Ph.D. Dissertation Research Proposal Features

We follow according to the specific university guidelines across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and other Asian Universities. Our dissertation proposal structure would consist as follows Dissertation Proposal Title or A Working Title

This is although tentative but at tutors India we use precise working even at this stage to ensure its acceptance. The title would convey the ideas of your investigation, orient your readers to the topic, indicate the type of study you will conduct, population you target and geographical location.

An Introduction to the Topic

A Brief description of the topic, research questions, and research objectives. The section would provide necessary background information and provides readers with some sense of overall research including general territory, broad foundation (existing literature), the general scope, overview of the sections and finally should engage the readers

Aim and Overall Objective / Hypotheses

A description what research want to achieve from carrying out this research. The section includes a clear statement of the research objectives, questions that researcher seeks to answer or the hypothesis. The section also includes original contributions of your study, with a detailed account of the points summarized in the introduction, and rationale.

Literature, Context, background

This should provide some insights on (a) studies that have been conducted previously in your research field (b) familiarity with major themes, (c) the range of theories scholars use to analyse their primary sources (d) gaps identified in the literature (e) further investigations you intend to pursue as part of this dissertation and (f) best methodologies.

The detailed research methodology

The section is essential to the best research proposal. This section includes the overall methodological approach, Research design, strategy, qualitative or quantitative, research philosophy, target area, population, sample size, primary or secondary data collection, ethical consideration, pilot study, validity, reliability, & statistical analysis.

Potential Outcomes / Significance of the study

The section discusses the methodological, substantial and expected outcome including a theoretical contribution based on the proposed methodology and existing knowledge. Further, the section also details the usefulness or benefits of the study including to both the research community and the outside world.

Summary & Conclusion

overview of the research proposal in summarized in a paragraph. Including a brief description of relevant chapters: Introduction, Statement of the problem, brief literature review, research objectives & research questions, research methodology, scope and limitations of the proposal potential outcome / significant of the study.

Timeline

Description and deliverables with the start and finish dates [GANTT Chart]. The section will include a schedule with anticipated completion dates for a specific part of the dissertation. This would shed light on whether the researcher has the capability to deliver the project as per the institutional requirement.

References

Work Cited, or sources cited (in-text) or list of sources cited while writing dissertation research proposal. This will include peer-reviewed scholarly articles, textbooks, newspaper articles, annual reports, obtained from various database including ProQuest, Emerald, IEEE, Web of Science, Academic Complete, SciDirect, JSTOR, Elsevier

Bibliography & Appendices

Lists that have read but not actually cited will also be included. The section will inform the readers about various sources that also form the basis for the proposed study and methodology. Appendices for the research proposal may include experiment diagrams, questionnaire, permission for human subject testing, ethical forms, and reflection