Demonstration · not a client result
Research-grant proposals what the deliverable looks like
The structure of the deliverable for research-grant proposals, how it is produced and how you accept it, with a live specimen generated from the matching free tool’s worked example. Synthetic or permitted data only.
What this page isDemonstration
- Practice
- 11 Research supervision, academic coaching & publication support
- The deliverable
- 4 sectionsProduced in 5 stages, each with a review point
- Data
- Synthetic or permittedNot a client result
Demonstration of methodSynthetic or permitted data.Not a client result.
The deliverable, section by section.
What you receive, and what each part is for.
Fit review
The call’s criteria set against your idea.
DemonstrationProposal structure
Aims, methods, impact and management.
DemonstrationBudget notes
Structure and justification aligned to the work.
DemonstrationMock review
Scored against the call’s criteria.
DemonstrationA live specimen.
Generated from the worked example in Research proposal checklist: synthetic data, real method. Change the inputs in the tool to see your own.
Demonstration · synthetic data · not a client result
Checks
- Gap: Missing: Ethics.Consent, risk, data protection and approvals
- Check: Missing: Timeline.Is it realistic, with slack for approvals and fieldwork?
- Check: Missing: Budget.Does every cost serve the aims?
- Check: Missing: Limitations.What can the study not show, and why?
- Check: Missing: Dissemination and impact.Who will use the findings, and how will they hear?
- Note: Assessed work: coaching only.We coach and give feedback; we do not write any part of an assessed proposal.
Questions to answer in each section (you write the answers)
Title
Does it name the population, setting and focus?
Background
What do we already know, and from where?
Problem statement
What exactly is not known or not working?
Aims and questions
Can each question be answered with the planned data?
Literature review
Which debates does the study join, and where is the gap?
Methods
Design, sample, data collection and analysis: are they justified?
Ethics (missing)
Consent, risk, data protection and approvals
Timeline (missing)
Is it realistic, with slack for approvals and fieldwork?
Budget (missing)
Does every cost serve the aims?
Limitations (missing)
What can the study not show, and why?
References
Are all sources real, cited and consistently formatted?
Dissemination and impact (missing)
Who will use the findings, and how will they hear?
Declaration of assistance (template)
Declaration
I confirm that this proposal is my own work. I received the following assistance: [describe: for example coaching sessions on structure, feedback on drafts, or language editing]. No part of the text was written for me. [Name, date]
The researcher writes every word. This tool gives questions, structure and checks, not assessed text.
How it is produced, and accepted.
Each stage ends in something you review; acceptance is tested against criteria agreed at the start.
- 01
Question
Frame the research question for the call.
Review pointThe research question is the researcher’s own, stated in writing.
- 02
Design
Refine the design and work plan.
Review pointDesign choices explained, and decided by the researcher.
- 03
Researcher-led work
The research team writes the science.
Review pointAll writing and analysis done by the researcher.
- 04
Feedback
We review and give feedback.
Review pointFeedback given as comments and questions, never replacement text.
- 05
Declared assistance
Declare assistance where the funder requires it.
Review pointAssistance declared in line with the institution’s rules.
How proof is labelled
- DemonstrationsDemonstrations use synthetic or permitted data.
- Documented experienceDocumented experience is attributed to the organisation that held the work.
- Measured resultsMeasured results are added only once they have been measured; none are shown yet.
What needs to move forward?
Tell us the decision, the challenge or the opportunity. We reply with a scoped approach, a named principal and a fee before any work begins.
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