Content & Elements
This is the very first section of a research proposal, and it should be short, include keywords, and avoid abbreviations.
Title
Within what year window are you to choose your sources?
3-5
The maximum total length for the main text of your proposal
Four pages
Is NOT including MAJOR works a mistake?
Yes
This section states the problem, its significance, and presents the research question(s) or hypothesis.
Introduction/Background and Rationale
You should describe the results you think you will obtain in this section.
Anticipated Results
What two elements are excluded from the count of pages?
Title and references
Tenses used in Anticipated Results
Future Simple, Present Simple
These two elements are the slight differences in the IMRaD structure
Literature Review and Anticipated Results
In the Methodology section, after describing your chosen methods, you must do this.
Explain why you chose those methods, link them to your RP
These three tenses are recommended for communicating ideas in the Introduction and Methods sections.
Present Simple, Past Simple, and Present Perfect
This section is described as describing the most important theories, key debates, and most importantly, the gap in existing research.
Literature Review