Template For Basic Sciences Progress Report (Nutrition and Pharmacy)
PROGRESS IN RESEARCH COMMITTEE MEETING
Title of Research Proposal
Student Name
(Supervisor)
Date
Program of Study
Start Date:
Courses Completed:
Include any Safety or Animal Handling courses.
Courses to be Taken:
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................. ii
List of Figures ........................................................................................................................iii
List of Tables ........................................................................................................................ iv
List of Abbreviations .............................................................................................................. v
Hypothesis ............................................................................................................................. #
Objectives .............................................................................................................................. #
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ #
Heading 1 ......................................................................................................... #
Subheading 1 ............................................................................................. #
Heading 2 ......................................................................................................... #
Subheading 2 ............................................................................................. #
Materials and Methods........................................................................................................... #
Materials ........................................................................................................... #
Experiment 1..................................................................................................... #
Assay 1 ............................................................................................................. #
Statistical Analysis ............................................................................................ #
Results ................................................................................................................................... #
Experiment 1..................................................................................................... #
Experiment 2..................................................................................................... #
Discussion ............................................................................................................................. #
Heading 1 .................................................................................................................... #
Subheading 1.................................................................................................... #
Heading 2 .................................................................................................................... #
Subheading 2.................................................................................................... #
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Future Work ........................................................................................................................... #
Heading 1 ......................................................................................................... #
Heading 2 ......................................................................................................... #
Timeline ................................................................................................................................. #
References ............................................................................................................................ #
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List of Figures
Figure 1. Title 1 ...................................................................................................................... #
Figure 2. Title 2 ...................................................................................................................... #
Figure 3. Title 3 ...................................................................................................................... #
Figure 4. Title 4 ...................................................................................................................... #
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List of Tables
Table 1. Title 1 ....................................................................................................................... #
Table 2. Title 2 ....................................................................................................................... #
Table 3. Title 3 ....................................................................................................................... #
Table 4. Title 4 ....................................................................................................................... #
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List of Abbreviations
ANOVA
Barx1
Bmp
BrdU
DMEM
DNA
Analysis of variance
BarH-like homeobox 1
Bone morphogenic protein
5' Bromodeoxyuridine
Dublecco’s modified eagle medium
Deoxyribonucleic acid
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Hypothesis
 You may have more than one hypothesis statement or one global hypothesis
statement. The statement(s) should be worded in a manner that results in a testable
statement.
Objectives
 The objective statements should clearly identify what you need to do to test your
hypothesis statement.
 After stating a specific objective you have the option to add additional statements to
indicate how you will meet the objective (i.e. these could be specific aims that fall
under an objective).
1. To determine …
2. To establish …
3. To identify …
Introduction
 Provide a paragraph that gives an overview of the major premise of your research (i.e.
what you intend to discover and why this is important)
 Identify which components of the original Research Proposal have progressed.
Heading 1
 Include basic background information that is well referenced. Use a reference manager
system. If you do not have a reference manager software program you can use the
online RefWorks available through the library. You should bolster the introduction
section with each advisory committee report to continue building your literature review.
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Subheading 1
Heading 2
Subheading 2
Option: Summary of results reported in previous Progress Report(s)
Materials and Methods
 Briefly identify the methods and protocols that have been used in accomplishing the
experiments performed. Always include a statement indicating that your animal use for
the proposed research has been approved by the UCACS Animal Research Ethics
Board (AREB) (same applies to human ethics).
Materials
Experiment 1
 You do not need to provide extensive detail, but information should be sufficient for
your committee to understand your methodology.
Assay 1
Statistical Analysis
 Always include this section even if you will only use descriptive statistics (i.e. mean ±
SD).
Results
 Use appropriate and well-formatted tables and figures (you might as well format tables
and figures according to Graduate Studies guidelines at this point). Table and Figure
titles should have sufficient information to completely describe the experiment and the
results expressed in the table or figure. Each table and figure should be able to stand
alone without the need to refer to the text of the results section.
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 Insert tables and figures when they appear in the text of the results section. Do not
place at the end of the document.
 Use appropriate statistics and indicate significance with the actual P value. The type of
statistical analysis should appear in the legend of the tables and figures.
Experiment 1
Experiment 2
Discussion
 The discussion should indicate your interpretation of your results and the major
conclusions from the experiment.
Heading 1
Subheading 1
Heading 2
Subheading 2
Future Work
 Briefly but clearly indicate what experiments/literature review you need to do to
complete your program of studies.
Heading 1
Heading 2
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Timeline
 Identify a timeline for completion of the remaining experiments and when you believe
you will have your Permission-to-Write or Defense if appropriate.
References

You have a choice of either using numbers within the text with the number
corresponding to the order of appearance of the reference or using text Author/Year
citation in the text with the reference list in alphabetical order.
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