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Research proposal

Research proposal. Pmag topic NWO-ALW format Written proposal & presentation. 40% of your grade!. NWO-ALW format. Details of proposal Summary for the general public Highlights Top-5 publications Description of the proposed research Timetable Scientific embedding Societal significance

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Research proposal

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  1. Research proposal • Pmag topic • NWO-ALW format • Written proposal & presentation 40% of your grade!

  2. NWO-ALW format Details of proposal Summary for the general public Highlights Top-5 publications Description of the proposed research Timetable Scientific embedding Societal significance Legal requirements Budget Financial assistance

  3. Presenting a proposal ‘‘Every day, $252 million is lost due to bad PowerPoint presentations’’ Wall Street Journal, Nov. 2006

  4. PowerPoint ‘rules’ Be creative! • Do you remember the ‘rule’? • Seven lines per slide or less • Seven words per line or less • It is a bit plain, isn’t it? • If you follow this ‘rule’… • …you get a slide like this

  5. PowerPoint helps to… • Visualize ideas • Highlight key points • Impress

  6. PowerPoint is not for… Auto-cue / prompter Handouts Data dumps

  7. Structure • Problem – pathway – solution • Problem – solution – reasoning • … Dare to surprise!

  8. Tweak your figures! ‘Free’ internet access in Russia Siberia Moscow

  9. What you want to tell… …is not what they want to hear! • That you have a great idea • What you are going to do • How you are going to do it • That you save the world by doing so What is the problem you are going to solve? Why does the problem needs to be solved? Can you do it? Why should YOU do it?

  10. To conclude: Be prepared Be pro-active Keep your audience in mind

  11. Important dates: • Wednesday 28 March: Start hands-on projects • Monday 2 April: Abstract research proposal • Wednesday 11 April • Monday 16 April • Wednesday 18 April Proposal presentations

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