Research-Proposal-Template

THERESEARCHPROPOSALTEMPLATEThisdocumenthasbeensetuptoassiststudentsinpreparingthetextfortheirresearchproposal.ItisNOTintendedasadocumenttoguideyouthroughyourresearchproposaldevelopment,buttoassistyouinsettingouttheproposal,intermsoftextlayout,sectionheadingsandsub-sections.TheResearchProposalisacompletedescriptionoftheintendedresearch,developedunderthesupervisionoftheassignedsupervisor.Throughthefullproposal,thestudentneedstodemonstrateconvincinglythatthestudywillmakeacontributiontoapublichealthissueorproblem.Thefullresearchproposalmustbebetween5and10pagesandshouldpresentthefollowing:TitleBriefIntroductionBackgroundandstatementoftheproblem(thisinthelightofathoroughliteraturereview)Researchquestionorhypothesis,aimandobjectivesStudydesign(typeofstudy)StudypopulationandsamplingDatacollectionmethodsandinstrumentsDataanalysismethods–ifapplicablestatisticalplanningmustbefullyaddressed,orthecandidateshouldprovideevidencethatstatisticsarenotrequired.Mechanismstoassurethequalityofthestudy–e.g.controlofbias,safestorageofdataStudyperiod-TimetableforcompletionoftheprojectParticipantsinthestudy–allpeopleinvolvedinthestudy,andtheroletheyplay,shouldbeidentified.*EthicalconsiderationsResourcesrequiredforthestudy,includingbudgetifapplicableReferencesAppendices(copyofquestionnaire,consentforms,etc.)Howtousethistemplate:ThetemplateprovidesALLthesections,headingsandsubheadingsthatyouwillrequireinyourproposal,aswellasthelineandparagraphspacing,pagebreaks,pagenumbering,referencingsystemandreferencingstyles.Youshouldsimplyeditthetextwhereappropriateandinsertyourowntextasperyourproposal,i.esimplytypeintothedocument.Donotattempttochangethestylesfortheheadingsorsubheadings,anddonotattempttousemorethanthreelevelheadings(i.eAmainheading,asub-headingandasub-sub-heading).WHENYOUAREDONE,DELETETHISFRONTINSTRUCTIONPAGEFROMYOURPROPOSALIfyoufeelyouaresufficientlycomputerliterate,youcouldaddthistemplatetoyourTemplatesdirectoryinyourOfficesystemfiles.Thiswillallowyoutoselectthistemplateatanytimeinthefuturewhenyouprepareproposals.Todothis,gotothe“MenuBar”,selectFileSaveAs…,whenthedialogboxappears,atthebottom,under“saveastype”,select“DocumentTemplate”.TheMSOfficeTemplatesdirectoryautomaticallyappears.Youcouldnameyourfile“ProposalTemplate”(whichshouldappearasadefaultinthedialogbox,atthebottom,under“SaveAs”).YourtemplateisnowsavedintheC:\DocumentsandSettings\User\ApplicationData\Microsoft\Templatesdirectory.Whenyounextwishtousethistemplate,clickonFileNew,the“taskpane”thatappearsontherightsideofyourscreenwillpromptyoutouseatemplate,clickon“onmycomputer…”,andfromthedialogboxthatappears,selectyourtemplate“ProposalTemplate”.Thisbringsupthetemplatewithallitssavedfonts,paragraphsettingsetc.Onceagain,simplyinsertyourtext,andthistime,saveyourfilenormally,andNOTasatemplate!Whenyouhavefinishedtyping,thenreturntotheContentsPage,placeyourcursoronthegreyedoutsection,rightclickwiththemouse,andselect“Updateentiretable”2TYPETHETITLEOFYOURPROJECTHERESTUDENTNAME:TypeyournamehereSTUDENTNUMBER:EnteryourstudentnumberCOURSENAME:MastersinPublicHealth(OccupationalHygiene)DEPARTMENT:DepartmentofOccupationalandEnvironmentalHealthCOURSECODE:OCEH8V1SUPERVISOR:Typeyoursupervisor’snamehereDATEOFSUBMISSION:DDMMMM20YY3CONTENTSABSTRACT......................................................................................................................................................................4INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................................5USEHEADING1FROMTHESELECTIONABOVEFORYOURMAINHEADING.USEALLCAPS,DONOTUSEANYTHINGELSEASTHETABLEOFCONTENTSHASBEENAUTOMATEDTOUSETHISSETTING..........................................................................................................................................................................5SUBHEADING.................................................................................................................................................................5Sub-Sub-Heading.......................................................................................................................................................5PROBLEMSTATEMENT..............................................................................................................................................6OVERVIEW......................................................................................................................................................................6RESEARCHQUESTION/HYPOTHESIS................................................................................................................................6OBJECTIVESANDAIMS..............................................................................................................................................7OVERALLOBJECTIVE....................................................................................................................