I. Scope of the research grant:
1. One major biological question.
2. 1-3 subaims/goals.
3. 1-3 years of project for one young graduate student.
4. Main text: Chinese or English, maximum of 5 pages (not including cover page, abstract, figure, table or references).
5. Minimum 1 and up to 3 figures.
6. Maximum 15 key references.
7. Must include ecological experiments.
8. May include evolutionary, behavioral, physiological, or molecular biology experiments.
9. Budget: NTD$500,000/year
10. The main purpose of the grant proposal is to convince the funding agencies to fund your research project. So strive to think clearly and write logically. Please be sure to address the following questions:
1) Why are you going to study this topic?
2) Why is this study important to other researchers in the field of research?
3) How are you going to carry out the study to solve the proposed questions?
4) What is the expected result if the study was carried out successfully?
II.Format of the full proposal:
1. Cover page: include the title of the proposal, name, position, contact and affiliation of the applicant, duration and total budget of the proposal.
2. Abstract: one paragraph, limit 200 words.
3. Keyworks: list up to 6 keyworks.
4. Introduction: 3 paragraphs, Begin with the major (big) question to be addressed and follow by a brief, broad, but focused literature review to the questions. Specific aims of the study need to appear early in the introduction or make them very obvious (possibly with bullet points). Then conclude with more detailed introduction to the experimental design.
5. Experimental design: 1-2 pages, clearly state the rationale for designing each experiment is very important. Present the experimental plan in logical sequence. This is not the “experimental methods” section to specify, for example, how to catch birds or PCR conditions in details, but to specify the important aspects of “experimental design”, including sample size, statistical tests and significance thresholds. How do you control for confounding factors? Discuss what is the expected result and how you will interpret it. It is also very important to consider the alternative hypotheses (explanations) for the data you are going to gather. Many proposal use different approaches to address the same issue. You may need to suggest alternative experiments in addition to the leading approach in the proposal.
6. Impact & significance: one paragraph to briefly summarize the significance of the proposed study and the kind of impact the project will have in its field of study. It can be scientific impact, significance in improving public understanding of scientific research, or outreach and education.
7. Timeline: briefly outline the schedule of the proposed study. The timeframe can be a table, an outline, a flow chat, or a figure with the duration of the major tasks of study being clearly presented.
8. Reference: maximum 15 referenced papers.
9. Except for the cover page, each page of the proposal should have a page number and line numbers.
Proposal template note:
1. Use page 4-10 of this file as your proposal template, and delete the rest of the pages and any sentences in blue (include this page).
2. Use Times or 標楷體12 points, single space, 2 cm border.
3. Save your proposal file as: yourname_proposal_advanced_ecology_year.docx. For example, chungpinglin_proposal_2017.docx
4. Insert page number and line numbers.
5. Minimum 1 and up to 3 figures.
Cover page (one page):
Proposal Title: Will too many monkeys in a tree cause the tree to break?
Duration:201708-2010/07
Budget: NTD$489,000
Name: Chung-Ping Lin
Position:Professor
Affliation:Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University
Contact:
Chung-Ping Lin
Department of Life Science
National Taiwan Normal University
No. 88, Sec. 4, Tingzhou Rd.,Taipei 11677, Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-7734-6309 (Office),6314, 6315 (Lab)
E-mail:
Fax: 886-2-2931-2904
Abstract:(One paragraph, limit 200 words).
Keywords:(list up to 6 keyworks).
(Abstract & keywords in one page)
Introduction
[3 paragraphs, 1-2 pages. Begin with the major (big) question to be addressed and follow by a brief, broad, but focused literature review to the questions. Specific aims of the study need to appear early in the introduction or make them very obvious (possibly with bullet points). Then conclude with more detailed introduction to the experimental design.]
Experimental design:
[1-2 pages, clearly state the rationale for designing each experiment is very important. Present the experimental plan in logical sequence. This is not the “experimental methods” section to specify, for example, how to catch birds or PCR conditions in details, but to specify the important aspects of “experimental design”, including sample size, statistical tests and significance thresholds. How do you control for confounding factors? Discuss what is the expected result and how you will interpret it. It is also very important to consider the alternative hypotheses (explanations) for the data you are going to gather. Many proposal use different approaches to address the same issue. You may need to suggest alternative experiments in addition to the leading approach in the proposal.]
Impact & significance:
(one paragraph to briefly summarize the significance of the proposed study and the kind of impact the project will have in its field of study. It can be scientific impact, significance in improving public understanding of scientific research, or outreach and education.)
Timeline:
(briefly outline the schedule of the proposed study. The timeframe can be a table, an outline, a flow chat, or a figure with the duration of the major tasks of study being clearly presented.)
Reference:
(Maximum 15 referenced papers, use the following style:
Tseng, H. Y., Lin, C. P., Hsu, J. Y., Pike, D. A., & Huang, W. S. (2014). The functional significance of aposematic signals: geographic variation in the responses of widespread lizard predators to colourful invertebrate prey. PloS one, 9(3), e91777.
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