Content description

Every research project requires a promising concept: Whether you are applying for a scholarship, a doctoral program, a postdoc position or a current research project, you must develop and write down a research proposal. Therefore we need to align all necessary components of the concept to a clear and appropriate research aim and bring our ideas in a convincing structure.

The session will provide you with tools for this demanding task. To prepare text production solidly, you will receive strategies that enable routines in project development and focus.

Course content

- Paths to Research Objectives
- Paths to the Theoretical Framework of the Project
- Paths to the Research Design of the Project
- Project and Publication Planning
- Paths to Successful Proposal Writing

Objectives

Paths to Research Objectives:

Analysis strategies, tools for calls for proposals, and project application requirements.
Tools for determining project objectives: motivation, research gap, objective/research question of the work.

Paths to the Theoretical Framework of the Project:

Development of a theoretical framework from the research situation.
Derivation of the structure of theoretical work.
Epistemological reflection of the project: derivation of methodology from project objectives.

Paths to the Research Design of the Project:

Development of research objectives from the theoretical framework: empirical sub-questions/hypotheses, etc.
Derivation of the structure of empirical research: development of methodological design, sample, etc.

Project and Publication Planning:

Project workflows and planning in the sciences: work phases and steps.
Documentation and publication strategies.

Paths to Successful Proposal Writing:

Components and outlines of proposals/exposés.
Convincing readers with understandable proposal German/English.

Dates

August 15, 2024 (10.00 am – 1.15 pm)
August 16, 2024 (10.00 am – 1.15 pm)
August 22, 2024 (10.00 am – 1.15 pm)
August 23, 2024 (10.00 am – 1.15 pm)

Please note that the course consists of 4 days and we can only give certificates for attending at least 80% of that time.

Overview

Trainer	Dr. Beate Richter
Format	online (link will be shared close to the course date)
Fee	no fee for members of the TUBAF
Language	English
Credit Points	0.5
Work unit (AE)	16
Financially supported by	Dr. Erich-Krüger-Stiftung
Registration Deadline	August 11, 2024

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