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G. ETHICS
If your project involves the collection of confidential or sensitive information, describe how this
information will be managed.
If your project involves intellectual property issues or is related to any arrangements or agreements that
may affect the intellectual property arising from the research, describe how this will be managed.
All university research is expected to conform to acceptable ethical standards. Researches involving
human participants must be approved by the University Research Ethics Committee before the research
commences.
Some examples of areas of ethics include:
• The securing of informed consent
• Confidentiality
• Preservation of anonymity
• Avoidance of deception or adverse effects
To read the University Ethics Guidelines and to submit an application, visit the Research Centre website
(http://rc.mnu.edu.mv.)
H. TIMELINE
Indicate an anticipated deadline for each phase of your research project. If it is a project that would require
more than a year, it is a good idea to provide monthly schedule in the form of a Gantt chart.
I. BUDGET
This section should provide the proposed budget for the project. The budget should Include a breakdown
of costs, including administrative, equipment and materials, training, travel costs etc. Justify the major
items listed in the budget including a brief description of the item and how it relates to the project.
J. RESEARCH DISAMINATION
Provide a brief overview for communication of the research project and its outcomes. Some of the
information you could include in this section are anticipated publication of journal articles, papers or book
chapters, conferences, workshops or seminar presentations etc.
J. OTHER APPROVALS REQUIRED
Sometimes, it is possible that you might require other approvals from other entities before you can start
your project. Therefore, you need to list all the approvals required for the project. For example, as an MNU
staff, you would require University Ethics approval before start of your project. Another example would be
all health related researches must be approved by the National Health Research Committee in Ministry of
Health.
K. REFERENCES
You should provide publication details of the literature cited. Proper in-text referencing should be done for
all the literature used in the proposal using APA system. In addition, a full reference list should be provided
at the end of the proposal before appendixes.
L. APENDIXES
Provide the questionnaires, guides, tables, figures, frameworks etc. that would help a reader to understand
your proposal better.
References used for the development of this guide
The above guideline is adapted from the proposal development guidelines of Curtin University, University
of Western Australia, University of Queensland, University of Auckland, University of Birmingham and
University of York. The websites of those guidelines are provided below.
• Curtin University - https://life.curtin.edu.au/local/docs/CL_D-writing-a-research-proposal-08-2015.pdf.
• University of Western Australia -
http://www.postgraduate.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/22453/RP-Guidelines_110313-_1.pdf.
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http://www.web.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/989433/
Format_and_Contents_of_Research_Proposals_-_corrected.pdf
• University of Queensland -
https://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/forms/admission/docs/admision-research-proposal-
template-guide.pdf
• University of Auckland- https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/education/study-with-us/study-options/doctoral-
programmes/research-proposal-structure.html
• University of Birmingham - https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/law/courses/research/research-
proposal.aspx
• University of York - https://www.york.ac.uk/media/cahr/phd/Research%20Proposal.pdf