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Sharing talk for RGC Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU, 5.55 pm-6.10 pm, 20 June 2014, Friday

Sharing talk for RGC Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU, 5.55 pm-6.10 pm, 20 June 2014, Friday. “How to write good proposals” ( re HSSPFS ) CHU Hung-lam The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Basic requirements. Write to convince and instill confidence – serious and substantive and coherent

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Sharing talk for RGC Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU, 5.55 pm-6.10 pm, 20 June 2014, Friday

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  1. Sharing talk for RGCRayson Huang Theatre, HKU, 5.55 pm-6.10 pm, 20 June 2014, Friday “How to write good proposals” (re HSSPFS) CHU Hung-lam The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  2. Basic requirements • Write to convince and instill confidence – serious and substantive and coherent • Clear and lucid – informed and logical, clearly thought through – to the understanding even of non-experts

  3. Contribution and knowledge for the project • Show relevance of the project to a line of inquiry, its relationship to major issues in a field • Identify the research issues at stake, articulate their significance, explain the need to research them • Focus on a theme and delineate the boundary – keep the research under control

  4. Originality and ability • Show the project’s originality – promise something new but not totally new, relate it to your past or evolving research • Show your ability to conduct and research and deliver the results

  5. Workability and timeliness • Explain and justify your research and work plans, including the research and the write-up • What part(s) will be done by you and when • What part(s) will be done by others (RA or collaborator) and when • Show the connection, interconnectedness and integrity of teamwork • (HSSPFS) Present justification for the need of your project to be done here and now

  6. Technicality and prudence • Follow the guidelines of the applications – e.g., observe the word counts, use bullet-points for presentation of aims and proposed output • Be honest to yourself – don’t let the editor dominate your language and idea in the proposal; let your track record reflect, inform and count for it.

  7. Side thoughts • For historical studies (and for literature and social sciences studies?): don’t think that basic research (data and textual research) are too basic to be fundable; rather, show your way and ability to gather and exploit the source materials for a solution to the research issues involved • For philosophical studies: questions better be “big” (especially when no empirical data need to be gathered and exploited) to justify the “time” you need for the argument

  8. The Musts • aim and need of the research must be clear • issues to tackle must be specific • work plan must be realistic • output proposed must be quantifiable • language must be unpretentious

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