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− | Writing a research proposal requires that you identify an interesting topic, spend lots of time learning about it, and then design some clever experiments to advance the field. It also requires that you articulate your ideas so any reader is convinced of your expertise, your creativity and the significance of your findings, should you have the opportunity to carry out the experiments | + | Writing a research proposal requires that you identify an interesting topic, spend lots of time learning about it, and then design some clever experiments to advance the field. It also requires that you articulate your ideas so any reader is convinced of your expertise, your creativity and the significance of your findings, should you have the opportunity to carry out the experiments you ve proposed. To begin you must identify your research question. This may be the hardest part and the most fun. You can start by finding a handful of topics to share with your lab partner. Together you should discuss and evaluate the topics you ve gathered. Consider them based on: |
* your interest in the topic | * your interest in the topic | ||
* the availability of good background information | * the availability of good background information | ||
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* if your proposal could be carried out in a reasonable amount of time and with non-infinite resources | * if your proposal could be carried out in a reasonable amount of time and with non-infinite resources | ||
− | It might be that not one of the topics | + | It might be that not one of the topics you ve identified is really suitable, in which case you should find some new ideas. It s also possible that through discussion with your lab partner, you ve found something new to consider. Both of these outcomes are fine but relatively quickly you and your partner should settle on a general topic or two so you can begin the next step in your proposal writing, namely background reading and critical thinking about the topic. |
A few ground rules that are 20.109 specific: | A few ground rules that are 20.109 specific: | ||
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*you should keep in mind that this proposal will be presented to the class, so try to limit your scope to an idea that can be convincingly presented in a ten minute oral presentation. | *you should keep in mind that this proposal will be presented to the class, so try to limit your scope to an idea that can be convincingly presented in a ten minute oral presentation. | ||
− | Once you and your partner have decided on a suitable research problem, | + | Once you and your partner have decided on a suitable research problem, it s time to become an expert on the topic. This will mean searching the literature, talking with people, generating some ideas and critically evaluating them. To keep track of your efforts, you should start a wiki catalog on your OpenWetWare user page. How you format the page is up to you but check out the [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Yeast_rebuild | |