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Student’s name
Universidad del Turabo
Escuela de Ciencias y Tecnología
(Graduate, Doctoral) Program in Environmental Science
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Project Description (5-15 pages, double spaced, (use the CSE Name-Year format for all intext references)
Introduction (problem statement, literature review, and objectives)
I. Statement of the Problem (briefly introduce what you want to do and why the work is important)
II. Literature Review (What has already been done?)
A. Background Data
B. Preliminary Research
III.
Research Objectives/Theoretical Framework
A. Hypotheses
B. Specific Research Goals
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Methods (Methods and Analysis - How are you going to do the work? Include both data
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Research Plan (Methodology)
A. Research Site
B. Research Schedule
C. Data Collection
i. Sampling (Phase I)
ii. Measurement (Phase II)
iii. Surveys/Interviews (Phase III, etc.)
D. Data Analysis
i. Data entry and coding
ii. Statistics
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Expected Results and their Significance (Explain why is the work important - Include
Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts
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Significance of Proposed Research
A. Intellectual Merit
B. Broader Impacts, Integration of Research and Education
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Literature or References Cited, Proposed Budget Schedule of Activities (table)
(in CSE Name-Year Format)
Literature Cited
Alsop III FJ. 1995. A communal roost of gray catbirds at Eco Pond, Everglades National Park.
Florida Field Naturalist 23:69-69.
Powell GVN, Bjork R. 1995. Implications of intratropical migration on reserve design: A case
study using Pharomachrus mocinno. Conservation Bioliogy 9:354-362.
Smith JAM. 2008.
The Non-Breeding Ecology of a Neotropical Migratory Songbird: The
Influence of Habitat Quality on Spatial and Social Behavior and Consequences for
Individual Performance. [PhD dissertation]. [Fairfax, VA]: George Mason University.
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Smith JAM, Reitsma LR, Rockwood LL, Marra PP. 2008. Roosting behavior of a Neotropical
migrant songbird, the Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis, during the nonbreeding season. Journal of Avian Biology 39:460-465.
Stacier CA. 1992. Social behavior of the Northern Parula, Cape May Warbler, and Prairie
Warbler wintering in second-growth forest in southwestern Puerto Rico. In: Hagan J. M.
and Johnston DW (eds). Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds.
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, pp. 309-320.
Strong AM, Sherry TW. 2000. Habitat-specific effects of food abundant on the condition of
Wunderle JM Jr. 1994. Census Methods for Caribbean Land Birds. United States Department of
Agriculture. Forest Service, Southern Forest. Experiment Station New Orleans,
Louisiana. General Technical Report SO-98.
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Schedule of Activities
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Proposed Budget
(personnel time. equipment, materials, transportation, etc.)
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Proposal Peparation
Project Summary (example outline, based on NSF):
problem statement
methods and analysis
Intellectual Merit
Broader Impacts
Project Description (example outline, based on NSF):
Introduction
I.
Statement of the Problem
II.
Literature Review
A. Background Data
B. Preliminary Research
III.
Research Objectives/Theoretical Framework
A. Hypotheses
B. Specific Research Goals
Methods
IV. Research Plan (Methodology)
A. Research Site
B. Research Schedule
C. Data Collection
i. Sampling (Phase I)
ii. Measurement (Phase II)
iii. Surveys/Interviews (Phase III, etc.)
D. Data Analysis
i. Data entry and coding
ii. Statistics
Expected Results and their Significance
V.
Significance of Proposed Research
A. Intellectual Merit
B. Broader Impacts
(C. Integration of Research & Education - optional)
Literature or References Cited
VI. References Cited
Proposed Budget, Schedule of Activities (table), etc.
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Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact Criteria (examples, based on NSF):
Intellectual Merit
• How good and important is the idea?
• Advance knowledge and understanding in own field and across fields?
Creative and original?
Significant?
• How likely is the project to succeed?
Qualification of proposers to conduct project?
How well-conceived and well-organized is the proposed activity?
Access to sufficient resources?
Broader Impacts
• How well does it promote teaching, training and learning? Results from this dissertation
research will be incorporated into educational programs for…
• Broaden participation of underrepresented groups?
• Enhance infrastructure for research and education (e.g., new partnerships, facilities,
networks)?
• Dissemination of results? This research addresses the need for… Results from this
dissertation research will
be shared…
• Benefits to society and beyond? This research will broaden the understanding of…
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Remember: A good proposal is a good idea, well expressed, with a clear indication of methods
for pursuing the idea, evaluating the findings, making them known to all who need to know, and
indicating the broader impacts of the activity.
1. What do you intend to do?
2. Why is the work important?
3. What has already been done?
4. How are you going to do the work?
Make sure these things are obvious to any reader of your proposal.
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Title of proposal and name of student.