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NOW INCLUDES SMARTPROMPT TO EVALUATE YOUR PROPOSAL PLUS 24 POINT EVALUATION CHECKLIST This book is for anyone who wants to write a proposal for doctoral (or similar) research in the social sciences. It includes: * Artificial Intelligence prompts to help you reflect on your proposal as you develop it. * Bespoke online multimedia resources with videos and audio files, reflective exercises and further information. Everyone will find the book accessible, concise and valuable: it gets to the key issues quickly and provides useful examples, with commentaries. Most importantly, the book helps you reflect on, refine and polish your own developing ideas and the way you express them in your proposal. Contents include advice on: * Finding inspiration * Moving from sketchy idea to robust proposal * Developing an eye for a workable proposal * Finding the most compelling title * Writing focused research questions * Contextualising your topic and relevant literature * Research design and methods * Convincingly demonstrating the significance of your research * Writing a practicable timetable * Creating a bibliography Appendices also offer valuable resources: Appendix 1: SmartPrompt: Evaluating Your Project Proposal Appendix 2: Selected AI Platforms for Research Appendix 3: Using AI to refine a project proposal Appendix 4: Project proposal evaluation checklist