Project Plan
The project plan is a 750-1000 word long narrative. References are not required, but if included they must remain within the word count. The grant reviewers can be from any university department, so write your project plan in a way that a general audience can understand.
The narrative must address the following
Project Goals
The project goals are clear, such as a research question being answered or clearly defined creative project being developed.
Project Background and Context
The proposed project is situated in its relevant context. The proposal demonstrates familiarity with the literature and existing work in this area.
Methods
The proposal provides a comprehensive description of how any data will be collected, what data sources will be analyzed, plan of analysis or measurement instrument. For creative projects, the proposal provides relevant description of how the project will be developed.
Student Initiated
The proposed project is initiated by the student. For group projects, the project plan identifies the applicant's specific role in completing the project.
Clarity
The proposal uses appropriate technical and non-technical language that is accessible to a non-specialist academic audience.
From Our Workshops
To go from a project idea to a proposal, your goal is to explain the problem you want to address, why it matters, the solutions you're proposing, and the benefits. The central issue and benefits can be as big or small as you like, but your writing will have to convince the audience that it makes a valuable contribution to knowledge, science, culture, or community. You can use our Proposalfy worksheet to help organize these thoughts as you prepare to write your project plan.