LBEF RESEARCH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Author(s):Dr. Hum Nath Parajuli, Jyotir Moy Chatterjee

Abstract:The research proposal is a first and essential comprehensive document, which is prepared before commencing the research project. It reflects the important aspects of a research project such as what is a research project about, what are aim and objectives, why it is significant, what are the problems, what a proposed solution/system is and how it works, what are the expected outcomes, what are the methodologies to accomplish the aim and objectives, etc. In every University, the research proposal, written by the student must be approved by the department before starting the project itself. In this paper, the authors have presented a simple and stepwise guide on how to prepare a research proposal document. This guide will be very helpful to the students to gather important ideas for writing, structuring the research proposals properly and logically, selecting appropriate phrases in the sentences, and writing each section in a meaningful way. In this paper, the list of important sections of the research proposal has been presented. Each section has been explained in a simple, readable, and easy-to-follow way. Furthermore, each section is embedded with examples, phrasing helps, and writing steps so that students will be able to write on their own. Through this guide, the faculty who is supervising the research students can guide students in writing in a structured and uniform format.

Keywords:concept paper, IT projects, research proposal, research writing