Research Proposal Examples

Examples of research proposals

  A short and practical example (.doc) – this is a great example of a brief research proposal for course projects. It gives students good requirement examples with some commentary. By Ted Zorn, University of Waikato, New Zealand – Start with this one!
APA-Style Proposal #1: Intercessory Prayer and Task Performance (PDF) – by Douglas Degelman, Ph.D., and Martin Lorenzo Harris, Ph.D., Vanguard University of Southern California
APA-Style Proposal #2: Infants’ Perceived Gender and Adolescents’ Ratings (PDF) – Douglas Degelman, Ph.D., and Martin Lorenzo Harris, Ph.D.; Vanguard University of Southern California
Sample research proposals – Sample research proposals from the Faculty of Education, The University of Western Australia

Examples of dissertation proposals

Sample Dissertation Proposals – one of the best resources of dissertation proposal samples on the Web; you can find a wide range of dissertation proposals from different fields, such as Arts and Humanities (Theatre, Geography, Communication, American/Asian Studies, Philosophy), Social science (Public health, Nursing, Social work, Sociology, Educational psychology, Foreign language education, Science eduation, etc.), Science and Engineering (Kinesiology, Integrative biology, Geological sciences, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Engineering, etc.)

Impact of Background and Experience on Software Inspections (PDF) – by Jeff Carver, University of Maryland
Developing Techniques for Using Software Documents: A Series of Empirical Studies (PDF) – by Forrest Shull, University of Maryland