香港大学research proposal 模板

S65/712THEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONGApplicationforadmissiontotheMasterofPhilosophy(MPhil)andDoctorofPhilosophy(PhD)programmesintheFacultyofScienceFormatforResearchProposalNotes:1.AllMPhilandPhDapplicantsarerequiredtosubmitaresearchproposalprovidingaclearindicationoftheirintendedresearch.Thisdocumentwillbeusedtoassessthemeritofyourapplication.2.Itisrecommendedthatyoudiscusstheproposedresearchtopicwithyourprospectivesupervisor(s)andobtainaclearindicationofsupportfromthem:applicationswithoutsupportfromnamedsupervisorsareunlikelytobesuccessful.E-mailaddressesofacademicstaffareavailablefromtherelevantdepartmentalwebpage.3.Thereisnoprescribedlengthfortheproposal,althoughitshouldbesufficientlydetailedtodemonstrateyourfamiliaritywiththetopicsbeingaddressed.APhDproposalwouldnormallybeexpectedtoincluderelativelymoreinformationonthebackground,importanceandmethodologyoftheresearch.4.Adoptionofthefollowingtemplateisrecommended,althoughyoucanaddoromitsectionsasappropriate:notallsectionsarerelevanttoallresearchfields.1.Applicant’sname2.Titleofproposedresearchproject3.SummaryofresearchMaximum250words,understandablebyanon-specialist.4.IntroductionProvidetherelevantbackgroundinformationandexplainthemotivationforyourstudy.5.ObjectivesandhypothesestobetestedList(usingbulletpoints)theaims/objectivesofthestudyand,whererelevant,specifythehypothesestobetested.6.LiteraturereviewDiscussthekeypublicationsintheproposedresearcharea.7.MaterialsandmethodsExplainhowyouintendtoundertaketheresearch.Thereisnoneedtodescribeexperimentalapparatusoranalysesingreatdetail:anindicationoftheapproachtobeadopted(withcitationofsources)isadequateinmostcases.8.AnticipatedoutcomeandvalueoftheresearchExplainthelikelysignificanceofyourresearchandhowitwillimpacttheresearchfield.9.LiteraturecitedProvidebibliographicdetailsofallreferencescited,adoptingastandardisedformat.