Your proposal should offer a clear exposition of anthropology s research frontiers, not a tedious litany of its duller dimensions. Avoid pretentious jargon, and if technical language is called for, use only those new words and technical terms that have no equivalents in everyday language. Likewise, focus on the ideas, not the details. Argue the concepts and tendencies in your area of concentration, not the descriptive fine points. Keep the main text as streamlined as possible.
Poor writing kills the best of ideas.
Use a style manual in all your writing. This and other resources are accessible from the jump page, Anthropology Resources on the Internet , reached from a link on the Hartwick Anthropology Department Home Page . Your proposal should not be a tired exercise in the obvious. It should state what new knowledge the project will produce. Summarize precisely and succinctly the current state of knowledge, and provide a current, comprehensive bibliography.