20.109(F12): Pre-proposal template
Please post the following to the wiki page you are starting for this assignment. Your wiki page should be printed out and handed in on M3D4 in lecture and also ready to present on screen to the class during that hour.
Contents
Investigators
- your name
- your partner's name
- your lab section
- your team color
Title of Proposed Project
Title should begin with the prefix:"20.109(F12) Pre-Proposal:..."
Project Summary
THREE SENTENCES ONLY.
For example (from [1])
"Roughly 70% of the American population eats avocadoes at least once each year, so that potential exposure of the populace to contaminants in avocadoes is widespread. Little research has nonetheless been done with regard to the uptake of trace metals by avocadoes during their growth. The proposed research would address this problem by making the first detailed examination of the controls on concentrations of trace metals in avocadoes."
Introduction
ONE PARAGRAPH and at least TWO REFERENCES
- What is known about this field
- Why is this field important
Your idea
TWO PARAGRAPHS
Make clear what you see is the structural hole, gap in understanding or need, and how you propose to fill in or satisfy what you've identified. You should specify your general approach (e.g. "will screen for mutants that enhance the contrast of the bacterial photography system") but do not need to think through the precise experimental details yet. Emphasize instead what results hope to collect and how they might improve the shortcomings that you've identified in the introduction as interesting.