Formal Research Proposal Template
Project title:
Researchers: (include how to reach you)
Introduction: tell what general topic you are studying and
why it is important. Include references and a brief summary of what they say.
Tell how your experiment will add to the scientific community’s knowledge of
this topic.
Hypothesis:
Experimental Design:
Subjects: tell how you will obtain your subjects and what population you will
study. Attach an informed consent form.
Experimental Procedure: tell
exactly what you will do and measure, including the equipment needed. How will
you control variables you’re not interested in measuring? Will you have a
control group? Will you do replicate
measurements? Attach a sample of the data table on which you will record your
results.
Analysis: tell what
statistical analyses you will do on your final results to tell whether they
support or refute your hypothesis.
Timeline/ resources
needed: when and where will you do
your experiment? What will you need from the lab? PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LAB
CANNOT PROVIDE ANY FOOD OR DRINK, UTENSILS USED TO PREPARE IT, OR CONTAINERS
USED TO STORE IT. FOOD AND DRNK MAY NOT BE STORED IN THE LAB BETWEEN
EXPERIMENTS. THIS IS A PRECAUTION FOR YOUR SAFETY.