Explore – Smartphone-based Activities: Put your investigative skills to the test with these quick interactive activities. Dig deeper into key concepts and understand how they might relate to your own research project via guided website searches and online discussion questions.

9.1 Read other examples

Look online to see if you can find an example of a research proposal from your area of research. Now consider the following questions:

• What do you think is successful about the proposal and is there anything you would do differently?
• How do they structure the proposal and what headings do they use? Does this structure make it easier to follow?
• Do you find the proposal persuasive? Why or why not?