Answer to Question #303293 in English for Hutchii

Question

Explain in 5-20 sentences how constructing a well-presented research plan in a scientific paper will help you as a researcher in conducting your Capstone project.

Answer 1

A research plan is pivotal to a research project because it identifies and helps define your focus, method, and goals while also outlining the research project from start to finish. This type of plan is often necessary to: Apply for grants or internal company funding.

The research plan should be written to address the following questions:

What do you intend to do?

Why is the work important?

What has already been done?

How are you going to do the work?

A typical research plan has these required elements:

Specific Aims.

Research Strategy.

Resources.

Biographical Sketch.

Research Support.

Preliminary Studies and Progress Reports.