- Define the issue at hand.
- What is the problem?
- Why is this problem significant?
- Why do you want to submit a proposal on this topic?
Purpose of the Proposed Topic: (2 marks)
- Is the research proposal exploring, explaining or describing a phenomenon?
- Is it done to explore, explain or describe a gap in practice?
Objective of the Proposed Topic: (2 marks)
- What do you hope your research will achieve?
- Why you are pursuing it?
- Identify and state what overarching research question you are trying to answer (qualitative). Or what hypothesis you are examining (quantitative).