Higher education has become a very expensive endeavor, often requiring students to go through considerable financial hardship and accumulate a mountain of debt. One way to avoid this debt is by applying for scholarships. This is especially the case for graduate work, where the costs usually increase. However, organizations and foundations that manage scholarship funds often require a proposal from the applicants explaining what they will be doing in their program of study and how the funds will be used. Since the decision as to whether to give the applicant the funds often rides on this proposal, it is important to get it right.
Instructions
1. Create an introduction for your proposal that catches the attention of the reader. While you do not want to summarize the information that will be in the body of the proposal, you do need to stress the importance of the work you will be doing. For example, if you will be studying the incidence of malaria in certain areas, you can point to the number of those who die each year from this disease.
2. Review existing research and work already done on the topic. You want to give a fair appraisal or previous research on the topic, even when it disagrees with your own views. Explain how your research with either refute previous views or add further evidence to support them.
3. Make the hypothesis for your research very clear. Explain the methodology you will use and the criteria by which you will judge whether your hypothesis is correct or incorrect. You should also list the resources, both physical and in terms of university staff, that you will have available to further your research.
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