Staying in academia involves writing up research proposals. For some, it starts as early as during their Bachelor’s studies where they have to provide one-page experiment proposal for their supervisors. Then, after several discussions with the supervisor, they may begin their very first research experiment. Later in time, other coursework comes in – where in order to pass the subject – one must carry out an experiment that makes sense. For many students, the last time (or sometimes the first and only time) they wrote something similar to a research proposal is, when they begin their Master’s thesis. At this level, a good outline of the research is unavoidable and usually mounts up to 3-5 pages. Of course, it is possible to slip-through the system without approaching the thesis-writing preparation seriously, but usually such approach ends up in much more negative feelings than simply outlining the strategy and planning for the research.
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Peter Lewinski was Marie Curie Research Fellow by European Commission and in Vicarious Perception Technologies B.V. He was a PhD candidate (2012-2015) at University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He studied facial coding software applied to neuroscience applied to marketing. He has h-index:10+ and more than 2k citations and he hold 8 degrees in 4 languages.
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