Practical Research: Writing research proposals Hannah Jones SO914 week /14

Writing a research proposal Research design Presentation and language Resourcing, budgeting and timetabling Ethics Research impact and dissemination Working with partners

Research design Research field Research questions Aims Objectives Methodology Methods Analysis Dissemination

Presentation and language Clarity Originality, ‘innovation’, excitement Gaps in the existing research Feasibility (resources, money, time, people) Your skills and track record Outputs (engagement, impact, collaboration)

Resourcing, budgeting and timetabling Money Skills Time Access

Ethics Data collection Data management Analysis Dissemination Impact Collaboration

Research impact and dissemination Who is the research for? What will it change? What will you do to share the research findings? What will you do with the raw data?

Working with partners Other researchers Other research organisations Research users Research participants Partners/stakeholders?

Writing Feedback, collaboration and advice Format Think of the reader

Exercise 1 Write an abstract of your planned research project. This should be between 200 and 250 words, and set out: (a)The general issues and debates that your study will engage with (b)Your specific aims and objectives (c)The research strategy you will follow to meet these objectives

Exercise 2 In groups of no more than two or three, take it in turn to be one another’s ‘critical friend’. Person A spends minutes asking Person B about her research project. [e.g. What are your research questions? What are your aims? What are your objectives?] Help and encourage Person B to refine the abstract s/he has written by asking further questions and reflecting on the answers together. Then swap roles.