Title: Proposals that work : a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals /
Authors: Locke, Lawrence F.; Spirduso, Waneen Wyrick.; Silverman, Stephen J.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Training Support; Research Support as Topic; Financing, Organized; Academic Dissertations as Topic; Fund raising Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Dissertations, Academic Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Proposal writing in research Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Research grants Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Fund Raising; Research Support.; Training Support.
Abstract: Earlier editions of this book have provided two generations of students and professionals with useful advice on writing proposals for dissertations or grants. Written an easy-to-follow style, this book, has both practical suggestions for the would-be writer and several lengthy exemplars that show how effective proposal writing can be done.
Contents: The function of the proposal -- Doing the right thing : "the habit of truth" -- Developing the thesis or dissertation proposal : some common problems -- Content of the proposal : important considerations -- Preparation of proposals for qualitative research : different assumptions -- Style and form in writing the proposal -- The oral presentation -- Money for research : how to ask for help -- Preparation of the grant proposal.