the proposals of the other groups on the last day of the course. The groups will also prepare the presentation of the proposal during the final joint meeting. Every student must participate in the presentation of the proposal.

Course objectives

  • The student can formulate an introduction and a hypothesis of a research proposal

  • The student can write a research design

  • The student can present a research proposal

  • The student is able to evaluate other research proposals

Timetable

All course and group schedules are published on our LUMC scheduling website or on the LUMC scheduling app.

The course lasts 2 weeks and is full time.
The course will start with an introductory lecture organized by the tutor(s).
The students will work in groups of 2-3 students and those groups will be tutored separately in the course of the 2 weeks.
At the end of the course students will present their proposal in a final joint meeting.
1-3 Guest lectures will be provided in the course of the two weeks.

Mode of instruction

Lectures and tutorials

Course load

Total course load is the amount of EC’s multiplied with 28 hours.

Assessment method

The presentations of the research proposals and the process of judging the research proposals are assessed by the tutor.
Students will receive a grade between 1-10.

Proposal 70%
Participation 20%
Final presentation 10%

No grade without participation and presentation.

Blackboard

Blackboard will be used during this course.

Reading list

Website for background information: The Foundation Center’s Proposal Writing Short Course

Registration

Registration for FOS courses, H2W, Scientific Conduct, How to start, Course on Animal Science , and CRiP and Adv concepts courses takes place in lottery rounds in the beginning of July. After the lottery rounds: if you want to register for a course you are kindly asked to contact the student administration at masterbw-courses@lumc.nl.

Contact

masterbms-courses@lumc.nl