How to write an effective research plan.

This episode explains how to write an effective research plan or proposal, for example for a scholarship or fellowship application for a PhD or postdoc. Points covered most directly apply to research proposals in ecology.

0:00 Intro
0:54 Relevance and general importance of the topic; derive your questions
1:58 Work packages; precise experimental designs
2:48 Work packages: most not come across as arbitrary - all must be necessary pieces
3:48 Work packages: tying everything together is very important (conceptual figure!)
5:41 Explain how outcomes of work packages relate to hypotheses and goals
6:48 Time plan
7:31 Summary and fin


Matthias Rillig, professor of ecology at Freie Universität Berlin, chats about life in academia.

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