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Carving the Research Proposal

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Journal of Population and Development

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This study aims at assessing the process of writing research proposal with its format and lay out used by different researchers and institutions. Using secondary sources of data, the study embarks the structure of the research proposal discussing with regards to the key sections of the proposal like proposal format provided by various institution, cover page, introduction, literature review, research and research question, research purpose and objectives, significance of the study, limitations and delimitations of the study, research methodology, ethical considerations, timeline, budget estimations and references employing a descriptive research design. Simple descriptive tools, content analysis and tables have been used for analysis of data. A research proposal is a detail description of a proposed study designed to explore a given problem. An excellent carved proposal has more possibility of persuading the evaluation committee on credibility, achievability, practicality and reprod...

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ble 4: Format of research proposal given by Damoder (1996) & Kathmandu School of law (2020) Different practices of writing the academic proposal have been used in different institutions or universities while submitting the thesis proposal or it is written for achieving the grants. The concern should follow the guidelines given by the institutions for writing up the proposal. The preference and widely acceptable research proposal format under the humanities and social sciences in relation to Tribhuvan University according to the recommendation of the author of this paper is as per the following format:
ble 4: Format of research proposal given by Damoder (1996) & Kathmandu School of law (2020) Different practices of writing the academic proposal have been used in different institutions or universities while submitting the thesis proposal or it is written for achieving the grants. The concern should follow the guidelines given by the institutions for writing up the proposal. The preference and widely acceptable research proposal format under the humanities and social sciences in relation to Tribhuvan University according to the recommendation of the author of this paper is as per the following format:

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