Instructions for Research Proposal

Please submit your research proposal in .pdf form with the following guidelines. 

Aims (half a page): - State the significance, innovation, and relation to communication disorders. Applications with one specific aim are acceptable.  Many successful applications contain two or three aims.  Applications with four or more aims are uncommon.  

Strategy (3 pages): This section describes your project rationale and the scholarly activities you will conduct to accomplish each of your aims. This section is comprised of four sections: Significance, Innovation, Approach, Timeline. Please start each section with a new paragraph and heading. 

• Significance - Briefly summarize the state/quality of the academic research in your area of inquiry. Identify the relationship of the research to progress in the field of medicine. 
• Innovation - Describe the novel aspects of the research, and why they are important. Describe how this will advance the field related to the research question. 
• Approach - Provide details about the research design. Proposals need to provide sufficient detail to portray a clear understanding of the methodology but need not convey details at the finest levels. (Appendices can be used for data collection instruments, consort diagrams, and other types of supporting documents.) State the possible outcomes of each investigation/experiment and how you will interpret these outcomes regarding your goals/hypothesis. Consider alternative interpretations and possible pitfalls. A critical part of the proposal is to explain how the studies you propose will address the goals and aims of the project and the hypotheses you wish to test. Be specific and comprehensive in describing how your data will be gathered and analyzed. It is frequently helpful to have methodological consultation (biostatistic, epidemiological, etc.) during the writing of your proposal.  
• Timeline - Identify important milestones that the project will accomplish for each quarter of funding. Typically, projects specify two to four milestones per quarter. Timeline can be presented as a Gantt chart (screenshot and insert photo onto proposal). 

Bibliography (no page limit): Please cite your sources using JAMA citation style. 

Appendix (no page limit): This section can be used for data collection instruments, consort diagrams, and other types of supporting documents.