Proposed Research Work/Research Proposal

Research Question/Research Statement/Hypothesis

1. Broad Area
2. Area of Specialization

3. Introduction:
to the area of research
to the sub-area of research
to the issue/question that is being investigated

4. Relevance/Significance:
to/in terms of the area of research
to in terms of the society (not mandatory)

5. Review of Literature:
Linking your research question to the existing literature, making a case for the research project

6. Objectives of the research project/Smaller questions of the research project

7. Methodology: Epistemological and theoretical frameworks; Introduction to Key concepts; methods of

data/source gathering, methods of data/source interpretation

8. Supposed contribution to the area of research

9. Time Frame

10. Working Bibliography

Signature of the researcher with name Signature of the Supervisor/s with name/s

Date

Note: 3-6 can be combined. 4-8 there is some overlapping but you might have to write the similar things
but with a different focus.