Checklist For Evaluating Research Proposals 1496 Eng

CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING RESEARCH PROPOSALS
1. Does the proposal follow the format as stated in the booklet (page 12 - student’s booklet)
2. Does the problem statement follow clearly from the survey of the literature?
3. Are the proposed units of analysis (scope, population, subjects, participants, situations, texts, etc.) clearly
described in terms of the following:
a) their number (e.g., sample size)?
b) their background (e.g., sex, ethnicity, etc. in the case of research participants)?
c) how they are to be obtained/recruited?
4. Has it been indicated whether the necessary permission for the cooperation of the participants has been
obtained or will be obtained?
5. Has the treatment (e.g., any intervention) of the units of analysis been described or specified clearly?
6. How the variables can be measured?
7. Is it clear how the measuring instruments to be used fit in with the theoretical background and/or literature
survey?
8. Is the proposed procedure for analysing the obtained information (e.g., statistical od) specified?
WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD A RESEARCH PROPOSAL ANSWER?

1. Is the proposal presented in terms of all of the headings required by the Research
2. A sound proposal will answer the following questions:
3. What is the research expected to accomplish, if completed successfully and on time?
4. Why is the research being undertaken? What are the reasons behind it? What is the research underlying
rationale?
5. How is the research to be implemented? What work is necessary in order to achieve the objectives?
6. Who is primarily responsible for the research implementation and management?
7. Who are the intended beneficiaries, the target group, who are expected to benefit from the research?
8. Within what period of time is the project to be carried out and are the objectives to be attained?
9. What resources are necessary to achieve the objectives?
10. What external factors are necessary for research success?
CREDITED TO: UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE UN IVERSITEIT VAN DIE VRYSTAAT YUNIVESITHI YA FREISTATA
AND THE CAIN PROJECT IN ENGINEERING AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Research Proposal Assessment Sheet
This grading form was used in a graduate level science course in which students selected a
research topic and wrote grant proposals. Emulating the proposal structure required by major
funding agencies, students identified pivotal papers in their chosen field to establish context,
argued the significance of their proposed research aims, and developed a reasonable and
effective experimental plan. This form was used to assess drafts; students then made
changes in their final proposal, based on assessment comments.
1. Specific Aims Section (10%)
• Are the aims introduced and explained sufficiently to be understood without reading the
Background section?
2. Background and Significance Section (30%)
• Is the background sufficiently researched and referenced?
• Does the background make a good case for the relevance of the experiments?
• Does extraneous information clutter the argument or presentation?
• Is the material presented logically so that reading it is straightforward and, perhaps, even
a pleasure?
• Are figures used when necessary to illustrate concepts?
3. Research Design and Methods Section (30%)
• Are the specific aims clear and complete?
• Are rationales provided for each research conducting (that is, a few sentences describing
what the research conducting is designed to ask and what the general method used will
be) before plunging into technical details of the experiment?
• For each set of experiments, is there appropriate discussion of the possible results, what
they will mean and how they will affect further work?
• Is the level of description of the technical details appropriate?
• If applicable, have the necessary administrative requirements to do with human subjects,
animal welfare, etc. been addressed?
4. Style, Formatting, Citations, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Punctuation, and
Word Choice (30%)
• Are the ideas clearly stated?
• Are acronyms and terms defined at their first use?
• Are there page numbers, appropriate and consistent headings, and appropriate and
complete citations (for the text and figures)
• Is each figure relevant enough to warrant inclusion, legible with an appropriate legend,
and referred to appropriately in the text? Is the caption sufficiently informative?
• Do paragraphs have topic sentences? Do sentences within paragraphs support an idea -
that is, is there a logical flow in the writing?
• Are there few errors in grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and precise word
choice?
5. What were the strengths of this application?
6. What were the weaknesses of this application?
7. What would you suggest the student do to improve the proposed research?

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CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATING RESEARCH PROPOSALS

WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD A RESEARCH PROPOSAL ANSWER?

2. A sound proposal will answer the following questions:

3. What is the research expected to accomplish, if completed successfully and on time?

6. Who is primarily responsible for the research implementation and management?

9. What resources are necessary to achieve the objectives?

10. What external factors are necessary for research success?

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