Research Proposal Writing (14-17 December 2019)

Led by: Dr Tom Parkinson/University of Kent and Dr Cath Camps/University of South Wales.

This workshop was run to support development of participants research for the October 2019 Grant Call.

Main Workshop Topics

Introduction to the Cara Syrian Fellowship Scheme:

• Key principles of grant proposal writing
• Summarising the project for lay audiences (non-specialist language)
• Finding some examples of literature

Literature review:

• Setting out the ‘state of the art’
• Identifying gaps in the knowledge base
• Locating the study in relation to extant research

Methodology:

• Research questions
• Choosing appropriate methods
• Engaging with methodological literature

Impact and beneficiaries:

• Defining academic value and impact beyond academia
• Academic and non-academic beneficiaries
• Publication/output strategy

An EAP colleague provided support throughout, focussing particularly on sentence level writing, idioms and vocabulary.