research grant proposal example

Thompson, R., & Rowland, S. (2007). Research Project Proposal Do microplastic fragments present a hazard to marine life? [Scholarly project]. In Kimointernational.org. Retrieved April 3, 2016, from http://www.kimointernational.org/WebData/Files/Microplastics Project Proposal 2jm.pdf

http://www.kimointernational.org/WebData/Files/Microplastics%20Project%20Proposal%202jm.pdf

This research grant proposal is titled, “Do Microplastic Fragments Present a Hazard to Marine Life?”, this is also their research question.  The proposal is written by Richard Thompson and Steve Rowland both have relationships and ties with the University of Plymouth UK.  They would like a call for a project and funding partners in conjunction with KIMO International.  They provided a great background with information regarding the durability of plastics and how they end up in aquatic habitats.  One of their facts was that over 180 species are known to ingest the plastic from the ocean.  They believe that this toxic debris is going to infiltrate the food chain.  The type of data they collected in the past were observational data of acts, behaviors, and reports.  Besides the facts that plastics are in the animal systems, the plastics are also pollutants.  The researchers developed a program to address the issue of the size and pollutants of the plastics in the marine environments.  The results from the experiments will be analyzed in a risk assessment on the quantities and conditions that are portrayed on the marine populations.  They provided a map of the area studied, North East Atlantic water column, three different graphs and one picture of a micro plastic that was found in an animal.  They are searching for a postdoctoral researcher.  They will need them for three years to help with technical support of several analyses and invertebrate experiments.  This will all occur at the University of Plymouth since there are facilities to analyses all of the data they collect.  Funding was then described in detail, however it is in the British pound.  Lastly, they described how the greater public knows about their research because of how many times they have ben published in the common media such as the New York Times of Washington Post.  I thought that they wrote extremely well, but it was only two pages and we are required to have at least ten.  However, their use of graphs and past research was beneficial.  I need to break down the funding of my research grant proposal and add more background.