Portsmouth Business School
Tips for submitting your preliminary proposal
Your proposal should clearly identify the research problem to be studied and the aims (general and specific) of the intended research. Typical questions you should seek to address in your proposal might include:
- What is the nature of the research problem?
- Why is it problematic?
- What is the potential significance of the planned research?
- To whom is the research likely to be important - and why?
- Why is it appropriate to study this particular topic at this time?
- What academic research has been undertaken in this field so far?
- Which authors (and models) have been most influential in this area, and why?
- How will your intended research build upon this academic work?
- What will be your contribution to knowledge as a result of undertaking this research study programme?