Writing a research proposal

Good research paper starts by good research proposal. Here is one of a many resources, how to write a research proposal, including:A Basic Proposal Outline:

1. Introduction
   • Topic area
   • Research question
   • Significance to knowledge
2. Literature review
   • Previous research others & yours
   • Interlocking findings and Unanswered questions
   • Your preliminary work on the topic
   • The remaining questions and inter-locking logic
   • Reprise of your research question(s) in this context
3. Methodology
   • Approach
   • Data needs
   • Analytic techniques
   • Plan for interpreting results
4. Expected results
5. Budget
6. Bibliography (or References)

Another structure suitable for clinical studies

STUDY PROPOSAL

1. Working Title:
2. Aim:
3. Background:
4. Hypotheses:
5. Design:
6. Methods:
7. Statistical Power Calculations:
8. Clinical relevance:
9. References: