http://myfwc.com/media/649778/sandhill_monitoring_protocol.pdf

This proposal comes from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and focuses on the conservation of birds in the Sandhill habitat of Florida.  It starts out with an introduction, then leads into the objectives, study population and methods, data management, schedule and deliverables, budget and payments, and then the references.  Most of these sections have sub sections that cover the 6 key steps of a research project (Ex: Study population and methods covers data collection site, and data collection method)

The Sandhill habitat of Florida, and 14 bird species that inhabit it,  are in need of conservation. This is due to invasive species, lack of prescribed fires, development, and converting the land to high density pine plantations. The purpose of this proposal is to collect data on the population of birds in the Sandhill habitat, which can help develop a survey protocol for multiple types of fauna,  and find which areas need management.

This study has already received funding, which allowed this proposal to have a budget on what would be spent. It also details the methods on how they will perform a survey on the birds, and also how they assess the quality of the Sandhill habitat. These methods include exact measurements (such as how far away they will be from a study point to observe) and which tools they will use.